Man shows up at one of those American Legion Highway street parties with a loaded gun, is arrested after crashing into a State Police cruiser, police say

Boston Police report arresting a local man on a variety of gun charges early this morning after he allegedly crashed into a State Police cruiser at Canterbury and Walk Hill streets on the Roslindale/Jamaica Plain line around 12:30 a.m.

Today, evidence of the crash, including a torn-down fence, shattered bits of brake lights, a large, empty plastic bag from a New Hampshire fireworks store and the smell of gasoline remain at the entrance, about halfway between Walk Hill Street and the Judge John Connelly Youth Center.

Police say officers were just arriving at the scene on reports of "numerous vehicles and scooters congregating, playing loud music that was disturbing nearby residents," when they head a crash and watched as "a motor vehicle hit a Massachusetts State Police vehicle before coming to a stop after crashing into a structure belonging to the Cemetery."

The suspect, later identified as Joseph Remedor, was observed reaching into his waistband area and tossing an object into the cemetery. The object was located and determined to be a Polymer80 firearm, loaded with seventeen rounds in the magazine. The trooper’s cruiser sustained substantial front-end damage which will be further investigated by the Massachusetts State Police.

Remedor, 25, was charged with illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of a large-capacity firearm, illegal possession of ammunition and resisting arrest, police say.

Nearby residents have long complained about loud, boisterous street parties in the area. Last year, BPD added Canterbury between Walk Hill and Morton streets to the list of roads it said it would shut at 10 p.m. on weekend nights to ward off dirt bikers, hot rodders and ATVers.

A few feet from what's left of the entrance sat two empty cases of fireworks, including this one:

Closer to Walk Hill Street, half of another entrance to the cemetery was blocked by a "shrine" consisting of a basket of eggplants, some flowers, a pineapple, a coconut, cups filled with what appeared to be energy drinks, the bottles they were poured from and a mostly empty bottle of Yoo Hoo - near the barriers police put up to block access to the road on weekend nights:

Nearby, at several spots, somebody dumped large amounts of wrapped candies:

Also dumped near that entrance: Empty Corona bottles:

Across Walk Hill Street, surveillance cameras:

Innocent, etc.