CAR VANDALIZED ON HUNTINGTON AVENUE
On Feb. 10, police reported a black Honda sedan parked at the corner of Parker Street and Huntington Avenue was broken into. According to the incident report, the victim parked the vehicle at about 5:30 p.m. the previous evening and returned the next morning to find the front passenger-side window smashed. An iPod Nano valued at $300 was the only item reported missing.
ASSAULT REPORTED AT STORE ON HAVILAND STREET
On Feb. 13, police responded to an assault and battery call at Buried Treasures, located at 28 Haviland St. The victim said the store clerk pushed him out of the store causing him to hit his head against a hard object. The clerk told police he asked the victim and his friends to leave the store because some were under the age of 18 and many were acting disrespectful. According to the store employee, when the group refused to leave, the victim put his hands on him and that is why he pushed him out of the store. No medical attention was needed and police advised both parties to stay away from each other.
WOMAN IN CAR ACCIDENT FLEES SCENE
While police monitored a motor vehicle accident at 150 Brookline Ave. on Feb. 11, a witness advised the officers that an elderly female driving a Volvo hit several of the vehicles and then left the area. Later that day an officer spotted the Volvo at the intersection of Newbury and Clarendon Streets; the car had considerable rear end damage. The officer stopped the vehicle and advised the woman that she was being stopped in regards to a car accident at 150 Brookline Ave. The woman said she did not remember being in any car accident. When she exited the vehicle to look at the damages she said there was something wrong with the vehicle’s brakes and that she could not control the car. The officer then drove the woman’s car to her home and parked it in her garage. Witnesses to the accident told officers they felt the woman was confused and unfit to drive. The officer requested a competency road test examination for the woman.
DISPUTE OVER CAB FARE TURNS INTO ASSAULT
Top Cab vehicle #1825 picked up a man and his girlfriend at 890 Boylston St. on Feb. 14 at about 2:23 p.m. Arriving at 120 Hemenway St., the couple attempted to pay the cab fare using a credit card however the machine was unable to read the card. When the cab driver asked to use the card on his machine in the front of the cab the couple refused.
According to the victims, the driver began to drive at a high speed, causing the man to hit his head on the partition. Fearing for their safety, the victims said they attempted to exit the vehicle but were unable to do so because the driver locked the doors. The male victims then reached through the petition, grabbed the driver’s shirt causing it to rip and eventually the cab stopped the car and called the police.
According to the driver, after both victims refused to pay with their credit cards at the front machine of the vehicle, the male victim reached through the petition and grabbed his shirt and neck. The disputed $8.90 cab fare was not paid at the time of the police report.
MAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED ON FENWAY FOOTBRIDGE
On Feb. 8 at about 8:33 p.m., a male victim was attacked and robbed by two men (Both males, one wearing a brown hoodie, the other a black hoodie) while walking over the footbridge on the Fenway. The victim said the men stuck a sharp object in his back, removed and broke his eyeglasses, and continued to beat him while he lay on the ground. The attackers took the victim’s cell phone, credit card and $20.
Later that evening, officers conducted a search of the area. At about 8:50 p.m. saw a suspect sitting in the Burger King at 289 Huntington Ave. The officer saw the suspect enter the bathroom at which time he called for assistance. Approximately 15 minutes later, a Burger King employee opened the bathroom door and police found the suspect fully clothed, sitting down. The victim positively identified the suspect as one of the attackers and he was placed under arrest.
Police further searched the area for the second attacker; no other arrests were made.
