[*BCM*] back bay thefts (Lee Peters)

[Jeremy Chase]

This is intense; was the bike thief on a bike himself? What happened
to the female accomplice?

We need more people like you guys!
Jer


On 9/19/07, Ben Moss <benmoss at gmail.com> wrote:
> Damn, good work man.  I'll buy you a beer.
>
> Any idea if they're going to search his place for stolen bikes? My
> Bianchi Pista was stolen a couple weeks ago on Boylston street just
> across the river... cut with bolt cutters!!  Could easily be the same
> guy.
>
> Ben
>
> On 9/19/07, Andrew J Heining <andrewjh at gmail.com> wrote:
> >  This is SO COOL!!!
> > Lee,
> > I was across the street by the Christian Science Church when you came
> > out of Economy and saw them. I'm happy to report that I was on my bike
> > when the one guy ran across the street, and I chased after him,
> > following him for several blocks, yelling out for people to call the
> > police.  One guy eventually did, and he joined the chase.
> > I followed the thief through some alleys until he got tired of me
> > yelling "Call the police! This guy's stealing bikes!" and (to the guy)
> > "you're going down, suckah!" We were outside of the Summer Shack when
> > he stopped and walked toward me, telling me to "mind my business." I
> > told him it WAS my business, as he was stealing bikes and I'd had one
> > stolen from the same area last year.
> > Anyway, he came at me, swung his bag with the bolt cutters in it at
> > me, and we got into a scuffle. At one point we had him pinned down
> > (the guy who'd called the police joined me in trying to hold him), but
> > he escaped, and my bike's chain had come off in the fracas, so I
> > didn't follow the thief as he ran up the street and around the corner.
> > But just then a police car showed up. The cop told me to hop in, so I
> > jumped in to ride shotgun! The other guy (the good samaritan) told me
> > he'd hold my bike.
> > We drove around the area, with me looking for the thief and the cop
> > radioing in his description – sirens and lights and everything! We
> > even drove through the Christian Science Plaza looking for him! When
> > we got to the church's fountain, a call came in over the radio that
> > they'd spotted the suspect and were in pursuit, and the cop told me to
> > get out and wait there at the fountain. I did, and sure enough, he
> > came back 10 minutes later.
> > He took me to the scene of my "fight" with the thief, and I picked up
> > my bike from the good samaritan. I followed the cop to where they had
> > the suspect in custody, and both of us were able to ID him as the bad
> > guy. The cops took our statements, and it looks like the guy's gonna
> > be charged with assault with a deadly weapon (the bag with the bolt
> > cutters in it), attempted larceny, and being in possession of burglary
> > tools. How cool is that!?
> > I'm so glad your bike is safe and sound, and that we've gotten one of
> > Boston's bad guys off the street.
> > Lee, I'm sure the police would be interested to know that he took a
> > swing at you with the bolt cutters, so email me and we'll find a way
> > to get that in the police report.
> > Score one for the good guys!!
> > -Andrew
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