Crime & Safety
Alleged Child Predator Arrested in Brookline Craigslist Sting
Wayne Sullivan, of Jamaica Plain, was charged with enticing a child and marijuana possession.

Brookline police over the weekend arrested a 25-year-old Jamaica Plain man who allegedly tried to set up a tryst with a fictional, underage girl.
Wayne Sullivan was charged with enticing a child and marijuana possession.
On Aug. 13, a Brookline police officer posted a Craigslist ad posing as an underage girl.
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“I’ve never been, like, involved with a mature guy that knows what he wants in life,” the posting read. “I’m young and dumb.”
Police said Sullivan responded and arranged a meeting.
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On Saturday, Sullivan was en route to meet the fictional girl in the Chestnut Street area. Officers arrested him on the spot and said the found four bags of marijuana on him.
The arrest was another in Brookline police’s months-long Craigslist sting operation.
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