Police Briefs

D-4 POLICE NEWS April fool On Monday, April 1, at about 12:50 a.m., police responded to a radio call for an assault and battery and to investigate a person at the Machine nightclub at 1254 Boylston St. Upon arrival, officers spoke to the caller, who said he was assaulted while trying to gain entry...
Read more »

D-4 POLICE NEWS Rebel yell On Tuesday, March 27, at about 6:33 a.m., police responded to a radio call regarding a male suspect yelling at employees at Starbucks at 443 Boylston St. Upon arrival, officers observed the man inside the coffee shop before he came outside and began yelling at them and ignored several...
Read more »

Crosswalk catastrophe On Monday, March 19, at about 10:19 a.m., police responded to a radio call for a pedestrian struck by an automobile at West Dedham and Washington streets. Upon arrival, the officer observed the victim as she was escorted into an ambulance while a Jeep Grand Cherokee was parked in front of a...
Read more »

D-4 POLICE NEWS School daze On Thursday, March 15, at about 10 a.m., police responded to a report of a female student found in possession of marijuana at McKinley Preparatory School at 97 Peterborough St. On arrival, the officer spoke to a Boston Public Schools safety officer who said that a small bag of...
Read more »

D-4 POLICE NEWS Working overtime On Wednesday, March 7, at around 2:57 a.m., police responded to an alarm sounded at The Bebop at 1116 Boylston St. Upon arrival, officers witnessed that the front door was broken and, upon entering the establishment,          saw the suspect coming out of the restroom. Police then drew their weapons...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »

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...
Read more »