A Hyde Park man was convicted of stealing Christmas gifts from a Jamaica Plain porch in 2011.
Last Christmas he was stealing gifts, this Christmas he’ll be in prison. Ernest Polite, 40, of Hyde Park received an 18-month prison sentence Thursday for the Dec. 24, 2011 theft of a box of toys intended for a 4-year-old boy, according to a statement from Suffolk County District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. Polite took the package from a Bourne Street porch at 8 a.m. Christmas Eve Day 2011. A witness told police the suspect was driving a brown Ford Explorer at the time of the incident, and though police did not immediately track down Polite, they found the package in nearby shrubs and returned it to the boy’s father. The package contained $50 worth of Transformers, according to the statement. Officers later located the Ford Explorer near …
The following police blotter and arrest information was supplied by the Boston Police Department. Arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Below are some Jamaica Plain police incidents of note reported between Friday, Nov. 16 and Sunday, Nov. 18. Incidents ocurred Friday, Nov. 16 Incidents ocurred Friday, Nov. 17 Incidents ocurred Saturday, Nov. 18
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MarkBoston
11:54 am on Monday, December 3, 2012
is thievery simply something in the gene ??? It's really a low rung on the human ladder more ›