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Man throws woman to the ground, steals her bike in the South End
By adamg on Sun, 09/29/2013 - 10:23am
Around 11 p.m., Saturday, a stocky white man attacked a woman on her bike at West Newton and St. Botolph streets and stole her black Schwinn bike with a BU sticker on the back.
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Wasn't me!
I was in Arlington at the time!
But hey, should there be a law against bike jacking similar to the ones for carjacking?
Let's hope
the BU sticker was one of the BUPD bike registry stickers. That increases the very slim chance of the girl getting her bike back and of the perpetrator being caught.
http://www.bu.edu/bikesafety/bike-registration/
It's Possible
Not to raise hope too much. But it actually happen to me. I think I told this story some comment ago, but it happened.
Once, my bike got stolen after stupidly locking only my front wheel. I was rewarded by the being in the most pathetic scene of standing in front of Warren Towers holding my bike wheel and lock with an BUPD officer taking notes about my bike. One person even walked by and audibly quipped to his group "Wow, that sucks".
I resigned to walk and thinking about the expense of buying a new bike, but week later, I got a email. Cambridge PD actually found my bike. I asked about who was the perpetrator and their plan for charges, but they said that it was still under investigation and so they can't reveal it. Honestly, I was too happy with just getting my bike back that I didn't care and still don't care enough to find out. Apparently the registry sticker allowed them to trace it back to me. Thus I grabbed my front wheel and went to the police station to claim it back. And it turns out that they put in a new front wheel. I think they even gave my bike a tune up. And so I get to ride my bike back and somehow manage to hold on to now spare wheel without crashing into anything.
I keep that wheel since as a symbol of both my stupidity and my luck.
Of course, don't raise your hopes too much. Despite my story and I can tell a few others. Many don't get that chance. Including an earlier bike that got stolen too because I used a crap combination lock my parents gave me when I was 12 or something (fortunately that was a cheap Wal-Mart, I should also note I didn't register that bike, though I never really had the chance).
No, there should not.
There was no reason to have a law against carjacking, since carjacking is armed robbery, which was already adequately covered by the law. But, heaven forbid that a legislator be accused of "not doing anything about this spate of carjackings," so we get a few more laws on the books.
WTF!
What is wrong with people nowadays? Who does sh*t like this? I lived 2 doors away from that corner in the 70's and it seems like it was safer back then! Even though the street was crawling with hookers, but they were cool..
"Who does s**t like that?"
Vicious A-holes...that's who! It's disgusting that people can have the gall to knock somebody off their bike and then steal it from them from right under their noses, and not give a rat's ass about having done that.
Here's hoping the woman was okay and not hurt.
Did they move St Botolph St?
Unless they did, St Botolph St is still in the Back Bay (the Southwest Corridor Park is the dividing line between the Back Bay and South End).
Nit picked successfully.
Sez who?
Isn't the dividing line generally considered to be Huntington Ave?
For that matter, is there any official recognition of neighborhood boundaries for any legal or regulatory purpose?
St Botolph is not in the Back Bay
The traditional dividing line was the railroad tracks running into Back Bay station and on to South Station (not the tracks under the SW corridor). Basically everything North of the pike, west of Arlington and East of the Bowker plus the Pru - cutting across Dalton back to Boylston which straddles the historical divide is considered the Back Bay. The exception would be the area near Isabella under the auspices of Bay village (or possibly Ellis?)- kind of southeast of Columbus but still north of the Pike.
And Bob - saw your post before saving this. there are no formal borders to any neighborhood - although some of course have natural borders.
Oh?
Then someone ought to tell the Boston Transportation Department it's been putting up Back Bay signs on the wrong side of Huntington. Not to mention property descriptions on thousands of records and deeds going back generations (though those tend to be more vague about location)...
Historical Parking Vestige?
Not sure why BTD calls this Back Bay for parking purposes - perhaps included when they granted neighborhood parking rights if they did that before they did the South End - but after 20 years of living here, have never heard of anyone referring to that area as Back Bay (except people selling real estate). The RR was the historical divide and the formal borders developed by the Neighborhood Assn going back at least 30-odd years - maybe more - run down Huntington.
People can claim any 'hood they want. But I've never heard any unbiased person call that the Back Bay. The Boston Neighborhood debate rages on...
...rages on in your pea brain perhaps
My grandfather lived on St. Botolph and it's absolutely in the Back Bay. Sorry to burst your bubble, newbie.
Then you better tell the Neighborhood Assn
Like I said - there are no firm borders, but I can assure you that NOBODY I know that lives in the Back Bay considers that the Back Bay unless you are selling real estate. If it was in your grandpappy's time - well that's wonderful - but those days are long gone. Please take a look at the calendar my dear anonymous bubble boy and tell me what year it is...
PS - even their own Neighborhood Assn considers them distinct from the Back Bay (and also distinct from the South End)- and homes there predate the existence of most of the Back Bay by 20 years or more:
The St. Botolph District was developed in the 1850's as a residential neighborhood and is a historical site protected by the St. Botolph Historic District Commission. It consists of 8 blocks east to west, and its boundaries are Huntington Avenue, Copley Place, the Southwest Corridor Park and Massachusetts Avenue. Because of its Back Bay/Prudential location closely bordering the South End (via the Southwest Corridor Park), its residents enjoy the benefits of easy access to many thriving commercial areas while enjoying the quiet ambiance of a comfortable residential neighborhood.
maybe one of you could explain this
Why does it matter? I can see why it might matter for parking stickers and EMS, but, seriously, what difference does it make?
Doesn't really
So why do you think this anon copped such an attitude about it? Just responding to his/her snotty question/attitude.