New Yorker takes Boston public-works pickup for a spin, crashes it in Cambridge, police say

Cambridge Police report arresting a Manhattanite on an impressive list of charges after he allegedly crashed a Boston public-works pickup that he managed to get across the river Monday morning.

Sean McNulty, 32, was charged with larceny of a motor-vehicle, wanton destruction of property over $1,200, reckless operation and leaving the scene of a motor-vehicle crash causing property damage upon his arrest shortly before 8 a.m. Not surprisingly for a New Yorker, he was also charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Police say McNulty stole the truck in South Boston, drove over into Cambridge and then crashed into a fence on River Street. He tried running away from the scene, but proved no match for fleet-footed Cambridge officers, who nabbed him not all that far away, police say.

Innocent, etc.