The sting of the excessive value of eggs wasn’t sufficient to discourage teenagers from partaking within the rotten Halloween custom of throwing them at passersby.
MBTA Transit Police responded to Ashmont Station at round 9:30 p.m. on Halloween for a mom’s report {that a} group of juveniles throwing eggs at her and her youngsters.
Police arrived and positioned a 16-year-old that the lady recognized as the first aggressor. Beside him was a bowl of intact eggs, in keeping with a police assertion, and the realm was splattered in egg remnants.
Police say that teen gave a faux title and was uncooperative and that one other 16-year-old from Dorchester bought concerned within the first’s arrest and was additionally arrested.
Finally, an grownup man — Aaron Maloney-Callender, 29 of Mattapan — was arrested and charged with assault via a harmful weapon, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest after arresting officers allege he bought concerned within the earlier arrests and introduced out a knife.
Eggs at this reporter’s nearest grocery retailer had been going for a minimum of $3.49 a dozen and as a lot as $5.99 for a dozen natural eggs. The value comparability web site Expatistan lists common costs for the town at $3.75 for a dozen massive eggs, as of Oct. 23.
Egg costs have been trending upward all yr, in keeping with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Egg Market News Report. The nationwide wholesale value averages climbed from round $1.50 per dozen in the beginning of the yr to a excessive approaching $4.20 final month and is, as of Monday, trending proper round $3.
Source: www.bostonherald.com”