Crime & Safety

Brookline Police Log - May 25 - 28

The following information was supplied by Brookline Police Dept. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following incident report is based on dispatch logs for May 25 through 28. Look for weekday incident reports twice a week, and arrest logs each Tuesday on Brookline Patch. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty.

Breaking and Entering, Theft and Larceny
  • What was reported as an attempted breaking-and-entering at 1600 Beacon Street on Friday ended with a hospital transport, at about 1:15 a.m. on Friday. Police believe it was a resident of a building at the wrong apartment.
  • Police took a report of theft at a Brigham and Women's building at 850 Boylston street at about noon on Friday. 
  • 32 station street, report of a larceny incident at about 1:45 p.m. Friday. 
  • Some time between 10 p.m. on Thursday and 9 p.m. on Friday, a caller from Winthrop Road said that his bicycle was stolen from a common area at the residence where he left it.
  • Someone living on Mason Terrace reported a breaking-and-entering attempt at their home. He left on Friday, and returned on Sunday, then found that two windows had been forced open and the screens were cut, although no entry was made at the home.
  • 147 Cypress Street reported a theft at about 8 a.m. on Saturday morning. 
  • At about 12:15 p.m. Saturday, a woman who had parked her car on Winslow Road on May 21, and that it appeared to have been stolen. When police queried the vehicle, they found that Lynn police had recovered it. 
  • Police received a larceny report on Sunday, at about 10:45 p.m. Sunday, at 1653 Beacon Street.
  • 108 Winthrop Street reported at larceny at about 8:30 a.m. on Monday.
  • At about 12:45 p.m. Monday, 59 Denny Road, a larceny incident was reported.
  • 2:45 p.m. on Monday, larceny report at 39 Adams Street.
  • Theft reported at 25 Harvard Street on Monday, 6 p.m.
  • Breaking-and-entering reported at 75 Centre Street, 8:15 p.m. 
  • 300 South Street reported an assault-and-battery incident on Monday, 9:15 p.m. 
  • A caller from 245 Woodland Road reported that someone had attempted to enter their home through a rear sliding glass door, but was unable to do so. The call came in at about 10:30 p.m. on Monday.
Traffic
  • Police render assistance to those involved in a hit-and-run accident outside of Chef Chow's house on Friday, at about 3:30 p.m.
  • Hammond Street intersection with Boylston Street at about 9:45 p.m. on Friday, police receive a report of a hit-and-run accident.
Animal Reports
  • 34 Greenough Street reported a bat call at about 12:15 a.m. Sunday.
  • Sunday, 2:15 p.m., 1045 Beacon Street reports a bat call. Residents were able to confine the bat to one room, and were advised to contact a private removal company.
  • Bat call received at 8:30 a.m. Sunday morning at 114 Lancaster Terrace. 
  • 1776 Beacon Street reported a bat call just before noon on Sunday. 
  • Animal control received a bat call at about 9:15 p.m. from 34A Park Street 

For information on , consult the guide posted earlier today.

Other
  • A court summons was issued after 22 High Street reported an assault-and-battery at about 9:30 p.m. on Saturday evening.
  • Police received three trespassing complaint at 286 Tappan Street on Sunday. The call came in initially at 1:45 p.m., and a second came in at 2:30 p.m. Police log notes that the matter was resolved at 5 p.m.
  • Police responded to a call of a man with a knife on Winthrop Road at about 7:15 p.m., and found two men on the stairs. A third party, the caller, reported that he was assaulted by the other two men. The three had been roommates, but had a falling out over financial disagreements. According to the third roommate, one man had come out of his room swinging an axe, brandishing a knife, and threatening him. The first man said this was not the case, and confirmed that their other roommate owned several knives. Police arrested one of the men for assault with a dangerous weapon.

Some details in this blotter were provided by the Brookline Police Blog. For questions about this blotter, email Grahame.Turner@Patch.com .

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