Boston Man Cannot Scoot Away from Shoplifting Charges

A man with several items stuffed in his jacket tried unsuccessfully to ride away on his motorized scooter, but he was stopped by Watertown Police before he could leave the Arsenal Mall.

On April 11 at 8:41 p.m., Employees at the Sports Authority saw the man shoplifting and called police, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. The also told police he was seen reaching for his waistband as if he had a weapon.

The man left the store and was seen getting on a motorized scooter, Lawn said. 

"Officers approached the man outside the mall and ordered him to get off the scooter and he would not," Lawn said. "He was trying to flee the area and but officers knocked him off the scooter."

The man was caught with a number of clothing items inside his jacket, Lawn said. He had two Patriots jackets wroth $130 each, a jcacket from the Gap Outlet worth $55.99, and a pair of Jordan shorts worth $50 from Foot Locker. 

He did not have a weapon, Lawn said.

Dwayne Ronell Randolph, 44, of 33 Msgr. Reynolds Way Apt. 232 in Boston, was arrested on charges of shoplifting by concealment and two counts of receiving stolen property worth more than $250, Lawn said.