# WTF Boston? "Attacks by Boston youth ‘terrorizing unsuspecting citizens’ continue downtown; police can’t make arrests because many suspects ‘too young’"

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**Created:** [May 2, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-boston-attacks-by-boston-youth-terrorizing-unsuspecting-citizens-continue-downtown-police-can-t-make-arrests-because-many-suspects-too-young/963851 "2022-05-02T20:44:14Z")\
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**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2022, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-boston-attacks-by-boston-youth-terrorizing-unsuspecting-citizens-continue-downtown-police-can-t-make-arrests-because-many-suspects-too-young/963851/10 "2022-05-02T23:59:32Z")

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This kind of thing has been going on in my area for quite a while, and other areas have reported the same thing (juveniles stealing cars, and deliberately crashing them). We actually had to build a new juvenile facility just for this.

> [@Don't leave your unlocked car running and then wonder why it gets stolen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-leave-your-unlocked-car-running-and-then-wonder-why-it-gets-stolen/777980):
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> :smack: We’re having a rash of this in my area, and it happened to my friend’s 30-year-old son over the weekend. :rolleyes: He said, “But I was just running in to get cigarettes!” (at 11pm in a dicey neighborhood, no less!) No matter how brief your errand is, shut off the ignition and take the keys with you. The time you use will be more than made up by the reduced inconvenience.

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