First, a question, and then a crime story that challenges belief

First off can anyone out there explain to me the rules and the object of the sport known as curling? How about the need for a “triple lutz.” Sounds a little greedy to me. Wouldn’t a “double lutz” suffice? What the hell is a “lutz,” anyway? I’ll sure be happy when these Winter Olympics are over. I tuned in to the Men’s biathlon Sunday morning and thought I was watching a Canadian drive-by. Ski, shoot, shoot, ski, I just don’t get it.

Jan. 17, 3 p.m. -Feb. 3, 11:19 a.m.
We’ve all heard the saying “it’s a small world,” and this next story is certainly proof of that. It starts out in the old Bradlees parking lot in Fields Corner with a young man cutting through the lot and being accosted by two young punks who, armed with a handgun, robbed the victim of his cell phone and Ipod. The victim was unhurt and reported the incident a day later.
Fast forward more than two weeks later and a young lady is walking through Downtown Crossing and she enters a business called Gold Power, where she purchases a used cell phone from one of the vendors. The woman takes the cell phone home, re-charges it, and begins looking through it. Most of the pictures in the phone were of her young cousin who, incidentally, had his phone stolen in Dorchester a couple of weeks earlier.
Honest to God, what are the odds? I know Boston is a small city, but this is incredible! She brought the phone to her cousin who still had the original box the phone came in and the serial numbers matched. So the two of them went to District One downtown and spoke to the detectives and they took a field trip back to the Gold Power store to speak to the vendor who had sold the stolen phone. On arrival the detectives asked to view his identification records to find out whom the vendor had bought the phone from. But the nervous vendor suddenly became irate, refusing to divulge any of the suspects’ identities or any paperwork. So the detectives arrested him for receiving stolen property and searched the premises, recovering numerous pieces of electronics, jewelry, and watches because there was no Pawn record of transactions for them. Amazing. Just an amazing coincidence.

Jan. 22, 10:42 p.m.
It was a charity event. An ‘80s Disco Night dance at Florian Hall. A chance for people to help out a good cause and relive some glory days of their youth. But bad blood was brewing out on the dance floor between a 34-year-old woman and a 42-year-old woman, both from Rockland, who had a history of hatred for one another. They renewed acquaintances under a flashing disco ball and to the tune of Y.M.C.A. they let the punches start flying. The 34-year-old threw one sucker punch that hit its intended target, namely the 42-year-old’s mouth. But the younger woman’s fist was soon bleeding because it seems that the older woman’s bite is louder than her bark and she bit down on the other woman’s left forefinger, severing a piece of the tip and spitting it out on the dance floor where responding officers found and retrieved it for the EMTs. The 34-year-old and what was left of her mangled finger were taken to the hospital and the 42-year-old was arrested and charged with mayhem. Typical isn’t it. A nice time, put on by decent Dorchester people and before you know it it’s ruined by people from the suburbs. But it proves once again that it’s a small world. These two enemies could have gone out dancing or clubbing anywhere, but no, they both ended up on the same dance floor in our little slice of heaven.

Jan. 25, 9:56 p.m.
The C-11 plainclothes cruiser had been making increased patrols in the Playstead Road area to address complaints of increased drug usage when they came across a 41-year-old Roxbury woman who was enjoying a cannabis-filled cigar, but thanks to the clueless voters of Massachusetts we could only write her a ticket. But we did arrest her on a warrant for failure to attend jury duty. So be forewarned, we’ll get you one way or another. Jury Duty Warrant!!!

Thanks and Remembrance
Thanks to everyone who attended our monthly meeting on Feb. 11. Our next meeting is March 11, 7 p.m., at 130 Auckland Street (corner of Bay Street) and our guest speakers will be from the Forensics Unit. Also I would like to thank all the participants in our RAD defense course and the pastor of St. Brendan’s for the use of the church hall.
Rest in peace, Aunt Agnes and Uncle Jimmy. You are both dearly missed.