Marine loading Toys for Tots van helps arrest alleged thief in downtown Boston

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http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/12/marine-loading-toys-for-tots-van-helps-arrest-alleged-thief-downtown-boston/4I1B5iyBF9SqG0YGIlEXdI/index.html

By Matt Rocheleau, Globe Correspondent

A US Marine Corps officer loading a van for the Toys for Tots charity yesterday evening stopped and restrained a man in downtown Boston who was running away from a nearby car he had allegedly broken into, police said today.

At about 5 p.m. yesterday, officers responding to a radio call for a crime in progress in the area of 120 Water St. found a uniformed Marine restraining Albert J. Donizio, 48, of East Boston, according to a statement from Boston Police. A screwdriver was on the ground near the two men and just out of Donizio’s reach, police said.

The owners told the responding officers that as they were returning to their car, which they had parked near 120 Water St., they saw a man sitting in the driver’s seat.

The owners said they yelled at the suspect, who jumped out of the car, and ran toward a Marine officer who was loading toys donated for Toys for Tots into a van near Liberty Square. The Marine stopped and detained the suspect until officers arrived.

The Marine “does not want to be identified,” Boston Police spokesman Officer Eddy Chrispin said. Toys for Tots is a 64-year-old program run by the US Marine Corps Reserve that collects and distributes gifts to needy children for the holidays.

The suspect was arrested and charged with breaking and entering a motor vehicle at night and possession of burglarious tools, authorities said.

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I hope the marine helped him fall down the crub a time or 20.   

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I hope the marine helped him fall down the crub a time or 20.   

Yeah...   "stopped and detained" might be able to be expanded to a couple of paragraphs of detail.

[tombogan03884]

Some how I don't think he said "That's not very nice, you should wait for the police, and set your burglarious tools over there".

[tt11758]

Some how I don't think he said "That's not very nice, you should wait for the police, and set your burglarious tools over there".

I concur.  After all, Marines are renowned for understatement. 

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[Magoo541]

Some how I don't think he said "That's not very nice, you should wait for the police, and set your burglarious tools over there".

 

I never interacted much with Marines during my service other than those that got out and joined the Army.  But I'd suspect not much was said before, during or after the fall(s) to the curb 

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Some body just broke into the wrong car.