D-4 Police News
Victimized valet
On Saturday, March 23, at around 6:45 p.m., police responded to the Fairmont Copley Plaza hotel at 138 St. James Ave. for an assault and battery in progress.
On arrival, the officer spoke to the victim, a doorman who said he was assisting a guest at the front door when the two suspects pulled into the valet area and exited a red Toyota Yaris with New Jersey license plates. When the doorman asked the suspect if they wanted their car valeted, they ig-nored him and walked into the hotel.
The victim followed the suspects inside to inform them there was a fee to park, and that he would need their keys. At this time, the suspects refused to pay while dangling their keys in front of the victim’s face.
The first suspect then struck the victim, knocking his glasses to the ground and cutting him below his left eye.
Both suspects then ran towards their car as the victim tried to stop them.
The first suspect was able to access the vehicle via the passenger’s sider and began to drive on St. James Avenue to-wards Huntington Avenue.
The second suspect ran in the same direction before the first suspect presumably picked her up.
The hotel has images of the suspect from its surveillance cameras, which they will provide to police.
Paramedics responded to the scene, but the victim de-clined medical attention at this time.
Unwelcome guests
On Monday, March 25, at approximately 9:05 a.m., officers responded to a radio call for two suspects trespassing at 75 Pe-terborough St.
Upon arrival, police spoke to the property manager, who there has been an ongoing issue with homeless individuals en-tering the building. He then escorted officers to the top of the seventh floor, where the two suspects were observed sleeping.
Police then conducted background checks of both sus-pects and determine that one of them had two active warrants – one out of Dedham District Court for one count each of possession of Class A and B drugs and two counts of a Class E drugs.
The suspect’s second active warrant was issued out of West Roxbury District Court for possession of heroin.
He was placed under arrest fort the two warrants, in addi-tion to trespassing, while the second suspect was also charged with trespassing.
Both suspect were subsequently transported to District 4 headquarters, where they were charged in the usual manner.