Scrooges on the Blotter

Some people don't give crime a rest over the holidays, especially when they're under pressure to put presents under the tree.

Today's BPD Blotter was filled up with people trying to fill their gift obligations at any cost. This morning's post had the following jarring change in tone: "Merry Christmas / Bank Window Smashed." (The police didn't get the perp.) Then, two guys took last-minute Christmas shopping way too seriously and tried to liberate $1,000 in DVDs.

But the last robbery on the list was the most fascinating - four masked women robbed a food delivery guy at gunpoint. Is a new Deadly Viper Assassin Squad running through town or something?

Another tough woman on the right side of the law thwarted an attempted robbery on Saturday night. And she was 70 years old! At the New England Medical Center, a purse-snatcher thought he found an easy target in the elderly woman, but she snatched back, and she helped the police catch him.

Image of Scrooged DVD cover from Amazon.