Brookline Man Arrested For Shoplifting A 6-Foot Rug And Other Arrests

BROOKLINE, MA — All of the following arrests are from Brookline Police records, which are public record. An arrest does not imply conviction and all are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Subscribe to the Brookline Patch for local news alerts and newsletters.

Man on probation for assault and battery and rape brakes probation gets arrested again: A 20 year old Pearl Street was arrested after he allegedly violated his probation. The man was under court order to keep away from someone and failed to do so, according to his GPS monitoring device, police said.

Police arrested him at his home on July 11, on a warrant with charges that included Rape, Assault and Battery Dangerous Weapon, Strangulation or Suffocation, Larceny, Assault and Battery on Police Officer, Assault to Rape, Resisting Arrest.

Man walks into a store and tries to steal a rug, and a price scanner: Police arrested a Boston man on July 11 for shoplifting at Target on Commonwealth Avenue. Target staff said a man, later had come into the store, argued with someone then wandered around placing items into a bag, including a 6'foot long carpet. He then attempted to walk out the front door without paying, according to police. An employee stopped him and told him he had to pay for the items, to which the man went to the register and the employee began to scan the items, but noticed he had a number of items from the store in his pockets. When police arrived they described the man as disoriented. Throughout the process of having the man empty his pockets, he pulled out a Target scanning device used to scan prices at the store, an uncapped needle and several Clonazepam pills. Police later found a baggie of heroin in the man's wallet. The man was charged with Larceny over $250, possession of a class A drug (heroin) and a class c drug (Clonazepam).

A woman with the man was also arrested on a default warrant out of Boston District Court for Larceny Over $250 and two Counts of Possession of a Class E Drug (Gabapentin and Alprazolam)

Bike lane. Not car lane: Around 5:40 p.m. an officer spotted a car parked in a bike lane on Beacon Street and ran the registration, which showed it did not have a valid inspection sticker. Police pulled over the car at the intersection of Carlton Street and Ivy Street. During the stop, the passenger of the vehicle was found to have two default warrants. The 28-year-old Roxbury man was placed under arrest for the warrants and issued a citation for No Seatbelt. The operator of the vehicle was also issued a citation for Failing to Submit the car for Inspection.

Warrant: Police arrested a 49-year-old Dorchester man near Hall's Pond at Amory Park on July 6. Police said they had had interactions with the man in the past, and when they saw him in the park, radioed to see if he had a warrant out for his arrest. He did, so an officer took him in on those charges.

You first, no you first: A 23-year-old Summer Street resident was arrested on July 5 after police pulled over his car for making an illegal left turn. An officer walked up to the car, touched it and got what he said was an aggressive response from the driver. The officer then asked for the driver's license and registration, to which the driver asked why he was pulled over. The officer told the man he'd inform him after he saw the license and registration. To which there was a short stand off, where the man set his license and registration in his lap and asked again why he'd been pulled over and the officer told him if he didn't submit his info he would be subject to arrest. Eventually the driver gave his info the police officer who then told him why he was pulled over. The officer then radioed dispatch the license number, and he was informed the man's license was suspended earlier in the year. The police officer then arrested the man and charged him with driving on a suspended license, refusing to produce a license and registration and making an illegal left turn.