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Three arrested for stealing packages off South Boston porches
By adamg on Tue, 12/15/2015 - 1:05pm
Boston Police report arresting two Dorchester men and one from South Boston after officers responded to reports of package thefts in the area of East 4 and N streets yesterday afternoon.
Officers spoke to witnesses who reported that three males were stealing packages from residents’ porches, ripping open the boxes, and stuffing the contents into shopping bags. Officers broadcast the suspects’ descriptions and direction of flight and began to canvass the area.
Shortly thereafter, two Boston police officers performing a detail in the area of East Second and Emmett Streets observed one male fitting the description of one of the suspects. Upon stopping the male, officers observed that he was carrying a shopping bag filled with merchandise, some of which displayed the shipping addresses of victims on East Fourth Street. This suspect was identified and taken into custody.
Police add officers found the other two in the area of Columbia and Marine roads.
Robert MacNeil, 47, of Dorchester, Johnny Sadm, 19, of Dorchester, and Cody Urban, 19, of South Boston were charged with larceny over $250.
Innocent, etc.
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Nice work, officers.
Love reading stories where they catch the bad guys.
Nice.
Looks like one less Jedi Package-Theft Master and two less Padawan Learners.
Nice work indeed.
well done bpd. such theft is
well done bpd. such theft is serious issue in the north end. the problem is that too many residents do not call the police during or after such theft.
The two might have drug
The two might have drug problems.
or they might just be scumbags
Well, they're scumbags either way if they're stealing what could be Christmas presents for little kids.
Life long residents...
...when a life long southie residents commits a crime = blame drugs or mental illness.
...anyone else = scumbag, criminal, thug.
Only one of the three is from
Only one of the three is from Southie..... When a SoBoYupster starts spouting off= nonsense
Yea, that's the one I was
Yea, that's the one I was referring to. Funny how you didn't denounce his crime but you did attack me.
...and don't make me dig into the archives of crimes committed by life long Southie residents in the last 10 years.
Dig away, I'm not from
Dig away, I'm not from Southie and don't care. I didn't attack you, said you were spouting off. You take such offense, yet the content of most of your posts are attacks. There are tons of dirtbags from Southie, some even call the crime they committed "Southie Christmas Shopping" Obviously, what they did was awful, I don't have to say that on UHub. That's why many people get packages delivered to work, or a friend/ relative's residence who is home during the day, not everyone has the luxury.
Bah hahmbug
Your a fool your part of the community with a heroin epidemic and you drank the koolaid from a southie person telling you your property is worth so much. So you bought your house from a junkies mother and her son is stealing your Xmas. now your complaining about your neighborhood having crime. Are you that foolish
33,000
33,000 residents in SoBo and the number is growing. It will grow because of more yuppies moving in. Not because RATs (Racist, Angry, Townie) or junkies are moving in.
Of the 33,000 residents, I'd say less than %1 are junkies...and the % goes down every year as trash gets priced out.
...and my building is brand new. No unit has ever been owned by a RAT and no packages have been stolen.
My god, how many wrong statements can someone make in one post?
Give it a rest
Really, you need to say something new or just give it a rest.
Also, if you're using the abbreviation "SoBo", you might as well have a big forehead tattoo that says "Twit". It exemplifies an attitude of "I'm going to move into a community and totally reject everything that it is now." This is NOT a helpful attitude of wanting a community to improve; when your first move is to change the name, that speaks volumes into wanting it made over in your image, and that's arrogance and entitlement speaking.
hypocrisy?
I hope you refer to this land around "Boston" as Shawmut then.
- The Original SoBo Yuppie
No such thing as a townie in southie
"Townies" are from Charlestown, not Southie...get the lingo straight you entitled douchebag
Damn yuppies
This never happened in the old southie. I blame the yuppies.
That's rich!
Coming from someone who just recently bragged about taking the bus to work, from Malden! Boston guy - really? No, not really from Boston.
So?
It's not like South Boston is some shrinking violet of a neighborhood that only the people who live there know about, as opposed to, say, Roslindale {ducks}.
Actually the 47 year old is
Actually the 47 year old is originally from Southie too.
Check
Check out the Southie community bulletin board on Facebook. Not much talk about the drug issues but as soon as new condos or a restaurant is built it's 100 comments about how newcomers are ruining the neighborhood
OR
they might be scumbags WITH drug problems.
No! Don't stop having deliveries dropped at your door!
Please think of the druggies this Christmas! Won't somebody please think of the druggies?! And their dealers and fencers deserve merry Christmas, too!
They will be laughed out of
They will be laughed out of MA court. 100.00 bail and then let off the hook.
Isn't stealing mail
A bit more serious than petty larceny?
IANAL but...
Stealing mail probably is a federal offense but stealing a UPS package probably not. At least that's my guess.
I say we set up some stocks
I say we set up some stocks outside Broadway station and let these three enjoy some fresh air for a week.
Surround the stocks with hoverboards
plugged in charging!
Naw
We'll save that for drivers who kill people and the people who make excuses for them/blame the victim.
Judge "Don't Hold 'em Bolden
Judge "Don't Hold 'em Bolden will let them out on a promise to stop using drugs. He's responsible for much of the repeat offending going on in Southie. I challenge an investigative reporter from Universal Hub to sit in his courtroom for a few weeks and report back about the revolving door that exits there. Dismissals with the promise of rehab...Continued Without Finding pending treatment. The cops are demoralized by this guy. Who oversees these judges? What is the punishment for the judges who allow these criminals to continue to walk among us?
"cops are demoralized by this
"cops are demoralized by this guy"
probably not....it's most likely a cop's nephew being let off. HELLO PRIVILEGE!
I thought they were
I thought they were demoralized by Black Lives Matter and body cameras. Who knew that police officers were such delicate little flowers?