Man Breaks Into Tom Brady's Brookline Home: Patch PM

BROOKLINE, MA — It's Monday, Dec. 7, which also happens to be former Celtics player Larry Bird's 64th birthday. Some of you might remember Bird used to have a house in Chestnut Hill. And speaking of houses in Brookline, check out what Patch has been covering in greater Boston and across Massachusetts today:

Brookline police said officers found a man laying in Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's mansion early this morning, as the security alarms on the property blared.

It turns out this is the same man whom police said they caught walking out of the Foxborough Pro Shop museum wearing Tom Brady's No. 12 jersey and with a few other pieces of memorabilia tucked under his jacket last year.

When Brookline police got to Brady's mansion, which the NFL quarterback is in the process of selling and has security cameras throughout, the security alarm company told them to check the basement.

And that's where they found the man. They had to take him outside to talk to him it was so loud inside, according to the police report. Read the rest of the story

Elsewhere in greater Boston

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Across Massachusetts

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And finally today:

MBTA Service Cuts Calls On Hold Amid Pushback

There weren't really that many people who were cheering the MBTA's decision to cut service on the Commuter rail and bus lines. And they were letting the MBTA General Manager Steve Poftak know. Monday, he said he is suggesting deferring some critical decisions on the service cuts until February. By that time, the state may know more about the vaccine.

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