compiled by Joanna Arpie
FIRE IN BOYLSTON STREET RESTAURANT
On Feb. 5, a small fire broke out in the basement of Pad Thai Restaurant located at 1112 Boylston St. Although the Boston Fire Department was able to extinguish the fire, according to Fire Chief Stalworth, the resulting smoke damage could be as much as $20,000. Police reported no injuries.

LARCENY ON BROOKLINE AVENUE
On Feb. 2, police responded to a larceny report at 180 Brookline Ave. Police spoke with a building resident who said at about 3 a.m. three unknown suspects entered the building and stole a 52-inch Sony television — valued at $4,000 — from the second floor common area. The building’s security cameras recorded two suspects carrying the television and walking towards the building’s Boylston Street exit. Security cameras captured no facial images but the witness said he believes one of the suspects is a former employee already under investigation for a previous incident in the building.

MAN FOUND DEAD IN PARK DRIVE APARTMENT
Police responded to a radio call for a well-being check at 223 Park Drive at 6:25 p.m. on Feb. 5. Upon arrival, Officer McManus knocked on the apartment door but received no response. Officers then used force to gain entry to the apartment where they discovered the resident (70-year-old, white, male) lying unresponsively on his bedroom floor. The Health and Hospitals Ambulance pronounced the victim dead at 7:04 p.m. Police reports did not mention a cause of death.

NOISE DISPUTE RESULTS IN THREATS BETWEEN NEIGHBORS
On Feb. 6, police responded to a threat report at 400 Huntington Ave. Police spoke with the caller and her daughter who said the tenants living directly above them threatened to kill them. The victims said they have a history of disputes with the accused tenants because of the constant noise and partying that goes on. One of the victims said she knocked on the tenants’ door a couple weeks earlier and asked them to quiet down or she would call the police. She also reported that some of the people she saw in the apartment that night were also the ones outside her door, yelling threats on the night of the incident in question.  The victim reported seeing a male through the peep-hole of her apartment door and heard him say “We should just kill them.”
Officers spoke to a female tenant of the accused apartment, who said she lives with all females. She said the males in question are friends of her roommates. Police advised her to keep the noise levels down and to speak to her roommates about courteous behavior for their guests.