A Dorchester man faces a series of charges - and is being held in lieu of $10,000 bail - for stealing Mercedes sedans, a Range Rover, and, for some reason, a RAV-4, out of garages from the Common to Seaport Boulevard in August and September, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.

Anthony Crumbley, 29, was arraigned twice last week - first in Boston Municipal Court for stealing several cars, then in Dorchester Municipal Court on charges that when a cop spotted him on Woodrow Avenue near Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester in one of the stolen vehicles, he refused to stop and instead "shifted into reverse and sped up, dragging the officer and causing injury to their hand, forearm, and leg" and then hit two cars as he sped away, the DA's office reports.

Between the two courts, he was charged with intent to commit a felony, larceny from a building, several counts of larceny of a motor vehicle, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, attaching number plates and malicious destruction of property over $1,200, 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.

He will face additional charges in South Boston Municipal Court, the DA's office adds.

Police did not have to search hard to find him because he was already locked up in the Suffolk County jail in lieu of $500 bail on charges he and a pal smashed a guy in the head with a bottle during a robbery at Washington and Northampton streets in Roxbury on Oct. 23, court records show. 

According to the DA's office, Crumbley's joy-riding theft spree started Aug. 20, when he got into a black Mercedes S-class parked in the Boston Common Garage - with the key fob inside - and drove up and away. On Aug. 25, he drove the Mercedes to Congress Street, parked, walked into the Atlantic Wharf Garage, then got into somebody's RAV-4 and drove away in it, the DA's office says, adding police recovered the RAV-4 on Washington Street in Jamaica Plain the next day.

On Sept. 8, Crumbley got up a bit early, because he stole a black Mercedes C300 around 4:59 a.m. out of a garage on Seaport Boulevard in the Seaport, the DA's office says.

On Sept. 11, the saga continued when Crumbley drove the C300 to the Atlantic Wharf Garage - where an attendant recognized him - "discarding multiple bags from the car" until he parked, went into a locked garage office and stole a Samsung tablet. He then got back into the C300 and drove away before police, summoned by the attendant, could arrive, the DA's office says.

Around 6:16 pm. that day:

An officer located the Mercedes on Woodrow Avenue [in Dorchester] and approached the vehicle. As the officer placed their hand on the mirror, the operator shifted into reverse and sped up, dragging the officer and causing injury to their hand, forearm, and leg. The vehicle fled onto Blue Hill Avenue, hitting two cars.

But in the meantime, on the afternoon of Sept. 16, Crumbley entered the garage at 125 High St., found a Range Rover to his liking and then, when he got to the exit, told the attendant he had lost his ticket:

While the attendant went into their office to retrieve the vehicle's information, Crumbley sped up and drove through the gate, exiting the garage and causing damage. The attendant provided officers with a description of the operator of the Range Rover that matched Crumbley, as well as security footage that showed Crumbley entering the garage shortly before the incident.

The DA's office continues:

On September 19, Boston police located the Range Rover parked in front of 147 Norfolk Street. As officers approached the vehicle, the driver accelerated and fled, driving onto the sidewalk and nearly colliding with police cruisers. Later the same day, around 9:07 p.m., a 911 caller reported a broken-down Range Rover with no registration attached and flashing headlights. Officers spoke to the driver, who identified themself as Anthony Crumbley. Crumbley told officers the Range Rover belonged to a friend.

Officers could not locate the provided name in the RMV database and concluded with further investigation that the vehicle was the Range Rover stolen from the 125 High Street garage. Crumbley was taken into custody on charges of receiving stolen property.

Additional confirmation on the identity of the one-man car-theft ring came after Oct. 6, when the owner of the Mercedes in which Crumbley allegedly dragged the cop on Woodrow Avenue retrieved his car and found a letter from an animal hospital addressed to Anthony Crumbley, the DA's office reports.

Innocent, etc.