In Boston, you don't let someone simply drive off with your lobsters.
. But no, you've already read the headline: The previous quote comes courtesy of an employee at a lobster wholesaler after a lobster theft led to a high-speed chase and the eventual collision of two lobster trucks.
Just after midnight early on Tuesday morning, a thief jumped into a truck loaded with about $10,000 worth offrom the wholesaler Buy New England Lobsters and tried to drive off—likely one of the most brazen lobster robberies this side of reaching into the tank at Red Lobster. Many people might have simply said "there are plenty of fish in the sea" and let the 29-year-old suspect drive off—but this is Boston, where you don't mess with a man's lobsters.
"It was a very Boston experience for everyone involved," Peter Lagorio, sales and marketing manager for Buy New England Lobsters,Meanwhile, the Boston Police Department wrote, "The suspect was placed under arrest and was charged with Receiving Stolen Motor Vehicle, Operating after Revocation/Suspension, Assault and Battery by Means of a Dangerous Weapon and Threats to Commit Harm.
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