Boston Blotter: Pounding the Pavement

--Police picked up Mark Leaston because, according to the DA's office, "Evidence suggests that Leaston forced a 22-year-old woman into his U-Haul, drove her to nearby Kineo Street, and touched her against her will before ordering her out of the truck." Leaston's lawyer is saying that it wasn't kidnapping but that the woman was a prostitute, and Leaston was fighting with her. According to the Globe, the lawyer, Richard Doyle, dropped the words "pounding the pavement." We know the lawyer is doing his job, and all charges alleged, but does the fact that the victim may be a prostitute make it okay?

--Two drug dealers in Boston Common tried to swindle a customer. Darryl Noles took the customers money and said he'd return with some drugs – but we went to McDonalds instead. (Munchie run?) Unfortunately for them, the customer was an undercover officer who swiftly took them in. The Herald helpfully explained that the BPD is trying to clean up the Common. Good luck with that! If you walk through the Common at night, it is like a veritable Shoney's Breakfast Buffet of drugs!

--Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had a huge roundup yesterday in Chelsea, when they arrested 27 Brazilian individuals in the parking lot of a Market Basket. ICE made the arrest because some of them generated fake green cards and other IDs for illegal immigrants.

--Someone got stabbed on Callender Street last night. The victim made it to the station and gave officers a description, which they used to round up the perp swiftly. The victim is now getting over the standard "non-life-threatening injury."

All charges alleged until proven under law. Image of Rick James' Street Songs from Amazon.