Police Briefs

D-4 POLICE NEWS Fender bender On Sunday, Feb. 26, at about 12:12 a.m., police responded to a radio call for a car colliding with a city lamppost at 120 Clarendon St. Upon arrival, the officer observed a male, identified as the driver, leaning against the post alongside his vehicle, which had all its airbags...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS Hats off On Friday, Feb. 22, at about 9:59 a.m., police responded to a radio call for a person with a knife at CVS Pharmacy at 874 Harrison Ave. A dispatcher informed officers that a caller had observed a man walking down Harrison Avenue towards Massachusetts Avenue with a knife in...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS A few dollars less On Monday, Feb. 12, at about 4:25 p.m., police responded to a radio call for an attempted robbery at Rosie’s Place at 889 Harrison Ave. On arrival, the officer spoke to the victim, who said she was at the corner of Massachusetts and Harrison avenues a little...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS Hotel hell On Thursday, Feb. 8, at about 12:56 a.m., police responded to a radio call to investigate a person at the Sheraton Hotel at 39 Dalton St. Upon arrival, officers spoke to the female victim, who said the male suspect grew irate before throwing her into the wall of a...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS Ground score On Wednesday, Jan. 31, at about 1:56 p.m., police responded to a radio call to investigate a person at 77 Exeter St. While en route to the call, Operations notified the responding officers that building staff had recovered a plastic baggie containing a white, powdery substance from an elevator...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS Gun shy On Tuesday, Jan. 23, at about 9:20 a.m., police responded to radio call for a weapon found at 199 Massachusetts Ave. Upon arrival, the officer spoke to a building security guard, who said a maintenance worker had discovered the firearm while cleaning the apartment of a tenant who died...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS Wardrobe malfunction On Tuesday, Jan. 16, at about 7:30 p.m., police responded to a radio call for an assault at 15 Landsdowne St. Upon arrival, officers met with the male victim, who said he and another man were selling T-shirts outside the House of Blues. At this time, several male suspects...
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D-4 Police News RIP AND RUN On Monday, Jan. 8, at about 5:52 a.m., police responded to a radio call for a robbery in progress at Dunkin’ Donuts at 1138 Washington St. Upon arrival, officer spoke to the cashier, who said a male suspect had lunged over the counter and removed cash from the...
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D-4 POLICE NEWS Unwanted asparagus On Tuesday, Jan. 2, at about 1:15 p.m., police responded to a radio call for a reported threat at Boomerangs thrift store at 1407 Washington St. Upon arrival, the officer met with the owners, who said they have recently become concerned with a patron who visits the store daily....
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HEAD CASE On Friday, Dec. 22, at around 3:30 a.m., officers responded to a radio call to investigate a person in the area of 535 Boylston St. On arrival, police observed the suspect attacking another officer in the vicinity of 535 Boylston St. and moved into assist him in taking the suspect into custody....
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