Well, it’s springtime in our little slice of heaven and as always the cowards, con artists and leeches are out in force to take advantage of you. For starters you have the door to door driveway pavers, tree trimmers and house siders looking for your business.
Then you have those who prey mainly upon our elderly residents. These people knock on your door claiming to be from a local utility even though you were never notified beforehand. Usually they claim to be from the Water & Sewer Company and they need “to check your pipes.†Then while one man accompanies you to the basement a second man goes room to room and steals cash and jewelry. This has occurred in the past month throughout the Commonwealth (once in Dorchester on Minot Street, the victim was 82-years-old).
The best way to avoid this type of crime happening to you is to not let these people into your home in the first place. If you haven’t been notified, if the supposed workers have no company vehicle, identification and work invoice, then do not let them in your home. I don’t care if they are wearing a water & sewer shirt, holding a wrench in both hands and have a 6-inch butt crack protruding from their pants. Don’t let them IN! Call the company or at the very least dial 9-1-1. You’ve been duly warned.
April 7, 11:20 p.m.
A 37-year-old Cambridge man parked his vehicle at Ashmont and Adams streets and ran inside a convenience store for a moment. The keys were left in the ignition, engine running and the vehicle empty. When the owner of the car came back out to his vehicle, he was shocked to find the car was missing. We are seeing more and more of this negligent behavior from car owners. Don’t be stupid. Either take your keys with you or lock up and use a second key to reopen your car. Why tempt fate, just take the keys.
March 9, 10:16 p.m.
Officer Lydon was assigned to a one man service unit and traveling up Geneva Avenue when he saw an unusual sight. A 24-year-old man (all six foot six-inches, 225 pounds of him) sitting on a small, pink, girls Dynamo bicycle. The man pedaled up to a parked vehicle, yelled at the driver, “What the bleep are you looking at?†and proceeded to pull the driver out of the vehicle’s driverside window, slam him up against the car and beat the snot out of him.
When confronted by Officer Lydon the behemoth picked up the bike and threw it at the officer, striking him in the legs. Three officers arrived to help subdue the out-of-control man-child and it took all four officers several minutes of toe to toe battling before they could finally place the suspect in custody. The suspect faces several A&B on a police officer charges as well as disorderly person, resisting arrest, two counts of A&B against civilians, and assault by means of a dangerous weapon. No one knows what set off this giant’s rampage, but I think it had something to do with the canceling of his favorite soap opera “The Guiding Light.â€
April 6, 12:10 a.m.
The C-11 plain clothes unit was on routine patrol on Dorchester Avenue when they observed a local working girl waving at passing cars while she stood at the corner of Dorchester Avenue and Linden Street. Soon thereafter a gray minivan approached and the young lady entered and the van scooted away, stopping in a darkened parking lot on Auckland Street. When the officers approached the minivan they observed a 68-year-old Needham man in the back seat attempting to perform his own version of the no-pants-dance with the prostitute. The two were quite surprised to see the two officers. Once the prostitute got back up on her feet she blurted out, “He’s a friend of mine. He’s one of my best Johns because he pays me for the tricks.†These tricks aren’t for kids. The 27-year-old Dorchester woman and Gramps were both arrested for sex for a fee.
February 13, 4:21 p.m.
A young girl was walking along Pleasant Street at Savin Hill Avenue when she was approached by a 21-year-old Dorchester female crimewave who stated: “Give me everything in your bookbag and everything will be all right, if you don’t, everything will not be all right.†The terrified youngster fled into a nearby store without being harmed or her possessions taken and she gave responding officers the suspect’s description. Minutes later two bicycle officers spotted the suspect on High Street and she was soon ID’d and arrested, but not before spouting off this doozy: “You can’t arrest me for robbery, I didn’t take anything.†Idiot. A week later she was re-arrested for robbing a teenager of his Sidekick cell phone. She’s not very good at this.
Happy 13th, Shaun-O, papa loves you.
