Thursday, 4:30 PM
Break-in, arrest on Newbury Street
By Andrew Ryan, Globe Correspondent
Another overnight smash-and-grab on Newbury Street. And another arrest.
Officers on patrol just after 3:30 a.m. spotted a man staring at a display window at Louis Boston, a high-end clothier at the corner of Berkeley and Newbury streets, according to a police spokesman.
When officers approached, the man turned and ran. After a brief foot chase, police caught the man and found a black leather coat with a Louis Boston tag stuffed inside the man's jacket.
The store window had been broken, police said, and a crowbar was found in nearby bushes.
The man, identified at Robert Turner, 34, of Everett, was charged with breaking and entering a business and possession of burglary tools. He is scheduled to be arraigned today in Boston Municipal Court.
On Tuesday, about 40 Newbury Street business owners met with police officers to discuss ways to combat a surge of break-ins along the chichi shopping corridor. The Police Department has added three walking officers to the Newbury Street area, including an officer on bike between midnight and 7:30 a.m.
Last week, two men pleaded not guilty to charges they smashed a window at the Italian fashion house Valentino and stole a $1,900 handbag. At the time, it was one of six recent smash-and-grabs on the street in the past two months.
