Arrested man wore body armor for ‘protection'
A man police arrested on a traffic warrant told the arresting officer that he was wearing body armor for "protection," according to Deputy Chief Russell Jenkins.
<p class="bodycopy">Officer Sean McConville was patrolling the parking lots at the South Shore Plaza on the evening of Dec. 29<sup> </sup>when he saw a Honda Civic with a damaged front license plate.<span style=""> </span>
<p class="bodycopy">"A computer check revealed that the registered owner of the vehicle had a suspended driver's license," Jenkins said.
<p class="bodycopy">McConville stopped the Honda on the second level of the parking garage and determined that the license of the driver, Sandley Pierre-Louis, 26, of Mattapan, had been suspended and that he had an outstanding arrest warrant for driving with a suspended license.
<p class="bodycopy">Pierre-Louis was arrested on the warrant and will be summoned to court for the license infraction.
<p class="bodycopy"><span style=""> </span>At the time of his arrest, Pierre-Louis was wearing body armor with a trauma plate identical to the body armor worn by police officers across the country.
<p class="bodycopy">"Pierre-Louis told Officer McConville that it was either wear body armor or carry a gun," Jenkins said.<span style='font-size: 12pt; font-family: "Times New Roman";'></span>