Man arrested in 2 'really icky and violating' Peeping Tom incidents in Boston
A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with two Peeping Tom incidents in the city's Brighton neighborhood. A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with two Peeping Tom incidents in Boston's Brighton neighborhood. Francis Gomez, of Brighton, was arrested on warrants for two incidents that occurred on Donnybrook Road and Beechcroft Street. Earlier this month, Boston police were investigating after a report of a suspicious man lurking outside the home of female Boston College students. Isabel Hasselbalch, a grad student studying law, said she felt uneasy when she found a man lurking around her home and that he looked right at her and then stayed still. Police have not yet confirmed if these incidents are related. Police are urging residents to lock their doors and windows, and to report any suspicious activity.
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POLICE SEARCH FOR THAT SUSPICIOUS PERSON. I WAS JUST HONESTLY FROZEN WITH FEAR. ISABEL HASSELBECK SAYS SHE’S ALWAYS FELT SAFE IN THE OAK SQUARE NEIGHBORHOOD IN BRIGHTON. BUT ON SUNDAY, SHE WAS SHAKEN WHEN SHE FOUND A MAN LURKING AROUND HER HOUSE AT 3:00 IN THE MORNING. HE, LIKE, LOOKS RIGHT AT ME INTO MY EYES AND THEN INSTEAD OF, LIKE, RUNNING AWAY OR ANYTHING, HE JUST, LIKE, STAYS THERE AND THEN LIKE, CREEPS AWAY REALLY, REALLY SLOWLY. SO THAT’S WHEN I CALLED THE POLICE. WHEN POLICE ARRIVED, THE MAN WAS GONE. BUT CLUES THAT HE HAD BEEN LOOKING THROUGH SEVERAL WINDOWS WERE THERE. WE WENT OVER AND THEY HAD FOUND A CHAIR PROPPED UP WHERE THE WINDOWS WERE TOO HIGH, SO IT WAS CLEAR 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. A SIMILAR PEEPING TOM SITUATION HAPPENED JUST THREE MINUTES UP THE ROAD LAST MONTH. BOSTON POLICE RELEASING THIS VIDEO OF A MAN SNOOPING AROUND A HOME WHERE EIGHT BOSTON COLLEGE STUDENTS LIVE. I LOOKED AT THE PICTURES OF THE OTHER MAN AND THEY I MEAN, THEY’RE BOTH JUST WERE WEARING HOODIES AND KIND OF LIKE STOCKY MEN. AND I HONESTLY COULDN’T TELL FROM THE PICTURE, BUT IT COULD BE THE SAME GUY. POLICE HAVE NOT SAID IF THE TWO INSTANCES ARE RELATED. REGARDLESS, HASSLE BACK AND HER LANDLORD ARE TAKING PRECAUTIONS. I’M HERE THE NEXT DAY, DOUBLE CHECKING ALL THE LOCKS, LOOKING AROUND FOR ANYTHING. I THINK 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 ABOUT A RING CAMERA. POLICE ARE URGING RESIDENTS TO LOCK THEIR WINDOWS AND DOORS. CONSIDER INSTALLING SECURITY DEVICES AND TO REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS BEH
Man arrested in 2 'really icky and violating' Peeping Tom incidents in Boston A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with two Peeping Tom incidents in the city's Brighton neighborhood. Boston police said Francis Gomez, of Brighton, was arrested Wednesday night on warrants for two incidents that occurred on Donnybrook Road and Beechcroft Street. He will be arraigned in Brighton District Court on Thursday morning.Earlier this month, Boston police said they were investigating after a report of a suspicious man lurking outside the home of female Boston College students.Police said they received a report about an unknown man with a flashlight outside a home on Beechcroft Road in Oak Square at about 3 a.m. on March 17. "I was in my kitchen ... and I saw someone outside, kind of in the bushes," Isabel Hasselbalch, 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." Hasselbalch, 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 could literally just go right through the screen," Hasselbalch 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 saw a plastic chair propped up against 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," Hasselbalch said. That report came after a report in February about 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 after the February incidents that it was working with the Boston Police Department to provide increased foot and car patrols in that area of Brighton. Boston police also issued a community alert, warning residents about the attempted break-ins and urged residents to stay vigilant and take measures to protect their property.Video Below: Boston police issue community alert A 36-year-old man has been arrested and charged in connection with two Peeping Tom incidents in the city's Brighton neighborhood. Boston police said Francis Gomez, of Brighton, was arrested Wednesday night on warrants for two incidents that occurred on Donnybrook Road and Beechcroft Street. He will be arraigned in Brighton District Court on Thursday morning. Earlier this month, Boston police said they were investigating after a report of a suspicious man lurking outside the home of female Boston College students.
Police said they received a report about an unknown man with a flashlight outside a home on Beechcroft Road in Oak Square at about 3 a.m. on March 17. "I was in my kitchen ... and I saw someone outside, kind of in the bushes," Isabel Hasselbalch, 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." Hasselbalch, 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 could literally just go right through the screen," Hasselbalch 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 saw a plastic chair propped up against 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," Hasselbalch said. That report came after a report in February about 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.
Boston College students shaken by man trying to get in their off-campus home The students said they believed the same man was creeping around their back door a few days earlier. The Boston College Police Department said after the February incidents that it was working with the Boston Police Department to provide increased foot and car patrols in that area of Brighton.
Boston police also issued a community alert, warning residents about the attempted break-ins and urged residents to stay vigilant and take measures to protect their property.
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