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Man arrested in connection with yesterday's theft of an SUV with a kid in the back seat
By adamg on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 2:50pm
Updated with arraignment info.
Ronald Smoot, 50, of East Boston, had bail set at $25,000 today at his arraignment on charges he tried to evade police officers who wanted to talk to him about why he was driving an SUV stolen earlier in the day with a three-year-old in the back, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Smoot was formally charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, operating to endanger, failure to stop for a police officer, and speeding, for an incident around 6:30 p.m. on Marion Street:
Boston Police assigned to District A-7 spotted the car on Marion Street and arranged to block the roadway at Trenton Street. When the Acura approached, officers walked toward it and from past interactions immediately recognized the driver as Smoot.
The officers ordered Smoot to stop the car. Instead, he allegedly reversed the Acura and narrowly missed striking two officers before speeding away.
Police are continuing their investigation into a simple car grab that turned into a kidnapping Sunday morning when somebody jumped into a car while its driver went to use an ATM. The driver's son was turned over to a gas station not long after. According to the DA's office, Smoot could face additional charges related to this incident.
Officers recognized Smoot on sight because he's well known in District A-7. In 2010, he barricaded himself in his East Boston home and threatened police with a shovel when they tried to arrest him on outstanding warrants.
Last year, he was charged with armed robbery.
Innocent, etc.
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Smoot?
Should have stuck to measuring bridges...
Any relation?
I wonder.
There is a google image of
There is a google image of him standing on a fire escape with shovel in his hands in EB
Which you can see by clicking on the link in my post
It's from a standoff he had with police in 2010 when they showed up to arrest him.
Smoots
I was going to say that it's not very nice to name your child Ronald Smoot. But then I remembered that he was the child of Smoots.
One can hardly hold him
One can hardly hold him responsible for taking a car (containing a child) that was just sitting there with the keys in it running. Who among us could avoid such temptation?
Do I feel sorry?
Do I feel sorry for the incredible idiot of a father? Not one single bit.
Maybe this will give him and other baffled suburbanites a wake-up call:
YOU DO NOT EVER LEAVE YOUR CAR RUNNING WITH THE KEYS IN IT ANYWHERE!
This isn't Mayberry RFD.
AND YOU NEVER, EVER, LEAVE YOUR CAR RUNNING WITH THE KEYS IN IT - WHEN YOU ALSO HAVE LEFT A CHILD IN THE CAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Frankly, I think DSS needs to investigate this "parent."
This type of crime happens...
so often that you'd think everyone would be aware NOT to do it. Especially if one has little ones in the car but apparently...! But I don't think we have to worry about this guy. The Mother and relatives are going to be sure to continually chastise and remind him of how much of an idiot he's turned out to be.
Just curious....
Are you a parent?
What does that matter?
You think that just tbecause someone isn't a parent, they don't ge tto have an opinion? Really? You're going down that tired old route? News flash for you: no, no one feels sorry for someone who CHOSE to have kids and then acts irresponsibly.
It matters a lot, actually
Sure, anybody can have an opinion. The key is whether it's an informed opinion. Bars across America are full of people that know exactly how they would deal with the Middle East, the economy, unemployment, racism, etc., but in reality, they don't know squat. Their opinion is worthless.
Unless you have actually been a parent and made some of the day-to-day decisions a parent has to make, a strong opinion like Jo's is worthless.
Just sayin'
I'm a parent of 3 (now adult) children...
... and Jo's tirade does not strike me as particularly incorrect.
"Just sayin'"...
Please explain to us all what that even means. To me it says, "I know I just said something completely ridiculous, but since I said 'just sayin', no one can hold me accoutable for it". Please, unlighten us.
Furthermore, you stike me as someone who is simply egotistical and self righteous, and who is the typical modern parent who a.) thinks that they are saving the universe by releasing their perfect little treasure upon the world, b.) thinks that they get to live by a different set of rules because they did something that has literally been done billions and billions of times throughout the history of the planet, and c.) believes that they have life oh so much harder than people who do not have kids. Save us all the sob story. No one cares.
Funny thing is....
...I'm not a parent at all. I was just curious what Jo's STRONG OPINION was based on - experience or just someone who envisions a perfect world. That's all.
Eh...
Sounds like back pedaling to me. Perhaps because the nail was hit on the head. Or not. I really don't care at this point. Have a good one.
That's right....
Since we seem to be unable to keep the criminals in line, let's see if punishing crime victims has a deterrent effect on crime.
We shouldn't need to have ignition locks on cars, much less to lock them every time we turn our backs.
Not just crime risk
The crime risk would have been the least of my worries when my kids were this age.
A greater risk would be that the kids would let themselves loose and put the car in gear. Humans are monkeys, and young kids are monkeys without any real sense of the consequences of mucking around in a running vehicle.
Even if I did leave the kids in the car (when they were within my sight), I always shut off the ignition, deployed the emergency brake, and took the key with me. Maybe I just have a big enough extended family to have heard all the stories of mayhem.