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Chinatown dine-and-dasher leaves behind gun, sandals and Social Security card after fight with restaurant staffers, police say

Pink gun, bullets and magazine

Photo by BPD.

Update, 7/5: Judge denies request to hold suspect as potential danger to society, but orders her held in lieu of the $10,000 bail he set.

Boston Police report arresting one of two people who fled without paying for a meal at a Chinatown restaurant Saturday night, after she pointed a gun at one worker trying to stop her, then beat her, then ran outside as she dropped the gun - and her Social Security card.

The woman also fled without her sandals, which police found outside Empire Garden, 690 Washington St.

Police say Zaire Alexander, 24, of Charlestown, whom police quickly identified by reading the name on her Social Security card, turned herself in Monday at Boston Municipal Court.

Alexander, identified in court records as Zaire Ahmira Richardson, was arraigned on charges of assault and battery causing injury on a person over 60, defrauding an innkeeper, illegal possession of a firearm, illegal possession of a loaded firearm and illegal possession of ammunition. Judge Paul Treseler ordered her held without bail at least until a dangerousness hearing scheduled for Friday.

According to police, the woman and her male companion entered Empire Garden around 9:50 p.m. and ordered and ate some food.

After finishing their meals, and it was time to pay the bill, the female left the table and went to the bathroom while the male left the restaurant without paying the bill. Staff attempted to stop the male but were unsuccessful.

When the female exited the bathroom, she attempted to leave, but was confronted by staff about paying the bill. After being confronted by staff, the female pulled out a firearm and a struggle ensued. A staff member was able to free the firearm from the female’s possession before she fled the restaurant in a vehicle. One victim was treated at the restaurant by Boston EMS for minor injuries.

District A-1 Detectives responded and determined the firearm to be a pink .380 caliber semi-automatic firearm, a black Glock magazine containing five (5) rounds, and one (1) .380 round that was ejected from the chamber of the firearm during a physical altercation the suspect had with a victim. The ejected round was also recovered by detectives.

Innocent, etc.

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Adorable or Sexist?

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Looks more like mauve than blue. Too dark for pink.

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Pink Gold maybe? For a killing tool it's cute. /s

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...pink:

"...District A-1 Detectives responded and determined the firearm to be a pink .380 caliber semi-automatic firearm..."

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Definitely puce.

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Looks white and gold to me, not blue and black at all.

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it's adorable. Identifications of gender etc are so so so much way way way more important than the content of one's character. Get with the timezzz already

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You're right: men who want to carry guns should also be willing to buy the pink ones.

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Breast Cancer Awareness Merch?

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Firearms companies do have products that raise money for breast cancer research efforts. I had to do a double take the first time that I saw this in a gun shop.
https://www.federalpremium.com/shotshell/federal-target/top-gun/11-TGL12...

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Of the Springsteen persuasion vs the Mary Kay persuasion?

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Tacky.

Looks spray-painted.

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What law covers dine-and-dash in Massachusetts? If it's this one then that seems to only cover retail stores and hotels and lodging houses, but not restaurants.

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Section 73. Whoever, with intent to defraud, by a false pretence of carrying on business and dealing in the ordinary course of trade, obtains from any person goods or chattels shall be punished by imprisonment in the state prison for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars and imprisonment in jail for not more than two years.

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; and whoever, without having an express agreement for credit, procures food or beverage from a common victualler without paying therefor and with intent to cheat or defraud shall be punished by a fine of not more than five hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than three months.

If I'm understanding the "and"s and "or"s and semi-colons correctly, after the several clauses related to lodging establishments, the final clause independently refers to defrauding a common victualler of food or beverage; common victualler being a person licensed to conduct the sale of food or beverage in the Commonwealth.

And the master crime list (PDF:https://www.mass.gov/doc/master-crime-list/download) has 3 lines for criminal offenses under c. 140 s. 12, 1 for restaurant defrauding and the 2 different levels of inkeeper defrauding.

Yes 1 Note A c. 140 s. 12 RESTAURANT, DEFRAUD c. 140 s. 12 Misd. 3 mos

Now you've got me looking at the names of some of the many crimes in the MGL. Installation of non-safety glass in a hazardous location can result in jail time, but a first time offense of possession of exploding golf balls does not carry jail time. Remind me to never wrongfully remove a dog collar... I wonder how many prosecutions have occurred for vinegar violations under c. 94 s.168.

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The whole chapter is interesting. A window on the birth of regulation.
https://malegislature.gov/Laws/GeneralLaws/PartI/TitleXV/Chapter94

Section 168. Whoever makes, causes to be made, uses or has in his possession, an imitation or counterfeit of a seal used by an inspector or other officer engaged in the inspection of vinegar, and whoever changes or tampers with a sample taken or sealed as provided in section one hundred and sixty-six, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than six months, or both.

Section 169. Each officer or person whose duty it is to enforce the laws relating to food and milk, shall enforce the laws relating to vinegar, and all laws relating to food shall apply to vinegar so far as they are applicable.

Section 170. Each person who manufactures, offers or exposes for sale any vinegar found upon proper tests to contain any preparation of lead, copper, sulphuric acid or other ingredient injurious to health, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars.

Section 171. Whoever himself or by his servant or agent sells, exchanges or delivers or has in his custody or possession with intent so to do, or exposes or offers for sale or exchange adulterated vinegar, or whoever labels, brands or sells as cider vinegar or as apple vinegar, any vinegar not the exclusive product of the alcoholic and subsequent acetous fermentation of the pure juice of fresh apples, shall be punished by a fine of not more than one hundred dollars.

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I've been to a number of states where that would be considered a fashion accessory.

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Parts?

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Nancy Reagan

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You gotta find the time to properly maintain your weapons folks. This firearm looks like a hot mess.

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Apropos name, because we may be seeing this con go to jail.

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Zayres was ahead of its time, and actually morphed into TJX.

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A rifle wouldn't fit in her purse.

(Seen on a bumper sticker.....)

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