A Boston resident is facing charges out of multiple city courts in connection with “a series of high-end auto thefts from various parking garages in Boston and dragging a police officer” who confronted them, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office announced Sunday.
Dorchester resident Anthony Crumbley, who identifies as non-binary, was charged with several counts of larceny of a motor vehicle and one count of breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony, larceny from a building, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, attaching number plates and malicious destruction of property over $1,200 in Boston Municipal Court – Central on Tuesday, the district attorney’s office said in a press release.
The 27-year-old was also charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, failure to stop for police, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of personal injury, attaching number plates and two counts of leaving the scene of property damage out of Dorchester District Court on Thursday, the district attorney’s office said. They are expected to be charged with related offenses in South Boston District Court in the future.
The allegations against Crumbley
The Boston police investigation into Crumbley dates back to Aug. 25 when the owner of a black Mercedes S-Class sedan reported that their car had been stolen from the Boston Common Parking Garage days prior, the district attorney’s office said. The victim said he’d parked his car in his monthly parking spot on Aug. 19 and left his key fob inside. Security video showed the car leaving the garage shortly after 1:10 p.m. on Aug. 20 with Florida license plates.
Later in the day on Aug. 25, a second victim reported that their gray Toyota RAV-4 had been stolen from the Atlantic Wharf Parking Garage at 280 Congress St., the district attorney’s office said. Security video showed the SUV leaving the garage just before 8:40 a.m. that morning.
A black Mercedes sedan matching the description of the previously stolen car could also be seen on the footage parked outside the Atlantic Wharf garage the same morning, the district attorney’s office said. The security video showed a suspect who was later identified as Crumbley getting out of the Mercedes, going into the garage and approaching the Toyota.
Around 9 a.m. on Sept. 8, a third victim reported that their black Mercedes-Benz C300 was stolen from the 1 Seaport Lane parking garage, the district attorney’s office said. The victim told police they’d parked the car at the garage the day prior, and security video showed it being driven out of the garage just before 5 a.m. on Sept. 8.
On Sept. 11, the security manager of the Atlantic Wharf garage alerted police that the suspect who was seen on the security footage stealing the Toyota had returned driving a black Mercedes-Benz C300, the district attorney’s office said. The security manager said the suspect had also forcibly entered an office at the garage and stolen a Samsung tablet.
The suspect fled the garage in the C300 before officers got to the scene, but police retrieved items the suspect had discarded from the car, the district attorney’s office said. The owner of the stolen C300 confirmed with officers that the items belonged to them.
Then, just after 6:15 p.m. that day, an officer spotted the C300 on Woodrow Avenue and approached the car, the district attorney’s office said. As the officer put their hand on the car’s side mirror, the driver shifted into reverse and sped up, dragging the officer and causing injuries to their hand, forearm and leg. The driver then fled onto Blue Hill Avenue and struck two other cars.
On Sept. 16 around 4:50 p.m., a driver who was later identified Crumbley tried to leave the parking garage at 125 High St. in downtown Boston in a gray Range Rover, claiming to the gate attendant that he’d lost his parking ticket, the district attorney’s office said. While the attendant was retrieving the vehicle’s information from their office, the driver crashed through the gate and sped away from the garage. The Range Rover’s owner later confirmed that they’d parked their car at the garage earlier that day, and that it’d been stolen.
On Sept. 19, Boston police found the Range Rover parked in front of 147 Norfolk St. in Dorchester, the district attorney’s office said. As officers approached the vehicle, the driver fled the scene by driving onto the sidewalk and nearly collided with multiple police cruisers.
How Crumbley was caught
Shortly after 9 p.m. on Sept. 19, a 911 caller reported a broken-down Range Rover with flashing headlights, the district attorney’s office said. Officers spoke to the driver, who identified themselves as Anthony Crumbley.
Crumbley told police the Range Rover belonged to a friend, but officers arrested them after failing to find them in the RMV database and concluding they were driving the vehicle that had been stolen from the 125 High St. garage, the district attorney’s office said. The parking attendant’s description of the driver also matched that of Crumbley, and security video from the garage showed Crumbley entering the garage shortly before the Range Rover was stolen.
At some point between Sept. 26 and Oct. 6, the C300 was towed, and its owner was alerted, the district attorney’s office said. In the car, the owner found a letter to Crumbley from Manhattan Animal Care Center.
“This defendant was clearly drawn to high-end automobiles in parking garages and had no hesitation in stealing them or putting officers’ lives in danger when caught in them,” Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden said in the release.
During Crumbley’s arraignment in Boston Municipal Court – Central, the judge ordered them held on $5,000 bail and to stay away from all locations at which the offenses were committed, the district attorney’s office said. They are due back at that court for a pretrial hearing on Jan. 6, 2026.
During Crumbley’s arraignment in Dorchester District Court, the judge ordered them held on $5,000 bail, the district attorney’s office said. They are due back at that court for a pretrial hearing on Jan. 8, 2026.
