A Dorchester man has been charged with orchestrating high-end automobile thefts from a number of Boston parking garages and dragging a police officer who approached one of many autos, the Suffolk DA’s workplace introduced Sunday.
“This defendant was clearly drawn to high-end automobiles in parking garages and had no hesitation in stealing them or putting officers’ lives in danger when caught in them,” mentioned DA Kevin Hayden. “Putting all of these events together with the same individual displayed some top-notch detective work.”
Anthony Crumbley, 29, was arraigned in two Boston courts this week and is scheduled to look in South Boston BMC on a later date associated to a collection of alleged automobile thefts in August and September, the DA’s workplace mentioned. The suspect was ordered held on $10,000 bail.
Crumbley faces prices of a number of counts of larceny of a motorized vehicle, assault and battery with a harmful weapon, breaking and getting into with intent to commit a felony, larceny from a constructing, reckless operation of a motorized vehicle, attaching quantity plates, malicious destruction of property over $1,200, failure to cease for police, leaving the scene of non-public harm, and leaving the scene of property harm.
The collection of thefts allegedly started Aug. 20, the DA’s workplace said, when a black Mercedes S-Class sedan may very well be seen on video leaving the Boston Frequent Storage round 1 p.m. On Aug. 25, a resident reported the automobile stolen, noting he’d parked the automobile there days earlier with the important thing fob inside.
A second sufferer reported a grey Toyota RAV-4 stolen from the Atlantic Wharf Storage the identical day, the report mentioned.
Video footage confirmed the Toyota exiting the storage simply earlier than 9 a.m. that morning, whereas further footage confirmed the Mercedes parked outdoors the storage, the DA mentioned. The tape reveals an individual, allegedly Crumbley, exiting the Mercedes and getting into the storage in the direction of the Toyota.
On Aug. 26, the Toyota was discovered by police parked on Washington St. in Jamaica Plain, based on the DA’s workplace.
On Sept. 8, one other automobile was reported stolen, officers mentioned, this time a black Mercedes-Benz C300 parked within the 1 Seaport Lane Boulevard parking storage.
Police situated extra safety footage, exhibiting the second Mercedes exiting the storage simply earlier than 5 a.m.
Officers bought a tip on Sept. 11 from the safety supervisor of the Atlantic Wharf storage, who reported the individual from the earlier theft on web site once more, the DA’s workplace mentioned. The suspect, alleged to be Crumbley, was noticed driving a black Mercedes-Benz C300 and discarding a number of baggage within the storage, later retrieved and recognized because the automobile’s proprietor’s property.
The safety officer additionally instructed police Crumbley allegedly forcibly entered a safe workplace and took a Samsung pill, the DA mentioned. The suspect fled the storage earlier than officers arrived.
Afterward Sept. 11, the Mercedes was noticed by police on Woodrow Avenue. The officer approached the automobile and positioned their hand on the mirror, however the driver allegedly reversed and sped up, dragging the cop and injuring their hand, forearm, and leg, the DA’s workplace reported.
The automobile allegedly sped off and hit two vehicles alongside Blue Hill Ave.
Between Sept. 26 and Oct. 6, the proprietor of the Mercedes was notified the automobile was towed, the DA mentioned. Contained in the automobile, the sufferer discovered a letter from Manhattan Animal Care Middle addressed to Crumbley.
On Sept. 16, a driver recognized as Crumbley arrived on the exit gate of 125 Excessive Avenue storage round 5 p.m. in a grey Vary Rover reported stolen. Crumbley allegedly spoke to the parking attendant earlier than dashing by means of the gate, who then supplied police with an outline and pictures.
Police reportedly discovered the identical Vary Rover parked on Norfolk St., which fled because the cops approached “driving onto the sidewalk and nearly colliding with police cruisers,” the DA mentioned. Round 9 p.m. the identical say, a resident reported a broken-down Vary Rover with flashing headlights.
Crumbley was discovered driving the automobile and allegedly instructed officers a Vary Rover belonged to a pal. The cops recognized the automobile as the identical one stolen from the 125 Excessive Avenue storage, and Crumbley was arrested.
The DA’s workplace mentioned additional investigation later tied the suspect to the string of different thefts, together with the dragging incident.
Crumbley is scheduled to look in South Boston BMC on associated prices and to return to Central BMC on Jan. 6 and Dorchester BMC on Jan. 8 for pre-trial hearings.
