Just a couple of quick reminders: First off, our monthly meeting for November will be held on the 12th at 7 p.m. at the old St. William’s Church (now the Seventh Day Adventist Church) located at Dorchester Avenue and St. William Street. Our guest speaker will be Sgt. Gary Eblam of the Police Academy, who will give a presentation on How Not to Become a Victim of Violent Crime. Secondly, Officer Rorie and I will be giving out candy and glow-in-the-dark wristbands (while supplies last) at the lobby of C-11. Since we are a non-profit entity we will be accepting any donations of bagged candy, so if you can help us out, just call our office at 617-343-4527 before Saturday the 31st. Give us your address and we will come by and pick up the goodies and every morsel collected will be given out to the kiddies. Also, to the local convenience store owners, would it kill your business to take the eggs off of your shelves for one day? I know your neighbors would appreciate it, but the car wash businesses wouldn’t.
Sept. 11, 11:09 a.m.
The guy just couldn’t help it. Delivering product to the Stop & Shop supermarket was his bread and butter and no matter how you sliced it he needed more bread. It’s tough in this economy when you’re out of dough. He really kneaded more dough, but they were on to him and this time they called the cops. You see, all puns aside, the gentleman in question was a delivery driver for a local distributor of bread products who made daily stops at the market on Pope’s Hill. But the field manager at the store had noticed several discrepancies in the amount of product that was delivered to the store and the amount that the store was being charged for. On this particular day the suspect had made three separate deliveries totaling $2,560, but he had actually delivered only $1,872 in product. A difference of $688 in fraudulent invoices. The 35-year-old Peabody man was arrested and charged with larceny over $250. Let’s face it, the guy’s a real crumb, but it’s probably not his fault. Maybe he’s just not well bred.
Sept. 18, 2:40 p.m.
Speaking of shoplifters, your local gendarmes were summoned to the Lower Mills CVS store for a report of a 21-year-old Dorchester damsel with very sticky fingers. On arrival the officer’s attention was directed down to Dorchester Avenue and Brookvale Street where the young woman was running away with $400 worth of items she didn’t bother to pay for. She was quickly apprehended and after some brief drama on her part, the handcuffs were placed on her wrists and she was whisked away to the District C-11 Bed and Breakfast. The suspect continued her extremely immature behavior at the booking desk by refusing to cooperate – and struggling to be placed in a holding cell. Finally she threatened to pull stitches out of her nose from a previous medical procedure and she urinated all over the holding cell floor. I guess she showed us whose boss. Nitwit.
Oct. 7, 5:11 p.m.
Officers responded to a call for a report of a young boy who was robbed of his cell phone outside of 932 Dorchester Avenue. On arrival they spoke to the 11-year old victim who stated that he was approached by four young males who ripped his $300 Sidekick phone from his hand and ran up East Cottage Street toward Pleasant Street. Another pair of officers responding to the scene stopped four individuals on Taft Street who matched the suspect’s description, but before the officers could explain the reason for the stop, one of the four brainiacs blurted out, “We didn’t steal no phone!†From the mouths of babes. One of the victim’s relatives quickly arrived on scene and dialed the victim’s phone number. All of a sudden, the pants of one of the kids who swore they didn’t “steal no phone!†started ringing. Surprise!! The victim’s phone was recovered from the young man’s pocket. All four Dorchester lads were arrested and charged with unarmed robbery.
Sept. 16, 3:30 p.m.
Officers responded to a Fuller Street address for a report of a found weapon. On arrival they spoke to the homeowner who stated that while doing a little yard work she had raked up a Hawes .25 caliber automatic firearm from under a bush in the front yard. The weapon had one round in the clip, ready to be fired. Just a little reminder: While you clean up around the outside of your property, you never know what the summer could have left behind and it’s better you find any contraband or discarded weapons than your children. This is the third gun in three months found thrown/hidden in a Dorchester yard.
Attention! – The C-11 Community Service office is offering a Rape Defense System program that is meant to “Empower a Woman through Self Defense.†This class is open to women 18+ years of age who are in good enough condition to handle the physical portion of the program. Class size will be kept to a maximum of 20 participants per class, which will be held one night a week, 2-and 1/2 hours each class for four weeks at Transformations Studio, 540 Gallivan Boulevard. Once a class of 20 is enrolled a start date will be announced.
For further information contact Sgt. John Daly at the CSO office, 617-343-4524, or send an e-mail to dailyj.bpd@cityofboston.gov. Thanks, and good luck.
