Saturday’s bike rodeo includes free helmets – while they last

I would like to invite you and your children, nieces, nephews, grandchildren, etc. to the annual C-11 Bike Rodeo on Saturday, June 12th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the parking lot of the IBEW Local 103 at 256 Freeport Street. We will be giving out bike helmets as long as supplies last and we will be having a free raffle for two brand new children’s bikes. Also, yours truly will be manning the grill with free hot dogs and hamburgers. Joining us with bike safety tips will be DotBike, fire safety from the Vulcan Society and the Mass. State Police with their ‘Crash Simulator’ machine which teaches seat belt safety. Fun will be had by all and it won’t cost you one thin dime. So if you’re looking for something to do with the kids on Saturday that’s fun, educational and FREE, then please join us, we’d love to have you.

May 22, 5:34 p.m.
Members of the Bowdoin Street Safe Street team responded to the Walgreens store on Geneva Avenue for a report of three female shoplifters who were causing a disturbance and threatening to have the security guard shot. On arrival the officers observed the young females carrying on about their innocence and the injustice of the predicament they were in. Then they were shown that their sticky fingered shenanigans were captured on surveillance cameras and the ‘jig was up.’ Inside their pocketbooks were various unpaid for items such as Dove soap bars, razor blades, acne medicine and Kotex pads (eewww). The three ladies (19, 17 and 15 years of age) with the same address were arrested, transported to C-11 and given their one phone call which was used to call mom and dad to bail them out. Three sisters, I sure hope that this isn’t a family business.

April 18, 1:12 a.m.
Officers Chevrette and O’Brien were returning to their cruisers after wrapping up a call at Pleasant Street and Downer Avenue when Officer Chevrette shouted to Officer O’Brien to “watch out.” It was at this time a 2008 Nissan passed by the officers doing about 50 miles per hour narrowly missing Officer O’Brien as he jumped out of the way. The vehicle then slammed on its brakes skidding for more than 75 feet.

The startled officers approached the vehicle and asked the 33-year-old local lad for his license. He stated “I don’t want any trouble from the Boston Police, I work for the Federal Task Force!” The officer asked “What Task Force?” The operator said, “The one joint one with Massachusetts and Rhode Island doing stuff.” Alrighty then.

He was asked to step out of the vehicle which he did very unsteadily, with blood shot eyes, slurred speech and insisting he was part of “the Task Force.” He was asked to recite the alphabet. He got as far as the letter ‘I’ once and the letter ‘F’ twice before singing “Now I know my A-B-C’s.” He was arrested for OUI, suspended license and speeding. Oh great, now I can’t get that damn song out of my head.

May 17, 2 a.m.
Officers responded to a report of a breaking and entering at an Ashmont Street apartment complex. On arrival at the second floor apartment the officers were met by the occupants (a man and his pregnant wife) and a drunken 28-year-old Jamaica Plain nitwit standing there in his underwear, insisting that he was at the apartment earlier in the evening attending a party. So where was the party now and why the lack of proper attire? He didn’t have an answer, but he did show off his knowledge of curse words. The drunken lout and his soiled fruit of the looms were whisked away to C-11 where everyday is a party and clothing is required.

May 18, 3:30 p.m.
A Boston police detective was walking up the front steps of Dorchester District Court when he heard a loud skidding noise quickly followed by an even louder crash. He turned around to see a green Nissan van, driven by a 53-year-old Dorchester man, who had struck and damaged six different vehicles. As the detective approached the scene the driver of the van stumbled out of the vehicle, crossed Washington Street and attempted to walk away using the buildings to help keep him upright. The detective asked the man if he needed any medical attention and he responded by lowering his pants zipper and letting loose with a steady stream of urine upon the sidewalk under the detective’s feet. He was then arrested for OUI, leaving the scene of an accident and indecent exposure. Once at C-11 the suspect requested his right to a Breathalyzer test and he failed miserably each time by trying to place the test tubing up his nose. That’s a first.

One last announcement to make, also on Saturday the 12th, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. the Carney Hospital will be holding an event called Safe Medicine Disposal for any old medicines that you or a loved one may have laying around the house.