"Officers found a crowd of more than 100 people - which officers referred to as "a large-scale vehicle takeover" - at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Tremont Street around 2:12 a.m., the department said in a statement Sunday morning. Several cars were stopped in the intersection and blocking traffic, police said. When officers arrived, the crowd "immediately began attacking marked Boston Police cruisers by throwing fireworks, cones, poles, and other objects," the department's statement said."
"Julian Bowers, 18, of Cumberland, Rhode Island, was allegedly seen "throwing objects at officers and their cruisers," the statement said. He was pursued on foot and arrested. William Cantwell, 19, of Warwick, Rhode Island, was allegedly seen repeatedly striking a cruiser with an orange pole. He was arrested "following a brief struggle," Boston police said. Both men are set to be arraigned in Roxbury District Court on malicious destruction of property over $1200, disorderly conduct, assault and battery on a police officer, and resisting arrest."
A crowd of more than 100 people gathered in Boston's South End around 2:12 a.m., stopping cars and creating what officers called a "large-scale vehicle takeover." The crowd reportedly began throwing fireworks, cones, poles and other objects at marked Boston Police cruisers, and one cruiser sustained extensive damage and caught fire after repeated strikes. Members of the crowd also jumped onto the cruiser’s hood. Additional units dispersed the violent crowd using department-issued equipment. Two Rhode Island men, ages 18 and 19, were arrested and face multiple charges including malicious destruction of property, assault and battery on an officer, and resisting arrest; one faces an added marijuana possession charge.
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