BOSTON (WHDH) – A Connecticut man accused of setting a Boston police cruiser on fire during an illegal street takeover in October was arraigned in Roxbury Tuesday.
David Moran-Chavez, 19, of Norwalk, Connecticut, was arrested at his home in Connecticut Thursday. He faces several charges including burning a motor vehicle and unlawful possession of fireworks. A prosecutor told the judge that Moran-Chavez wore a clown mask as he threw some fireworks onto the cruiser. The District Attorney’s Office said there was an officer in the vehicle at the time.
“That officer saw the smoke and was luckily able to get out of the cruiser and remove his belongings before the cruiser became engulfed in flames,” said Proseuctor Lisa Deacutis. “The fire originated in between the space in the hood and the windshield of said cruiser.”…