'This is our town:' a first-person view of how the aftermath became a celebration parade of dozens of police and fire vehicles.
It took a few minutes, but when reality sank in that the second Boston Marathon bomber had been captured in Watertown — their town — the crowd's mood changed; it became like a victory parade for a Red Sox world championship. After watching the scene in the chilly damp night, being up all night and cooped up all day, it was extra sweet to hear the words "suspect in custody" over the police radio. Two hours earlier, I had been contemplating a second helping of chicken stirfry when the words rarely heard in Watertown came crackling over the scanner: "Shots fired." My wife, Jen, and I froze and then went into a frenzy. We grabbed our coats and every camera we could get our hands on and jumped in the car. The scene was just two blocks away. Mt…
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Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
"Fooled you once..." A man was arrested at the Target in Watertown after he tried the same scam twice. He bought a blender, then took it to the parking lot and returned with the receipt. Then he took an identical blender off the shelf and left with it. Store security caught on to him and he was busted when he tried the same trick the next day: http://watertown.patch.com/articles/man-arrested-after-his-shoplifting-scheme-fails-the-second-time "But we needed your AmEx card to pay for our PlayStation and Xbox." On Tuesday, June 19, Max Comjean, 18, of 3 Deacon Hunt Drive, Acton, and John Williams, 21, of 47 Drummer Road, Acton, were caught red-handed using a stolen credit card at Kmart. Here is what is a bit crazy and courageous: the man …
J.R.
1:36 pm on Saturday, April 20, 2013
Very well put Kevin. I'd like to add my thanks to the first responders and to the staff members of our local hospitals. They showed us what thorough preparation can do. Their compassion and dedication are unmatched anywhere. more ›