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Boston Herald
Boston Herald
31 May 2023
Flint McColgan


NextImg:East Boston man charged after alleged melee with cops on the Common over public drinking

An East Boston man who police were going to cite for drinking in public instead ended up facing much more serious charges of two counts of assault and battery on a police officer.

Boston bicycle cops were patrolling the Common at around 7 p.m. Friday and, according to the Suffolk District Attorney’s office, saw a man walking around with a liquid they believe to be alcohol, which he tried to conceal when he caught a glimpse of one of the officers. The officers told him to stop but he allegedly tossed the bottle in the trash and, when they caught up with him, allegedly provided a false name and said he didn’t have an ID.

Police say the man, later identified as Isaias Plaza, then tried to make a break for it but an officer grabbed his sweatshirt, causing Plaza to fight two officers. During the action, a silver pistol containing six rounds allegedly fell from Plaza. Police say he also had a baggie with a substance “believed to be crack cocaine.”

Plaza, 23, of East Boston, was arraigned at central Boston municipal court Tuesday on charges of carrying a firearm without a license, carrying a loaded firearm without a license, carrying a firearm in commission of a felony, possession of ammunition without an FID card, resisting arrest, possession with intent to distribute a Class B substance, drinking of alcoholic beverages in public, and two counts of assault and battery on a police officer.

Judge Eleanor Sinnott ordered that Plaza, who already had an outstanding warrant from this court and another from Chelsea District Court, be held on $20,000 bail and scheduled a probable cause hearing for June 15.