March 6, 2008
Boston Blotter: Lunch Brawl Suspect Nabbed
-- Police arrested the Dorchester man responsible for the February 27th lunch brawl at West Roxbury High School. Edwin Reyes, 39, surrendered to police yesterday. Police say that Reyes led a posse of four adults, including his two brothers and an unidentified woman, to assault a West Roxbury student who had allegedly beat up Reyes's son.
Reyes stands accused of punching a West Roxbury student and driving his car into a school police officer while fleeing. The other three adults remain wanted and at large. The crimes garnered special attention from Mayor Thomas Menino who was furious to learn that it's easy beat up a child in a Boston high school, if you are a gang of vengeance-crazed adults. [Globe; Herald]
-- Boston police are warning residents in South Boston about an increase in home burglary. The short version: Those locks on your door? Use them. [BPDNews]
-- A Cambridge man may have been the victim of a hit and run hate crime. The morning of March 1, the 41 year-old was crossing at Granite and Pearl Streets with his boyfriend when a man driving a black Audi allegedly rammed him in the leg with the car. The driver shouted a homophobic slur as he drove away. [Cambridge Chronicle]
-- Don't assault an employee of the Boston Sports Club at 625 Mass. Ave. in Cambridge unless you bear contempt well. Police say that on February 27, a white male, witheringly described as "average looking," ended a lobby-spanning tirade by throwing a vase into the chest of a front desk employee. [Cambridge Chronicle]
-- Rob Bellinger has posted a chronological series of photos depicting a traffic stop turned arrest in Somerville. No report on the alleged offense, but the big Somerville crime van is pretty cool. [RBellinger.com via Universal Hub]
All charges alleged until proven under law


