So this guy walks into the BJs in Dedham on Jan. 30 and walks out with an LCD TV - managing to escape the clutches of a pursuing detail cop. Then he returns the next day and does it again.

But he's a crafty fellow: The first day, he got away in white Camry. The next day, he jumped into a waiting green Camry.

Wonder if he's pals with this guy, who pulled the same stunt on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 at the Target in Woburn.

Boston Police report workers from the Franklin Park Zoo had to use a tranquilizer gun to subdue a coyote hit by a car on Howard Avenue this morning:

On arrival, officers spoke with Animal Control who stated that a coyote had been struck by a motor vehicle and appeared to be badly injured. Given the animal's injuries and fearing the possibility or probability of attack, officers proceeded to make efforts to contain and capture the animal. After containing the animal in rear yards in the area of 98 and 100 Wayland Streets, officers contacted the Franklin Park Zoo in efforts to obtain a tranquilizer gun. With the gun on scene and the perimeter secured, members of the Franklin Park Zoo were able to subdue the animal by the using the tranquilizer gun. The animal was then transported to away from the scene by Animal Control.

The Globe reports the animal had to be put down because of its injuries.

An East Boston convenience store that wants to sell beer and wine will have a tough job convincing city officials to overturn a longstanding, if informal, policy of limiting licenses to full-fledged packies and a few grandfathered establishments.

Joanna Villanueva, owner of La Esquina Supermarket, 184 Bremen St., appeared before the Boston Licensing Board today seeking permission to add beer and wine to the produce and convenience items she now sells.

Her attorney, John Dodge of Chelsea, said there was a public need for the license. The closest packy is in Maverick Square, several blocks away, and her customers keep asking her to stock alcoholic beverages. He said she's not seeking to become a destination site; a license would "allow the neighbors be able to pick up a bottle of wine or a six pack."

But board members and representatives from the mayor's office, City Councilor Sal LaMattina and Boston Police district A-7 all said they don't want to open the floodgates and allow convenience stores to get into the alcohol business.

"I daresay the board has not been under a lot of pressure because of people in East Boston dying of thirst," board Chairman Daniel Pokaski said. He said the longstanding informal ban makes sense because convenience-store owners and workers "tend not to be as focused in policing the purchase of alcohol, as opposed to a full-fledged package store, which is their only business."

Fellow board member Michael Connolly agreed, saying he would be disinclined to approve a license. However, both Pokaski and Connolly - the third board member, Suzanne Iannalla, was not present - agreed with a request from Dodge to hold off any action until after they hear from nearby residents. Dodge said he would work with local neighborhood groups and show the board they support the proposal.

A sergeant from A-7 said the market is a fine business, but he's concerned because of all the young people who congregate at the YMCA across the street, and that granting this license would open the door to lots of similar requests across East Boston.

Democrat Paul Sullivan of West Roxbury said today he is running for the 10th Suffolk seat being vacated by state-Senate hopeful Mike Rush:

As an ADA, I have fought day after day on behalf of victims of violent crime, parents seeking child support and those battling drug addictions. I have served the people of the Commonwealth with the utmost passion and tended to each individual with the proper focus and effort they deserved. I look forward to utilizing my work ethic and hard working attitude that was required of me at the DA's Office into advocating on behalf of the residents here in the Tenth Suffolk District.

Also declared: Kelly Tynan and Matt Benedetti.

The district includes West Roxbury, South Brookline and a small part of Roslindale.