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Armed-robbery suspects crash car, get arrested

By adamg on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:03am

ScanBoston reports two suspects in an unspecified armed robbery late Tuesday night fled in a car on Bay State Road before crashing into a pole at Commonwealth Avenue and Granby Street. A Massachusetts State Police cruiser was damaged in the chase.

The Globe reports the two were wanted for holding up the 7-Eleven store on West Newton Street in the South End.

Neighborhoods: 
Back Bay
Topics: 
Driving
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Commonwealth Avenue


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By Saul on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 12:12am.

We were coming out of Uno's at Kenmore Square around 10:30 and there was a black car racing down Beacon Street inbound being pursued at high speed by around five cruisers. A few moments after they'd gone through Kenmore Square the cars were going back outbound on Comm Ave, with several other cruisers coming from other directions. We didn't hear the crash, even though we were a few blocks away.

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By JohnAKeith on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 9:13am.

Welcome back South End, circa 1986! We missed you!

BTW, splitting hairs, but the Globe is wrong - W Newton St on that side of St Botolph is considered "Back Bay", not "South End". The line of demarkation is St Botolph Street - they have Back Bay residents' stickers.

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By Ron Newman on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 9:39am.

I thought it was actually the railroad tracks, a half-block south of St. Botolph (and now the Southwest Corridor Park).

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By JohnAKeith on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 10:38am.

Yep, Ron, I can go for that.

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By adamg on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 9:24am.

The Herald gets the word from police.

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By scollaysq on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 10:27am.

I know a woman who used to live in the South End. Now she lives in the Back Bay, but she says she's still in the same apartment.

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By NotWhitey on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:50am.

Not just the realtor weasels - the residents themselves. If people in the South End want to be able to park in Back Bay, then they bitch to get themselves included in the Back Bay zone. People in Roslindale recently got themselves moved to the West Roxbury auto insurance district to get lower rates. The address moves, the house stays the same.

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By adamg on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 11:55am.

The only reason my rates went down was because we switched companies.

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By adamg on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 2:06pm.

Jeremy Williams, 29, of Dorchester, was charged with armed robbery. Juan Pimental, 29, of Revere, was charged with armed robbery, receiving a stolen motor vehicle, refusal to stop and driving to endanger. State Police also cited him for failure to stop for a police officer and for attaching plates. Police say the gun turned out to be a replica.

Boston Police report Williams showed a gun and got into a black Lincoln Town Car headed down St. Botolph toward Mass. Ave.

Officers spotted a black Lincoln Town Car at Huntington and South Huntington"

Officers activated their emergency blue lights in their BPD unmarked vehicle and initiated a motor vehicle stop on South Huntington Street by Perkins Street. The suspect vehicle initially stopped for officers but then sped off on South Huntington St. toward Centre St. Officers radioed BPD operations that the suspect VEHICLE had fled and were then assisted by a marked BPD police cruiser.

Without any regard for public safety, the suspect vehicle turned left onto Centre St, onto Boylston St, left onto Chestnut St, left onto Mozart St, left onto Centre St, right onto Gayhead St, left onto Mindon St, right onto Schiller St, right onto Heath St, left onto Parker St, left onto Ruggles St, across Huntington Ave, straight towards Park Drive crossing the intersection of Brookline/Boylston Street continuing towards Audubon Circle. The suspect vehicle then turned right on Beacon Street and continued into Kenmore Square straight onto Commonwealth Ave turning left onto Kenmore Street towards Bay State Road. The suspect vehicle continued on Bay State Drive where it attempted to turn right onto Commonwealth Ave. As the suspect vehicle approached a red light at the intersection of Bay State Road and Commonwealth Avenue, it attempted to evade officers by driving onto the side walk around a car that was waiting at the red light.

Mass State Police observed the actions of the suspect vehicle and in fear of the vehicle waiting at the red light and pedestrians in the immediate area, pinned the suspect vehicle with his department cruiser. At that time the suspect vehicle struck a light pole located at the corner of Bay State Rd and Commonwealth Ave.

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By roadman on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 4:41pm.

vehicles actually activating their SIRENS as well.

But I guess the Boston Police figure it's better to avoid running the risk of waking someboy up from their sleep than it is to provide adequate warning to motorists and pedestrians that a police pursuit is in progress.

The only problem is that police departments and ambulance drivers seem to have an aversion to using sirens in the daytime as well.

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By Saul on Wed, 01/06/2010 - 7:31pm.

Having witnessed the pursuit down Beacon Street into Kenmore Square (see first comment), I can confirm that sirens were blaring loudly on all cruisers in chase. Nevertheless it was still a very high-speed chase and thank goodness no pedestrians or cars in the way were struck.

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By anon on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 7:56am.

The report didn't say anything about the cops handcuffing him either. Or the cops putting him into a cell and making sure that cell is locked. Or about the cops reading these guys their rights.....

point being, it doesn't mean it didn't happen. jeeze.

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By roadman on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 10:46am.

vehicles increasingly DO NOT USE THEIR SIRENS while responding to calls, the use or omission of sirens in the case of a high-speed pursuit is a potentially important detail that should be part of the offical record of the incident.

And, frankly, the police reading a suspect their rights should ALSO be noted in a police report.

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By Pete Nice on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 11:26am.

I just saw a news release. And additionally Ive been involved with dozens of car chases. 100% of the time the lights and sirens are on. It doesn't make sense not to put the sirens on in a chase. Makes it unsafe for everyone.

You can bet this information will be in the actual report. There are pursuit policies that dictate this type of stuff.

I should probably add that policy also dictates what types of calls sirens, lights or excessive speeds can be used for as well. I cannot speak for the Fire or EMS but I would bet Fire has a policy on that type of stuff as well.

Sometimes using a siren can endanger lives such as a bank alarm, hostage situation or other special circumstance.

I do agree that sirens are not used in many cases where they should however.

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By roadman on Thu, 01/07/2010 - 11:57am.

not the formal police report.

And I agree with you that, in limited cases, it is better for the police to respond to particular types of calls without sirens. However, having almost been in a head on collision with a local police cruiser some years ago because the officer, responding to a call WITHOUT their sirens on, decided to cross into the opposing lane of traffic just as I was making a right hand turn onto that street, I have very little sympathy for policies, unwritten or otherwise, that are meant to appease the environmental lobby's overblown concerns about the effects of urban noise on people.

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