Brighton

Jumped for lottery winnings in East Boston; held up at knifepoint at Burger King in Fenway

adamg — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 12:59:20 -0400

Boston Police report a man who'd just cashed in a $10 winning ticket at Morris and Brooks streets in East Boston shortly after 8:30 p.m. yesterday was jumped by a man and woman:

The victim initially thought it was a friend and attempted to turn around, when he was met with resistance and the female suspect who was wielding a pair of scissors. The male suspect then directed the suspect to give up his wallet. A struggle ensued during which the victim yelled for help and he and the two suspects fell to the ground. A good Samaritan came along and grabbed the male suspect off of the victim, at which time he fled and the victim detained the female suspect.

Steven M. O'Brien, 27, and Jannell Smith, 23, both of East Boston, both arrested.

Meanwhile, around 1 p.m. yesterday, a couple was standing outside the Boylston Street Burger King when:

[T]he suspect approached them and mumbled something inaudible. The suspect then pulled what they though to be a silver knife from his pocket and raised it to one of their necks. The victims, at that time fearing for their lives, and believing that they were being robbed took the money that they had in their pockets and dropped it to the ground. The suspect then took the money and fled from the scene.

Jerry Savory, 53, of Jamaica Plain, arrested and charged.

Meanwhile, around 2:40 this morning, police report arresting a couple of Brighton dudes for disturbing the peace - on Peaceable Street.

Innocent, etc.

Leave Community Rowing alone

adamg — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 11:15:18 -0400

Harry Mattison writes that if some New Bedford state senator wants to complain about abuses on the Charles, he should be looking at things like Harvard's $99-a-year lease on a boathouse, not low-interest loans for a boathouse open to the public.

Court gives schools right to search students who show up at school unannounced after being kicked out

adamg — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:14:56 -0400

The Massachusetts Appeals Court has upheld the conviction of a Dorchester teen for bringing a loaded gun to Brighton High School, saying his actions in getting into the school were suspicious enough to warrant an immediate search of his clothes without a warrant, the Suffolk County DA's office reports.

Amenhotep Smith had argued an administrator violated his Fourth Amendment and Massachusetts Declaration of Rights protection against unreasonable search and seizure by searching his jacket without a warrant. The administrator found a .380 semiautomatic handgun loaded with four rounds of hollow-point ammunition.

The court, however, agreed with prosecutors that the fact that Smith had been ordered out of school the day before and that he then snuck into school and avoided going through metal detectors at the front entrance gave a school administrator "reasonable" reasons to hold and search him.

Following his trial, Smith was sentenced to a year in jail.

Get your kicks on Rte. 66

adamg — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:42:14 -0400

Or in Brighton, as Brad Kayal shows.

Menino to BC: Cut the doublespeak

adamg — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 20:00:34 -0400

Menino tells Banker & Tradesmen that maybe a bit of sophistry is involved when BC says it'll house all its undergrads on campus, then turns around and buys a high-rise apartment building on Comm. Ave. that isn't on campus.

Via Michael Pahre, who notes that BC officials are careful to talk about "university-controlled" housing rather than "on campus."

Life in a strip mine

adamg — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 19:53:14 -0400

Brad Kayal lives on Sutherland Road in Brighton, which, you may recall, is where several thousand gallons of mineral oil leaked out of an Nstar electrical conduit this past Thursday and wound up in the Muddy River on the other side of Brookline.

Kayal took the photos here to show what the street has been like since that incident. He writes:

Have you ever thought to yourself, "I wonder what it's like to live in a strip mine?"

If so, I welcome anyone to swap apartments with me because since that pipe/conduit/whatever broke and leaked all that oil over a week ago Sutherland Rd. in Brighton has become one impressive construction operation. They've dug 15' holes up and down the block, erected wood shacks (that they're pumping nitrogen into), rented themselves some tents, got some cranes, dumpsters, port-a-johns, and they have been working non-stop , around the clock, since last Thursday.

You can always tell an Allston guy

adamg — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 23:23:36 -0400

Ameadowlark clues us in:

... If you see a dude wearing girl jeans anywhere near Boston, ask him if he's from Allston. Nine times out of ten, he'll do a double take and say "yeah, how'd you know?" The other time out of ten, he'll say "Brighton."

Via Allston City Limits.

Asian massage parlors not only ones recruiting on Craigslist

adamg — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:13:51 -0400

Alicia notices an interesting Craigslist ad:

Become MA's Next 8th Congressional District US Representative (8th Congressional District)

Yes, we're serious.

We're looking for a candidate to run under a new political party intent on representing people directly through online polling. ...

So watch out, Mike Capuano: Some anonymous political party with no candidate (yet) is gunning for you.

Brighton woman stabbed to death; suspect charged

adamg — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:31:37 -0400

Boston Police report finding a woman, 56, dead of multiple stab wounds at 73 Nonantum St. around 2:30 p.m. today.

Luis A. Marquez, 26, of Brighton, who was still at the scene when police arrived, was arrested. He will be arraigned on a charge of murder tomorrow in Brighton District Court. Police say Marquez and the victim knew each other.

Knowing your market

adamg — Sun, 08 Jun 2008 11:33:28 -0400

Dish Networks billboard in Russian in Brighton.