Police Log: Arsonist Burns SUV on Terminal St

On Friday, May 11 around 8:45 p.m., a witness reported seeing an SUV on fire at 50 Terminal Street. Boston police and fire responded to the scene and extinguished the blaze. The department’s arson squad inspected the blaze, but no one has been arrested in connection with the incident.

On Monday, May 14 around 6:15 p.m. an officer responded to a Medford Street home for a report o a burglary. The victim told police that someone entered the home and took her laptop computer.

Other notable entries:

Monday, May 7

• Boston police and fire responded to a building fire at 30 Caldwell Street that began around 10:50 p.m. Sunday night.
• Boston police arrested Joseph Casanova, of 73 Polk Street, on behalf of another police agency.
• Police stopped Stephen P. Chiampa, of 14 Lawton Avenue in Lynn, on Rutherford Avenue and charged him with possession of a class B substance.
• Officers responded to a report of an assault and battery around 11 p.m. on Monument Street.
• Officers responded to a report of an assault and battery around 5 p.m. on Baldwin Street.

Tuesday, May 8

• Officers responded to a report of a bank robbery at the Sovereign Bank on Rutherford Avenue around 9:50 a.m.

Wednesday, May 9

• Officers responded to a report of an assault and battery around 8:15 a.m. at a Bartlett Street address.
• Officers arrested Kirk Simmons, of 29 Brinsley Street in Boston, on a warrant.
• Police arrested Gerald McIntosh of 87 Russell Street in Charlestown in connection with a reported assault and battery around 4:40 p.m. at his home.

Thursday, May 10

• Officers arrested Terrance Davis of 130 North Harvard Street in Alston and charged him with possession of a class D substance with the intent to distribute it.

Saturday, May 12

• Officers responded to a report of vandalism on Bunker Hill Street.
• A Park Street resident reported that someone stole his vehicle at some time in the previous 24 hours.

Sunday, May 13

• Officers responded to a report of vandalism on Terminal Street.
• An O’Reilly Way resident reported that someone broke into the resident’s home at some time during the night.
• Police responded to a report that two men robbed a woman at gunpoint around 2:30 p.m. on Union Street.
• Officers arrested Shawn Hickey, of 272 Princeton Street in East Boston, and Brian Cunneen of 75 Harris Ave in Lowell and charged them with offences related to using a pellet gun to rob a taxi driver.