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Car chase starts in Chinatown, ends in Randolph when State Police put spike sticks on highway
By adamg on Wed, 09/20/2017 - 9:07am
Transit Police report a Medford man faces a variety of charges after allegedly leading them and State Police on a chase that started Tuesday morning when a Transit cop spotted him engaged in what looked like a drug transaction at Boylston and Essex streets.
Transit Police report an officer spotted a man in a Silverado engaged in what appeared to be a drug transaction around 10:50 a.m. The officer did a registration check and the SUV came back reported as stolen.
The TPD officer attempted to stop Mitchell in the area of Washington and Essex Street's however Mitchell refused to pull over and proceeded to enter onto 93 South. The officer followed Mitchell onto 93 South with his emergency lights and siren activated. Mitchell still refused to stop for the officer and continued travelling south on 93. The Massachusetts State Police assisted the TPD and attempted to deploy spike strips at exit 11B. This attempt was unsuccessful and Mitchell proceeded on. In the vicinity of the Braintree split MSP again deployed spike strips this time successful deflating the air and shredding Mitchell's tires. Near exit 5b in Randolph Mitchell finally surrendered by exiting his vehicle and laying down on the ground.
Mitchell was charged with receiving stolen property, negligent operation, driving without a license and refusing to submit, police say, adding he was already wanted in Lawrence on other bad-driving charges.
Innocent, etc.
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Comments
I am surprised that policy
I am surprised that policy would allow for a chase to go on for so long for someone wanted for nonviolent crime?
Stolen car.....
is almost always going to allow for a chase in most police pursuit policies.
On the highway
Doesn't sound particularly high speed, either.
Through town is much more dangerous, and they likely would have broken off.
Why do the T police care about drug sales not on T property?
This seems beyond their mandate.
"Newman....."
Apparently you never read thier mandate. They have full police powers in all cities and towns served by the MBTA.
There's a reason why the
There's a reason why the Commonwealth bestowed such vast police powers on them upon their creation in 1968. It can be real tough to do all that traveling from MBTA point A to MBTA point B without seeing a whole lot of nonsense happening in between.
Nice job T-Police
Do the various police agencies in the City of Boston have to follow the Boston Police Policy on car pursuits in the city? Do the various police agencies have to notify the Transit Police and follow their policies when chasing a person through the tunnels like the incident last week in Boylston station?
No the state police and transit have their own policies...
Now if another city chases a vehicle into Boston, most polices say they need to let the other agency know and let that agency control the pursuit (and determine if it should be stopped or not).
The state and transit police have jurisdiction in Boston for vehicle pursuits (and I don't know if they are required to let Boston know, but they always do).
Receiving stolen property?
So somebody else originally stole the car and then gave it to Mitchell?
standard charge for having something that isn't yours.
It can be very hard to prove that you actually stole something, but very easy to prove that you did in fact have stolen property in your possession.
Both are felonies if the value is over $250 and carry the same penalty (up to 5 years in prison)