The following reports were taken from Allston-Brighton's District 14 crime logs from March 17 to March 25.
An unknown assailant robbed a Brighton Laundromat with a faulty silent alarm at 1846 Commonwealth Ave. with a butcher's knife Thursday morning.
The assailant, clad in a navy blue knit cap covering his entire face except for his eyes, quietly entered Missing Sock Laundromat and approached the store employee.
"How are you doing? Are you going to give me all the money?" the assailant asked while he pulled out a foot-long butcher's knife with a serrated edge and laid it on the counter in front of the employee.
To the frustration of the assailant, the employee did not immediately react, and continued to update the store log.
"Let's go! Hurry Up! Hurry Up! Not fast enough!" the assailant said.
As he yelled,the employee reached for the alarm button under the counter, even though she had been told it did not work. The assailant than climbed over the counter and followed the employee into an adjacent room where he took $300 in cash and the victim's cellular phone.
A second customer in the back of the store throughout the incident did not realize a robbery was taking place until after the assailant left.
Dirty Crime
Police arrested a homeless man in Allston Friday morning outside of Marty's Liquor Store at 1219 Comm. Ave. for drinking in public and loitering.
An officer noticed Harold "Mr. Butch" Madison, 54, known as a habitual public drinker, dancing, playing air guitar and directing traffic 100 feet away from Marty's Liquor Store.
Madison directed traffic as he stood in the middle of the street and helped an elderly woman cross.
After watching him for several minutes, an officer saw Madison take a sip of beer and approached him.
The officer arrested Madison for drinking in public and loitering outside the store.
During booking, Madison told police he was proud he had not bathed in over a year.
Damn Yankees
As a wave of local break-ins continues, an unknown man attempted to break into an Allston resident's apartment at 67 Brighton Ave. Tuesday afternoon as the resident showered.
The resident said he heard a noise and saw a man wearing thick, prescription glasses and a New York Yankees baseball cap place his head inside the window. When the resident yelled at the man, he fled.
Girls Gone Wild
Police were dispatched to Thomas Edison Middle School Friday afternoon to break up a fight between two female students who injured a teacher.
The two 12-year-old students began arguing earlier in gym class before their teacher separated them.
After the class, one of the girls waited outside the class to resume the fight. When a second teacher tried to intervene and break up the fight, one of the girls punched her in the left temple, badly bruising her. Officers arrested the girl who began the fight.
Police officers treated the teacher's bruise at the school.
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