2024-03-19 21:41:00
Police in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood are investigating following a report of a suspicious man lurking outside the home of female college students. Police said they received a report regarding an unknown man with a flashlight outside a home on Beechcroft Road in Oak Square at regarding 3 a.m. Sunday. “I was in my kitchen … and I saw someone outside, kind of in the bushes,” Isabel Hasselback, a Boston College student who lives in the home with roommates. She said the man looked right at her “into my eyes and then instead of running away or anything, he just stays there and then like creeps away really, really slowly.” Hasselback, who is a grad student studying law, said she did not see the man’s face, but he was wearing a gray hoodie and had an average build. “I was honestly frozen with fear and I had my window a little bit open to let air in … there’s a screen, but I was like, he might literally just go right through the screen,” Hasselback said. “I mean, I was seriously just frozen with fear.”She called 911 to report the man.Responding officers were unable to locate the person but observed a plastic chair propped up once morest the house under the living room windows. “So, it was clear that he had been, like, looking in our living room. So, it just feels, obviously, really icky and violating to know someone was like watching us,” Hasselback said. The landlord and tenants are taking precautions. “I’m here the next day checking out all the locks. Looking around for anything,” said landlord David Campbell. “We’re just going to make sure all of our windows are reinforced and not sleeping with them open anymore, and then we’re going to talk to our landlord regarding a Ring camera,” Hasselback said. The report comes following a report in February regarding a man snooping around the Brighton neighborhood home of eight Boston College students. Video from that incident showed a man creeping up the back steps of the house, peering into a window on the back door and jiggling the handle.The students said they believed the same man was creeping around their back door a few days earlier.The Boston College Police Department said following the February incidents that it was working with the Boston Police Department to provide increased foot and car patrols in that area of Brighton. “BCPD and BPD have seen the video, and BC Police and the Dean of Students have sent alerts and emails to warn students to be aware of these incidents,” a statement from BC police said. “BCPD continually advises students to lock the doors to their residences, secure their windows and air conditioning units.”Boston police also issued a community alert, warning residents regarding the attempted break-ins.”We urge all residents to remain vigilant and take proactive measures to protect their property. Ensure that all doors and windows are securely locked at all times and consider installing additional security measures such as motion-sensor lights, alarm systems and cameras,” the alert read.It’s unclear if the February and March incidents are connected.Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 617-343-4256. Community members willing to assist anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).Video Below: Boston police issue community alert
BOSTON —
Police in Boston’s Brighton neighborhood are investigating following a report of a suspicious man lurking outside the home of female college students.
Police said they received a report regarding an unknown man with a flashlight outside a home on Beechcroft Road in Oak Square at regarding 3 a.m. Sunday.
“I was in my kitchen … and I saw someone outside, kind of in the bushes,” Isabel Hasselback, a Boston College student who lives in the home with roommates.
She said the man looked right at her “into my eyes and then instead of running away or anything, he just stays there and then like creeps away really, really slowly.”
Hasselback, who is a grad student studying law, said she did not see the man’s face, but he was wearing a gray hoodie and had an average build.
“I was honestly frozen with fear and I had my window a little bit open to let air in … there’s a screen, but I was like, he might literally just go right through the screen,” Hasselback said. “I mean, I was seriously just frozen with fear.”
She called 911 to report the man.
Responding officers were unable to locate the person but observed a plastic chair propped up once morest the house under the living room windows.
“So, it was clear that he had been, like, looking in our living room. So, it just feels, obviously, really icky and violating to know someone was like watching us,” Hasselback said.
The landlord and tenants are taking precautions.
“I’m here the next day checking out all the locks. Looking around for anything,” said landlord David Campbell.
“We’re just going to make sure all of our windows are reinforced and not sleeping with them open anymore, and then we’re going to talk to our landlord regarding a Ring camera,” Hasselback said.
The report comes following a report in February regarding a man snooping around the Brighton neighborhood home of eight Boston College students. Video from that incident showed a man creeping up the back steps of the house, peering into a window on the back door and jiggling the handle.
The students said they believed the same man was creeping around their back door a few days earlier.
The Boston College Police Department said following the February incidents that it was working with the Boston Police Department to provide increased foot and car patrols in that area of Brighton.
“BCPD and BPD have seen the video, and BC Police and the Dean of Students have sent alerts and emails to warn students to be aware of these incidents,” a statement from BC police said. “BCPD continually advises students to lock the doors to their residences, secure their windows and air conditioning units.”
Boston police also issued a community alert, warning residents regarding the attempted break-ins.
“We urge all residents to remain vigilant and take proactive measures to protect their property. Ensure that all doors and windows are securely locked at all times and consider installing additional security measures such as motion-sensor lights, alarm systems and cameras,” the alert read.
It’s unclear if the February and March incidents are connected.
Anyone with information is asked to call detectives at 617-343-4256. Community members willing to assist anonymously can do so by calling the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 800-494-TIPS or by texting the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463).
Video Below: Boston police issue community alert
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