In a strikingly bold crime spree, a Marshfield man, identified as Aidan Boyle, stands accused of breaking into a local gas station, stealing a vehicle, and later returning to torch it, creating a scene more fitting of a crime drama than a sleepy beach town. According to the Marshfield Police Department, the stolen vehicle was discovered ablaze on Duxbury Beach yesterday, further investigation revealing it was taken from a service station where it had been parked overnight.
The plot thickened when multiple alarms from the service station coincided with the ongoing investigation, leading Marshfield Police to the closed-circuit television footage that captured a suspect clad in a black hoodie, glove-clad hands, and a ski mask, he stole cash, several cigarette cartons after taking the vehicle from the rear parking lot. In the wake of this revelation, a K-9 unit from the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department was brought in and the scene thoroughly investigated by their Bureau of Criminal Investigation, this chain of events unfolded rapidly, painting a portrait of a nighttime heist orchestrated with a cold precision.
The breakthrough came when a Marshfield Police Officer patrolling the vicinity encountered an individual, later identified as Boyle, whose attire matched the suspect's description remarkably with a black hooded sweatshirt, gloves, and ski mask in his possession—alongside a telling large sum of cash and an array of cartons of cigarettes, “Boyle matched the suspect’s description and had in his possession, a black hooded sweatshirt, gloves, a ski mask, a large amount of cash and several cartons of cigarettes,” as confirmed by the Marshfield Police Department's official news release.
After subsequent investigation, police placed Boyle under arrest, setting his cash bail at a steep $25,000 and he will face arraignment at Plymouth District Court facing bold charges, including Breaking and Entering Nighttime With Intent to Commit a Felony, Larceny of a Motor Vehicle, and Malicious Destruction of Property as stated in the police department's press release, additional charges in Duxbury are still hanging in the balance, pending further inquiry into the full extent of Boyle's night under the cape of darkness.
