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Alleged gun-packing gangbanger unable to outrun fleet-footed lawman in the South End
By adamg on Sun, 11/01/2015 - 1:53pm
An alleged gang member who tried to ferret a gun away under a car proved unable to outrun a cop in a chase that went on for half-a-mile through crowds of trick-or-treaters yesterday evening, Boston Police report.
Police say gang-unit officers stationed on Aguadilla Street because of a recent spate of gang-related gun violence began to keep their eye on a group of "known gang members" just standing there on Aguadilla near Tremont around 8 p.m.
The officers continued to watch the group and observed one of the men, Edwin Calderon, 28, of Boston, suddenly begin to walk away with his hands in his pockets while looking back at the officers several times. Officers observed the suspect approach a parked car and place what appeared to be a firearm underneath it before breaking into a full sprint through O’Day Playground and out onto West Newton Street. Knowing that there were young kids everywhere – one of the officers went to the parked car and secured what was revealed to be a loaded Ruger Mark II .22 caliber handgun while the other officer chased the suspect on foot through the park. The pursuit lasted nearly a half mile but the officer caught up to the suspect and was able to place him in custody in the area of 5 Cumston Place.
Calderon will be arraigned tomorrow in Boston Municipal Court on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition and carrying a loaded gun on a public way. All of the charges could bring heightened penalties because he was also charged with being an armed career criminal.
Innocent, etc.
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Good job BPD
The South End was packed with children trick-or-treating last night. Good job to the police for catching the thug, but he and his gang member friends like to hang out on Aguadilla near Tremont and O'Day park all day every day. They need to be swept out of their little hangout for good before someone gets hurt.
Small problem
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."
Where do you live?
We'll ask the gang unit to round up all those fine young lads and drop them off on your corner so they can peacefully assemble.
I'm so sorry
The US Constitution is inconvenient. Maybe we'll just make an exception for people who you think are up to no good. That'll never come back to bite you in the ass.
That's not what was asked
Once again, where do you live? I'm willing to bet this month's paycheck it's some place where one never has to worry about gangbangers hanging out on the street corner. Oh, and also, tinfoil is on sale at CVS this week, might want to stock up if you're so worried about the big bad government trampling on your rights.
Sigh
Whether or not it would make my own quality of life go up (you owe me a month's paycheck), you still can't arrest people for being in the same place at the same time.
The slow erosion of the Constitution in the fight on the war on drugs is both well-documented and real. And tinfoil only stops them from reading your mind.
And BPD did not infringe on that right
Instead, they observed the group from afar, and when one of them did something stupid, they chased him down and caught him. They didn't go up and tell them to disperse. The presence on the street was enough to flush one of them out.
Yeah
Maybe read the comment this was in response to in order to actually understand the context.
Penalties
Let's hope Mr. Calderon is not released on his own recognazance, or otherwise not put away for as long as possible.
Chapter 269: Section 10 – Carrying Dangerous Weapons
(a) Whoever, except as provided or exempted by statute, knowingly has in his possession; or knowingly has under his control in a vehicle; a firearm, loaded or unloaded … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than two and one-half years nor more than five years, or for not less than 18 months nor more than two and one-half years in a jail or house of correction.
(c) Whoever, except as provided by law, possesses a machine gun … or whoever owns, possesses or carries on his person, or carries on his person or under his control in a vehicle, a sawed-off shotgun … shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for life, or for any term of years provided that any sentence imposed under the provisions of this paragraph shall be subject to the minimum requirements of paragraph (a).
(d) Whoever, after having been convicted of any of the offenses set forth in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) commits a like offense or any other of the said offenses, shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than five years nor more than seven years; for a third such offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than seven years nor more than ten years; and for a fourth such offense, by imprisonment in the state prison for not less than ten years nor more than fifteen years …
(g) Whoever, within this commonwealth, produces for sale, delivers or causes to be delivered, orders for delivery, sells or offers for sale, or fails to keep records regarding, any rifle or shotgun without complying with the requirement of a serial number, as provided in section one hundred and twenty-nine B of chapter one hundred and forty, shall for the first offense be punished by confinement in a jail or house of correction for not more than two and one-half years, or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
(h)(1) Whoever owns, possesses or transfers a firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition without complying with the provisions of section 129C of chapter 140 shall be punished by imprisonment in a jail or house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $500. Whoever commits a second or subsequent violation of this paragraph shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 2 years or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or both. Any officer authorized to make arrests may arrest without a warrant any person whom the officer has probable cause to believe has violated this paragraph.
(2) Any person who leaves a firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition unattended with the intent to transfer possession of such firearm, rifle, shotgun or ammunition to any person not licensed under section 129C of chapter 140 or section 131 of chapter 140 for the purpose of committing a crime or concealing a crime shall be punished by imprisonment in a house of correction for not more than 21/2 years or in state prison for not more than 5 years.
(j) Whoever, not being a law enforcement officer, and notwithstanding any license obtained by him under the provisions of chapter one hundred and forty, carries on his person a firearm as hereinafter defined, loaded or unloaded or other dangerous weapon in any building or on the grounds of any elementary or secondary school, college or university without the written authorization of the board or officer in charge of such elementary or secondary school, college or university shall be punished by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars or by imprisonment for not more than one year, or both. For the purpose of this paragraph, “firearm” shall mean any pistol, revolver, rifle or smoothbore arm from which a shot, bullet or pellet can be discharged by whatever means.
Any officer in charge of an elementary or secondary school, college or university or any faculty member or administrative officer of an elementary or secondary school, college or university failing to report violations of this paragraph shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars.
(m) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (a) or (h), any person not exempted by statute who knowingly has in his possession, or knowingly has under his control in a vehicle, a large capacity weapon or large capacity feeding device therefor who does not possess a valid Class A or Class B license to carry firearms issued under section 131 or 131F of chapter 140, except as permitted or otherwise provided under this section or chapter 140, shall be punished by imprisonment in a state prison for not less than two and one-half years nor more than ten years…
(n) Whoever violates paragraph (a) or paragraph (c), by means of a loaded firearm, loaded sawed off shotgun or loaded machine gun shall be further punished by imprisonment in the house of correction for not more than 21/2 years, which sentence shall begin from and after the expiration of the sentence for the violation of paragraph (a) or paragraph (c).
All of the charges could
One would hope, but I'm not holding my breath.
Speed vs. Stamina
Homie was a sprinter, cop a distance runner.
Headline missed opportunity
"fleet footed flatfoot"
My home
I grew up in that area and years ago people wrote the south end news about the gangbangers hanging out all summer long in front of Cosmos. Well I'd like to let you all know those so called gangbangers such as myself we home for college break and are now mostly living life in our professional lives. Not saying that people aren't carrying guns down there, but in all honesty I can understand why which is something most of you will never understand. If you have so much to say about the problem why don't you try and help fix it? Don't see any of you out there offering jobs to get the younger ones off the streets. I don't see any of you actually talking to the people who have lived down there their entire life. South end in the late 90s became the hot new fad to move into. Be thankful people aren't still getting mugged walking up west newton. YOU'RE WELCOME.