Police Log: Driver Takes Off With Gas Nozzle

The following incident report is based on Brookline Police Department dispatch logs for Monday, Feb. 28, through Thursday, March 3. Look for weekend incident reports each Monday and arrest logs each Tuesday on Brookline Patch. 

• Employees at the Village Gulf Station called police on March 2 after a customer took off with a gas hose and nozzle still attached to their car. A gas attendant was able to grab the hose, but there was still damage to the gas station.

• A man fled the CVS/pharmacy at 900 Commonwealth Ave. around 12:30 on March 2 after trying to break into a fragrance case.
• Someone reported that their wallet and social security card were stolen on Longwood Avenue on March 2.
• A bicycle was reported stolen from Harvard and Foster streets on March 2.
• A wallet and passport were stolen from a woman’s bag while she was at Baptiste Yoga Studio on March 1.
• A blue BMW was reported stolen from Abbotsford Road on March 1.

• A car on the 1300 block of Beacon Street was found with a rear window smashed. It was not immediately clear if the damage was old or where it happened.
• Someone broke into a car in a Dean Road driveway on March 1 and stole a box of coins.
• A computer and other items were stolen from a car parked in a Clinton Road driveway on March 1. Some of the items were found in a neighbor’s driveway.
• A cell phone and laptop were taken from a car on Willard Road on March 1.

• A coyote was spotted running down Chestnut Street on March 3.
• Police were called after a squirrel became stuck in a pipe in the Pierce School amphitheatre on March 2.
• Someone reported a coyote in a backyard off Oakland Road Extension on Feb. 28

1. Police received a report of illegal dumping at Larz Anderson on March 2.
2. A woman told police that a man hit her car and threw ice near Salisbury Road and Washington Street on March 2.