But what if he'd just found the holy grail?

Boston Police report that when officers spotted a man in an alleyway in Downtown Crossing that was marked "No Trespassing," yesterday afternoon, they caught up with him for a little chat. After awhile, they asked for a peek in the leather case he was holding. It contained:

A gold challis, a gold container with the initials INF, two silver bottles, one crucifix, a gold container with a Jesus medallion, and a prayer book.

George T. Zwicker, 46, of Boston, was then arrested on charges of not being a priest on the way to a Mass trespassing and receiving stolen property.

Around 9 p.m., officers down in Dorchester arrested a man allegedly spotted stealing a stove from an abandoned house at 96 Harvard St.

Jimiel Bonner, 36, of Boston, was charged with breaking and entering in the nighttime, possession of burglarious tools and Larceny over $250. He allegedly told officers:

"Metal is money, the stove has been in that yard for three days at least, so I took it!" Officers looked at the stove and noted that based on its appearance that it had not been sitting outside in the elements.

Police also report arresting a man with an apparent poor sense of place: Travis Tuplin, 44, of Boston, was charged with spray painting "Detox the Ghetto!" with black paint on the side of 45 Irving St. on Beacon Hill. Police say Tuplin told officers a friend of his had done the tagging but that they found him with a can of spray paint in one hand, a 40-ounce bottle of beer in the other and with "a strong odor of paint emanating from his clothes."

Innocent, etc.