Four South End Officers Hospitalized in Two Arrests Less Than a Week Apart, Police Reports Show
Both incidents involved District D-4 officers and occurred within blocks of each other. All four officers had non-life-threatening injuries.
Four Boston police officers assigned to District D-4 in the South End were taken to a hospital after two separate arrests six days apart, according to Boston Police Department reports.
In the first incident, at about 5:34 p.m. on Oct. 12, officers responded to reports of a masked man assaulting people in Blackstone Square. Police said the man punched an officer in the face and struggled with officers before he was taken into custody with help from civilians. Three people told police he took a phone, tried to take a watch and threatened to kill a woman walking her dog. A 26-year-old Cambridge man faces charges including unarmed assault to rob and two counts of assault and battery on a police officer. Two officers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries.
In the second, police said a man stole a tip jar from a bakery at 345 Harrison Ave. at about 5:06 p.m. on Oct. 18. Officers spotted a man matching the description near West Fourth Street and Frontage Road at about 7:30 p.m., and police said he resisted arrest. Two officers were hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries. A 28-year-old man was charged with larceny from a building, assault and battery on a police officer and resisting arrest.
The charges are allegations and have not been proven in court.
How we reported this
Compiled from Boston Police Department news releases for Oct. 12 and Oct. 18, with details of the second arrest confirmed by Boston 25 News. Boston Uncut connected the two incidents; the major outlets reported them separately, if at all.
