THE COPS ARE COMING! Tonight, Thurs., Oct. 8, the C-11 monthly meeting will be hitting the road at the Viet-AID Center, 42 Charles St, at 7 p.m. Our guest speaker will be Sgt. Detective Donna Gavin of the Sexual Assault Unit and she will be discussing “Protecting Your Children from Online Predators,†a tough topic, but one that needs to be discussed, especially if your kids are parked in front of the computer for hours a day. We promise to have you home in time for The Office or the first pitch of the Sox game. Light refreshments served and parking on the premises. If this format of taking our monthly meeting on the road is deemed successful, then who knows where it may lead to – maybe Las Vegas! I can see it now: Ladies and Gentlemen, Mr. Barry Manilow, but first the C-11 Community Service Officers! Chippendales eat your heart out! I hope I look good in pasties.
Sept. 10, 11:38 a.m.
“May I help you? Shoes, slacks, perhaps some heroin to help you fit into those jeans?†I’m just guessing that line may have been spoken last month at a clothing store in a Geneva Ave. mall. The C-11 drug control unit, acting on a tip and with the complete cooperation of the store’s management, put a peek on a 59- year old female employee who was doing a little bit of drug dealing in between sales of Dockers. About 11:30, a 28-year-old man from Norwell entered the store, grabbed a pair of pants off the rack and made a beeline for our suspect, who was such a helpful employee that she gave the man a personal escort to the changing rooms. A minute later they emerged from the rooms with the pants still in his left hand and his right hand secured in his right pants pocket. The man was stopped by the DCU in the parking lot where officers recovered three plastic bags of heroin, which he said he had purchased from the drug-dealing dress seller for $145. Officers re-entered the store and took from the woman $145 and six more bags of heroin. She was charged with distribution of a class ‘A’ substance in a school zone (2d offense).
Sept. 4, 4:52 p.m.
If I were you, I would not complain to the manager of this store that your Pepsi is flat or that your Pringles are stale. The expiration on your milk was last Easter? – Let it go! To complain may bring about dire consequences, but I digress. A young woman entered a convenience store at Welles Ave. near Talbot and purchased a CD for $5. She returned the CD a half hour later complaining about the poor quality and demanding her $5 back, but the proprietor refused. During the ensuing argument he pushed the woman and she threw a slush puppy bottle at him. This insult so enraged the 49-year-old Dorchester man that he grabbed a machete from under the counter and chased the woman around and then out of the store. He was arrested for assault by means of a dangerous weapon, three outstanding warrants, and cited for selling bootleg copies of CDs.
Sept. 16, 10:36 p.m.
Honestly is a virtue. It can also get you arrested. Officers responded to the area of Talbot Ave and Lithgow St for a report of a silver car being broken into. On arrival they spoke to a witness who stated that a young man with a hammer broke into a gray Toyota, but fled toward Wainwright Park before their arrival. A suspect wearing a red hoody was stopped a minute later in the park. He was asked, “Did you have a hammer?†He replied “yes. “Did you break the car window?†He replied “yes.†The hammer was recovered. The suspect asked, “Am I under arrest?†And the officers replied “yes.†If only they were all that easy.
Sept. 15, 11:50 a.m.
Officers Canuto and Araujo, responding to numerous complaints of kids hanging out and vandalizing property behind 482 Geneva Ave, encountered a 16-year-old local trespassing in the backyard. The teen-ager explained that he was “cutting through†the yard in order to get from 73 Charles St. to 64 Charles St. The officers explained that 64 is directly across the street from 73 Charles St. and therefore there was no need to “cut through†anyone’s yard. The suspect had no explanation for this. He also couldn’t explain the can of black spray paint in his book bag or the freshly painted “free Jizzo†on the wall. He was arrested and charged with trespassing and graffiti tagging.
This Saturday, Oct. 10, members of my family and several of my niece Kaitlyn’s friends will be participating in the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention walk around the Charles River in Brighton on Storrow Drive to raise funds for counseling and suicide prevention hotlines among other uses. The walk kicks off about 11 a.m. For further info go to afsp.org and thank you. The group’s goal is to raise over $4,177 (Katie’s badge number). One of Katie’s friends, Raynisha, has almost equaled that total in pledges by herself. Her friends truly are special and have helped us immensely in turning this tragedy into some good, and speaking of special people: Officers Pat Byrne and Tommy Nodo as well as dozens of volunteers, golfers, party goers, and donation-givers helped to raise close to $20,000 for the Kaitlyn Keaney Scholarship fund. The outpouring of love and compassion from so many over these past 15 months for our family has been tremendous and mere words cannot express our gratitude. God bless.
