Community Safety Meeting Planned to Address Recent Crime

A community safety meeting is planned for Monday evening at the Devotion School.

Brookline Police Chief Daniel O’Leary will host a community safety meeting on Monday, February 11 at 7 p.m. in caferteria of the Devotion School. The North Brookline Neighborhood Association, which covers the areas of precincts 2, 8 and 9 in North Brookline is sponsoring this meeting with the Brookline Police Department. Selectman Nancy Daily will be in attendance as well as a representative from the Boston University Community Relations Department. Residents are asked to come out a voice their concerns and hear from the police regarding public safety in the wake of recent street crimes. There has been an increase of street robberies in Brookline, and a petition was created calling on law enforcement to address some community concerns. A …

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OMGPD: Tied-up Chipmunks, Lost Bongs and Who Let the Dogs Out (on the Roof)?

A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Embezzlement on auto-pay? The ex-treasurer of two Acton Cub Scout Packs, has been accused of stealing thousands of dollars from both Packs along with a separate accusation of stealing from an Acton nonprofit. Police claim Kimberly Clark, 37, of Acton, even had her family's electric bills on auto-pay: http://patch.com/A-vy0N   "I'm sorry, he's tied up at the moment" Wellesley police liberated what they initially thought was a kitten, but turned out to be a chipmunk: http://patch.com/A-vspN   Up on the roof Last Saturday, Lexington police responded to a report of a dog running loose on the roof of the Dunkin' Donuts and adjacent businesses on Woburn Street. Officers believe the dog was a long jumper, possibly from its window onto the plaza's…

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Brookline Police Log: June 15 - 17

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 Brookline Police Department dispatch logs for June 15 through 17. Look for weekday incident reports twice a week, and arrest logs each Tuesday on Brookline Patch. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty. 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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Brookline Arrest Log: June 11 - 17

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

The following arrest report is based on Brookline Police Department reports for June 11 through 17. Look for weekday incident reports each Saturday, weekend reports each Monday, and arrest logs each Tuesday on Brookline Patch. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Shoplifting – Green Street woman, Shoshana Yeshaiau, aged 62. At about 10 p.m., a Trader Joe's employee reported that he had seen some items from the store inside a woman's personal bag. According to the employee, she left without paying for the items, with total value of $14.25. Police arrested and charged her with shoplifting. Receiving a stolen motor vehicle – Michael Sherman, 27, of East Lynn. About 1:45 a.m., an officer sees a grey Ford Focus on Harvard Street …

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Brookline Man Pleads Not Guilty to Gun Cache Charges

Richard Becker pled not guilty to 39 gun charges. Dangerousness hearing set for next week, June 20. Access granted for undisclosed medical attention.

Brookline resident Richard Becker, who faces 39 gun charges, was been ordered held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing. Becker, 55, was arraigned in Brookline District Court on Thursday, June 14 and is scheduled to next appear on June 20. He pleaded not guilty during the hearing, according to his attorney. His attorney also requested Becker have access to medical treatment.  Becker was arrested on Monday, June 11 after Brookline Police  executed a search warrant at his 181 Harvard St. home, where they found 36 weapons, thousands of rounds of ammunition, silencers, and high-capacity magazines.  Police also say that he was "totally off of [their] radar," and that they had initially become aware of him after a request to check on his…

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Brookline Man Found With Gun Cache Faces 39 Gun Charges

Brookline Police released a list of charges against Richard Becker, the man arrested Monday for possession of unlicensed weapons.

Monday evening, Brookline Police arrested Richard Becker, 55, of 181 Harvard Street. The Brookline resident was brought into Beth Israel hospital and held overnight, after he collapsed and requested medical attention when officers served a search warrant for his home. Police released a photo and list of charges earlier today. Becker is charged with 11 counts of possession of a large-capacity rifle, 10 counts of possession of a large-capacity firearm, one count of possession of a rifle, and 14 counts of possession of a firearm, as well as the two counts of possession of a silencer and possession of one large-capacity feeding device--i.e., magazines which can hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition.  Police say that he was brought into the …

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Brookline Police Arrest Man, Seize a Cache of Guns [Updated]

Brookline Police Department announced today that they have arrested a Harvard Street man and charged him with firearms violations.

[Update: Brookline Police Chief Daniel O'Leary provided some more details to the Board of Selectmen at their Tuesday meeting. He reports that Richard Becker had 18 firearms registered to him, and police only recovered 16 of those at the scene, among the 36 weapons recovered. Some of these rifles are not legal in this state. Police also found silencers which he said are illegal in Massachusetts. Among the high-capacity clips officers found, a "banana" clip capable of storing upto 100 rounds.  When police informed him that they knew about the guns, and invited him to accompany them during the search, O'Leary says he fell to the ground and requested medical attention. He is still at Beth Israel hospital.  O'Leary also told the Selectmen that …

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Grahame Turner

2:47 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012

I will accept the point about high-powered ammunition, but I feel the reason it was brought up (here and elsewhere) is more that it is one of the few details included in the initial release from the press. In more recent stories, the "high power" point has dropped out, and largely been replaced by "high capacity clips." This, however, is how online news works: we get a small amount of information…   more ›

Police Blotter

Brookline Arrest Log: May 28 – June 3

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

The following arrest report is based on Brookline Police Department reports for May 28 through June 3. Look for weekday incident reports each Saturday, weekend reports each Monday, and arrest logs each Tuesday on Brookline Patch. Suspects are innocent until proven guilty. Indecent assault-and-battery of a child over 14 – 21-year-old Pedro Lopes, of Brockton. Police made the arrest at 227 Babcock Street at about 1:45 p.m. Operating under the influence of alcohol – Hector Solorzano, Quincy man aged 37. At about 4 a.m., police saw a vehicle pulled into the Star Market parking lot on Beacon Street, but not actually parked in a spot. The door was open, the interior lights were on, and there was a pile of vomit outside the vehicle. The driver …

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