3:50 PM- Officers were dispatched to a store on Beacon
Street for a shoplifting incident. Dispatched
relayed to officers that the suspect was on foot on Harvard Street heading
toward Webster Street. The suspect was
described as a black male, wearing a blue shirt, approximately 6’2”, wearing
headphones, and had stolen liquor from the store. While in pursuit, officers observed a tall,
black male wearing a blue t-shirt walking on Harvard Street towards Webster
Street. The officers observed the
suspect holding two bottles of what appeared to be liquor. More officers arrived for assistance. An officer informed the suspect that he was
being accused of taking two bottles of alcohol from the store without
paying. The suspect stated “I messed up;
I’m an alcoholic and have a drinking problem”.
Two store employees had been following the suspect on foot
and were able to positively ID the suspect.
An employee then informed an officer that while she was stocking shelves
she observed the suspect walking away from the cash registers with a bottle of
liquor in each hand. She states they
made eye contact and he then began to hurry toward to the store exit. He then exited without paying. The employee shouted “Sir” to him and he
ignored her. Based on the positive ID
and the suspect’s statement “I messed up”, the suspect was placed under arrest.
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