Boston Police report arresting a Woburn man they say drove down to the Moakley Courthouse for a cleaver-enhanced death-penalty protest as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was being sentenced.
Patrick Carrerio, 24, had no time to use the cleaver as a protest instrument, after arriving at the courthouse shortly after 1 p.m., however:
Officers observed the vehicle drive past a security check point and jump a curb in order to enter a restricted area. As a result, officers promptly stopped the vehicle. In speaking to the operator, officers learned the suspect had driven to the courthouse to express his opposition and dissent with the death penalty. A search of the vehicle enabled officers to see and take possession of what appeared to be a meat cleaver. At no point did the suspect use or threaten anyone with the weapon.
Police did not say how Carrerio planned to use the cleaver as part of a protest. He was charged with unlawful possession of a dangerous weapon (meat cleaver), failure to stop for a police officer and disorderly conduct, police say.
Innocent, etc.