City Crime Logs

The following reports were taken from the Allston-Brighton District 14 crime logs from March 5-12.

At about 3 p.m. March 10, police observed a suspicious group of 15 individuals at the intersection of North Beacon and Cambridge streets staging a protest in front of a Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant.

When police spoke to one of the protesters who was dressed in a full-body chicken suit, she told police she is a member of Vegan Outreach and the Massachusetts Animal Rights Coalition trying to inform the public through handing out flyers about the way animals are treated before they are processed as food. Officers verified the information in the booklets and allowed the group to continue. The protest lasted until 4 p.m.

ADDING INJURY TO INSULT

At about 3 a.m. March 10, police responded to a radio call for an assault and battery at the Wunderbar on Harvard Avenue. Upon arriving to the scene, a police officer was met by a victim applying an ice pack to a half-inch tear on his left eyelid. The victim said he had been hit by a male acquaintance who now dates his ex-girlfriend and whom he "sees in bars" on various occasions.

He said the suspect is barred from the Wunderbar but "somehow snuck in" and approached him there, and he then waited outside and hit him when he exited. The victim said bouncers separated them, pushing the suspect away, at which point he turned and ran down Harvard Avenue.

The victim was transported to St. Elizabeth's Hospital for treatment.

ONE CUP SHOULD DO IT

At 10 a.m. March 10, a victim reported an assault that had taken place days earlier, on March 6 at 9 a.m. on Harvard Avenue. He said a man in a silver Mercedes-Benz with New Hampshire license plates attempted to cut him off as he was turning his own vehicle onto the street.

The victim -- who appeared to be of Middle Eastern descent -- reported that the suspect yelled out his window, "Go back to Iraq." The victim said he responded, "Thank you, Chinese guy," at which point he said the suspect rolled down his window and tossed a cup of coffee onto the victim's vehicle.

The victim followed the suspect for six city blocks, and when he pulled into Dunkin' Donuts on Harvard Street, he blocked the suspect's vehicle as he tried to park. He then got out of his vehicle, approached the suspect and asked him, "Why did you call me 'Iraq?'"

The victim said when he stepped closer, the suspect punched him, and he fell to the ground. The suspect knelt to the ground, and the men continued fighting for two minutes until several bystanders separated them and they got back into their cars.

The victim began following the suspect once again. The suspect pulled over and asked the victim, "Why are you following me?"

The victim replied, "I am not following you."

THE WRITING'S ON THE WALL

At 1:30 p.m. March 7, Brighton High School Principal called for Boston School Police to respond to the second-floor main office. The police officer who responded said he found a poster on the wall threatening to blow up the school March 20.

Upon further investigation, police identified a suspect who made the poster, and backup arrived to transport the suspect for booking. The suspect's parents were notified, and he will face charges for the threat, as well as disturbing public assembly.