Yesterday, the BPD released its daily announcements after Bostonist wrapped up its own blotter list. Many, many thanks to commenter Middleman for pointing out the following instances of criminal minds at work:

Exhibit A involves a gentleman who earns points for being an honest perp. When pulled over for running a red light, he admitted that everything police found in the car--a gun, a crack pipe, and Ritalin sans prescription--was his. But he was too honest when he said of the crack pipe: "It hasn't been used yet." If only he had stopped before the "yet" ... but with everything else he had in the car, he was sunk.

The BPD could have written any number of titles for the incident given the array of offenses involved, but they went with alliteration: "PRESCRIPTIONLESS PILLS NEVER A GOOD THING."

Exhibit B involves a group of graffiti artists at work in the Common. Dumb move number #1: If you are a graffiti artist, you shouldn't go to work in a location crawling with cops. Dumb move number #2: You should try to keep the paint off your hands, especially the red kind so that bloggers don't make "caught red-handed jokes" later. Dumb move number #3: Inserting your honest-to-God real name into the graffiti. Legendary taggers use pseudonyms for good reason. Dumb move number #4: Telling the police as you are being booked "I saw writing on it [monument] so I thought you could write on it."

All charges alleged until proven under law. Image from Amazon.