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(Update) Man Steals MBTA Van With Passenger Inside In Woburn, Crashes It: Cops (Update) Man Steals MBTA Van With Passenger Inside In Woburn, Crashes It: Cops
(Update) Man Steals MBTA Van With Passenger Inside In Woburn, Crashes It: Cops Update: Police have identified the man they say stole the MBTA as Thomas Baldwin, 34, who last lived in Lowell. Officers said he stole the van when the driver got out to help someone at a Stop 'n Shop parking lot on Elm Street in Woburn.  Original: A man was arrested Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 6, after he stole an MBTA T-RIDE van with a passenger inside in Woburn and crashed trying to get away, authorities said.  The 34-year-old man stole the Ford Flex van, which transports people with disabilities, on Elm Street around 3:42 p.m., the transit authority said in a news release. Poli…
Video Shows Thief Crash Car In Daring Escape From Cops In Eastern Mass Video Shows Thief Crash Car In Daring Escape From Cops In Eastern Mass
Video Shows Thief Crash Car In Daring Escape From Cops In Eastern Mass At least seven vehicles have been stolen recently from Eastern Massachusetts and Worcester County by a ring of thieves, officials say.  Police believe an organized group of between eight and 10 people are breaking into and stealing cars from Leominster and Sudbury and bringing them to Maynard, according to the Maynard Police Department.  Police were tipped off that a group of people were stealing cars around 3:30 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 30, from Christmas Motors near Acton Street in Maynard.  Officers arrived to find several cars blocking the road and m…
21 Shots Fired In Burlington Apartment Shoot-Out, Police Investigate 21 Shots Fired In Burlington Apartment Shoot-Out, Police Investigate
21 Shots Fired In Burlington Apartment Shoot-Out, Police Investigate A stolen car was used in a shootout in Middlesex County, officials said.  A shooting was reported at the Avalon apartment complex at 1 Arboretum Way in Burlington in the early morning hours of Wednesday, August 2, according to the Burlington Police Department.  Police arrived at the scene around 3:45 a.m. and determined that no one had been injured in the shooting.  Police said the initial investigation suggests that the suspects fired 21 shots from two separate weapons while on foot outside the apartment building.  The suspects drove off in a car stolen in Everet…
Teenaged Trio Nabbed In Stolen Car Pursuit In Wellesley: Police Teenaged Trio Nabbed In Stolen Car Pursuit In Wellesley: Police
Teenaged Trio Nabbed In Stolen Car Pursuit In Wellesley: Police Three 15-year-olds led police in a chase that reached unsafe speeds in the latest development of a string of stolen car cases in Wellesley, officials say. Police noticed a vehicle driving at very slow speeds on Colburn Road in Wellesley around 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday, May 2 and attempted to follow the vehicle as it sped down Washington Street, Forest Street, and into Needham, according to the Wellesley Police Department.  The speeding vehicle's license plate indicated that the vehicle was stolen from Great Plain Avenue in Wellesley early Monday morning.  Needham police joi…
MIT Grad Students Save Dog Dumped From Car Stolen By Teenager In Cambridge: Police MIT Grad Students Save Dog Dumped From Car Stolen By Teenager In Cambridge: Police
MIT Grad Students Save Dog Dumped From Car Stolen By Teenager In Cambridge: Police A car thief stole a BMW with a dog still inside the vehicle, but their plot to rid themselves of the bystander canine were foiled by a group of MIT graduate students, officials say. The graduate students saw the BMW dump a dog out of the vehicle around 4:45 p.m. on Saturday, March 11 at the intersection of Wadsworth and Amherst Streets, Cambridge police say. The vehicle nearly hit three of the students as they attempted to remove the dog from the street.  The BMW's operator drove off, and the grad students flagged down police to report the incident. Police determined that a teenaged b…
Luxury Cars, Parts Stolen From Waltham Dealership; Police Investigating Luxury Cars, Parts Stolen From Waltham Dealership; Police Investigating
Luxury Cars, Parts Stolen From Waltham Dealership; Police Investigating Authorities in Waltham are investigating after multiple luxury cars and car parts were stolen from dealership this week, police confirm to Daily Voice. Officers responded to a report of larceny of motor vehicles at Eastside Motoring, located at 265 Bear Hill Road, on Tuesday, March 7, Detective Lieutenant Dennis Deveney Jr. told Daily Voice.  It was later confirmed that several cars and car parts were stolen, Deveney said.  Eastside Motoring offers "high-quality, pre-owned vehicles" as well as several customization services, according to their website.  The thefts are …
Worcester Man Accused Of Breaking Into Cars Adds Several Gun Charges: DA Worcester Man Accused Of Breaking Into Cars Adds Several Gun Charges: DA
Worcester Man Accused Of Breaking Into Cars Adds Several Gun Charges: DA A 38-year-old Worchester man faces a laundry list of charges after police say they caught him breaking into cars in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston earlier this month.  Antoine Robinson is charged with breaking and entering, carrying a dangerous weapon, possession of a firearm, carrying a gun without a license, receiving stolen property, possession of an illegal firearm having committed a prior violent offense, and defacing a firearm serial number, the Suffolk County District  Attorney's Office said. Witnesses told police on Nov. 9 that they saw a man breaking into c…
Car Thief Wearing Ski Mask, Sunglasses Caught After 4-Car Crash In Dorchester Car Thief Wearing Ski Mask, Sunglasses Caught After 4-Car Crash In Dorchester
Car Thief Wearing Ski Mask, Sunglasses Caught After 4-Car Crash In Dorchester A suspect who stole a car in Boston several days ago has been arrested after causing a four-car crash in the city, authorities said. A Massachusetts State Trooper spotted the stolen vehicle in the area of Morrissey Boulevard and Freeport Street in Dorchester on the morning of Tuesday, June 14, police said on Twitter.  Developing — Trooper in Dorchester just spotted vehicle involved in carjacking several days ago. Suspect driving it today was wearing ski mask and sunglasses. Suspect refused to stop, crashed into 3 other cars & tried to run, but was caught & in custody, Morrissey…