It started in August and didn’t end until late October. First, it was a Mercedes S-Class sedan. Then a Toyota RAV4. Next, it was a C 300. A Boston police officer tried to stop that one, but ended up injured. The suspect got away. After that, a Range Rover. Officers approached it, but the driver moved fast. Days later, the C 300 owner found a key piece of evidence leading to the suspect’s laundry list of charges.

Boston man seems addicted to stealing local cars

The man, identified as 29-year-old Anthony Crumbley from Dorchester, Mass., targeted parking garages throughout the area. In each case, the cars were spotted moving out, in, and around various paid parking zones. But the attendants couldn’t verify the cars were stolen.

Each time, it seemed, he’d get away with the initial theft. To add injury to insult, he’d slip (or crash) away from authorities. Then he’d abandon the cars, sometimes days later.

After at least three successful car thefts, police made contact

On September 11, weeks after Boston police had been watching out for the suspect, one approached a driver in a stolen Mercedes-Benz C 300.

The officer grabbed the side mirror. Instead of acquiescing, the driver put the luxury car in reverse and hit the gas. Stunned, the officer got dragged, suffering severe injuries. According to Boston.com, the driver hit two other cars before turning down another road.

Five days later, a Range Rover made its way through a Boston parking garage gate. The driver told the attendant he’d lost his ticket.

Three days after that, on September 19, officers spotted the Range Rover and started towards it. The car moved away fast. Later the same day, officers approached a broken down Range Rover. Crumbley told officers the car belonged to a friend of his. Without registration, officers arrested Crumbley. The car was indeed stolen.

Days later, the stolen C 300 car got towed. The owner rifles through the interior and finds key evidence

After a decent stint without their car, the C 300 finally took possession. As they went through the car’s interior, though, they found something that didn’t belong to them. It was a piece of mail addressed directly to the suspect.

According to the Suffolk County  DA, Crumbley will appear in court early next month.

The Boston court charged him with two separate batches of of “no-nos,” including:

• Breaking and entering with the intent to commit a felony
• Larceny from a building
• Several counts of larceny of a motor vehicle
• Reckless operation of a motor vehicle
• Attaching number plates
• Malicious destruction of property
• Assault with a dangerous weapon
• Leaving the scene of a motor vehicle accident with property damage
• Assault and battery with a dangerous weapon
• Failure to stop for police
• Reckless operation of a motor vehicle
• Leaving the scene of personal injury