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Police: Macy's shoplifter was packing a loaded gun

By adamg on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 12:02pm

Boston Police report security guards at the Downtown Crossing Macy's who stopped an alleged shoplifter yesterday afternoon found he was also carrying a loaded Smith & Wesson .38 Special - and bags of marijuana.

BPD officers quickly arrived after the 2:15 p.m. incident to arrest Dwayne Mincey, 40, of Dorchester, on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, unlawfully carrying a loaded firearm, shoplifting between $50 and $200, trespassing, and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. Police say that the loss-prevention officers found two bags of pot on him and that booking officers found another 16 - and a scale.

Innocent, etc.

Neighborhoods: 
Downtown
Topics: 
Crime
Free tagging: 
Guns
Downtown Crossing
Macy's


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Comments

By anon on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 12:30pm.

Is it safe to assume this man does not have a clean record?

By Markk02474 on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 1:02pm.

How can he not respect the other vendors selling goods in a pedestrian mall set aside for street commerce?

By Scumquistador on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 2:24pm.

the most shocking aspect of this is that somebody went into macy's period

By Markk02474 on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 2:32pm.

Excellent point! Security must have been suspicious and watching him closely. Not that he may have been of color, or looked like a drug dealer, but looked like a potential customer!

By bulgingbuick on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 3:27pm.

20 years. Well done Dwayne.

By Neighbor4 on Mon, 11/16/2015 - 11:07pm.

I'm always amazed when the cops arrest a wanted guy after stopping him for speeding or failure to signal, or something dumb. If you have a bag of money, mask and gun in your back-seat, wouldn't you drive carefully?

So why carry your .38 and your pot while you shoplift?

By Heather on Tue, 11/17/2015 - 9:18am.

I'm going out on a limb here and guessing this was not something he thought all the way through. Probably a spontaneous shop-lifting spree while switching from the orange to red line.

By Jason on Tue, 11/17/2015 - 12:36pm.

Never commit more than one crime at the same time. A huge number of the criminals who get arrested can't seem to get this one straight, fortunately for the rest of us.