Police say arrests could put a dent in recent wave of Roslindale car break-ins

By adamg - 11/20/09 - 4:02 pm

Boston Police report that officers responding to a 4:45 a.m. call from Wyvern Street found two guys a couple blocks away on Hyde Park Avenue acting suspiciously.

Lee Harvey, 18, of Dorchester and Jesus Ortiz, 18, were both arrested and charged with larceny from a motor vehicle and receiving stolen property after, police say, officers spotted one of them throwing a bag over a fence. Police say they found a bag under a car one of the two was crouching behind containing a laptop stolen from a car on Wyvern - and another bag containing numerous stolen items and cash.

Police say "this immediate area has been recently experiencing larcenies related to motor vehicles." Word, however, is that almost every district in the city has experienced an increase in car break-ins of late.

Innocent, etc.