Man charged with stealing warning light from top of Zakim Bridge

[roadman]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/03/police_man_stole_huge_aircraft_beacon_light_off_top_of_zakim

[cpzilliacus]

Yeah, a mental health evaluation sounds like a great idea, especially since he is a repeat offender.

[kkt]

I love that breaking and entering to commit a felony at night is a apparently a different crime from doing so in the daytime.

Admire his climbing skill, if not his judgement.

[PurdueBill]

I love that breaking and entering to commit a felony at night is a apparently a different crime from doing so in the daytime.

Admire his climbing skill, if not his judgement.

I once served on a jury in District Court in Massachusetts where one of the charges was breaking and entering during the nighttime.  It was indeed necessary for the state to prove that the offense occurred during the nighttime, and it was not up to us on the jury to look anything up in an almanac to find the sunrise time!  It is possible to find not guilty on that charge only because it was not nighttime, even if breaking and entering was otherwise definite--DA has to be sure that the nighttime aspect is a slam dunk.  (Another charge at the same trial, assault and battery, involved the use of a lobster as a weapon.  I kid you not.  Only in New England....the case originated in Gloucester and was tried in Peabody District Court.)

Hopefully Beckford gets the help they find he needs. 

[Brian556]

That's a freaking huge light.

[Pete from Boston]

I love that breaking and entering to commit a felony at night is a apparently a different crime from doing so in the daytime.

Admire his climbing skill, if not his judgement.

I once served on a jury in District Court in Massachusetts where one of the charges was breaking and entering during the nighttime.  It was indeed necessary for the state to prove that the offense occurred during the nighttime, and it was not up to us on the jury to look anything up in an almanac to find the sunrise time!  It is possible to find not guilty on that charge only because it was not nighttime, even if breaking and entering was otherwise definite--DA has to be sure that the nighttime aspect is a slam dunk.  (Another charge at the same trial, assault and battery, involved the use of a lobster as a weapon.  I kid you not.  Only in New England....the case originated in Gloucester and was tried in Peabody District Court.)

Hopefully Beckford gets the help they find he needs.

What's the difference in charge for nighttime, and does it need to be specified?

[PurdueBill]

Stiffer possible sentence for the nighttime version.

[NE2]

http://www.bostonherald.com/news_opinion/local_coverage/2015/03/police_man_stole_huge_aircraft_beacon_light_off_top_of_zakim

Fuck the police men, stealing huge aircraft beacons.

[spooky]

The door he used to gain access to the ladder inside the structure:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.367963,-71.062196,3a,36.6y,16.98h,83.99t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQDQVKyy3XjFt23LjpZmWjA!2e0

[kkt]

The door he used to gain access to the ladder inside the structure:
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.367963,-71.062196,3a,36.6y,16.98h,83.99t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sQDQVKyy3XjFt23LjpZmWjA!2e0

He picked the lock?