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PETER: IT WAS CERTAINLY THE LAST THING THEY EXPECTED TO FIND HERE AT THIS GARAGE AFTER A LONG SHIFT OF CARING FOR KIDS BATTLING ALL SORTS OF ILLNESSES, INCLUDING COVID-19. TAKE A LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS. YOU CAN SEE THE DAMAGE THAT TWO EMERGENCY ROOM NURSES CARS’ HAD. THEIR WINDOWS SMASHED IN, AND SEVERAL ITEMS TAKEN, INCLUDING A WALLET, AIRPODS, SUNGLASSES AN CLOTHES. YOU CAN SEE THERE WAS A LOT OF DAMAGE DONE TO THEIR CARS. THIS, AFTER BOTH NURSES WORKED 12 HOUR SHIFTS AT CHILDREN’S, THIS HAPPENING ON THE 4TH FLOOR OF THE PARKING GARAGE FOR STAFF AND PATIENT’S FAMILIES. BOTH NURSES ARE UPSET THE BURGLAR WOULD TARGET CARS BELONGING TO FAMILIES GOING THROUGH POTENTIALLY SOME OF THE MOST DIFFICULT TIMES OF THEIR LIVES. >> TO ME, IT JUST FELT REALL UGLY BECAUSE IT FELT AS IF THE CARS THAT ARE PARKED IN THAT GARAGE BELONG TO EMPLOYEES OR PARENTS OR FAMILIES OF SICK CHILDREN, AND THAT WAS REALL HOW IT FELT TO ME. I JUST FELT VERY SAD THAT THIS WAS THE LOCATION SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD HAPPEN. PETER: SECURITY HERE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER SOME OF THE ITEMS, BUT NOT EVERYTHING HAS BEEN FOUND, AND OBVIOUSLY THEY STILL HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE HEADACHES OF GETTING THE CARS REPAIRED. NO WORD FROM POLICE ON A

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A man wanted for at least two motor vehicle break-ins in a parking lot next to Boston Children's Hospital has been arrested, Boston police said. Tomongo Bey, 53, of Hyde Park, was taken into custody Wednesday. The arrest comes after two nurses at Boston Children's Hospital were shocked to find that their vehicles had been broken into while they were working at the hospital last week. The nurses, who work in the emergency room, found their windows smashed and several items stolen from their cars -- including a wallet, AirPods, sunglasses and clothes -- after they each put in a 12-hour shift at the hospital on Saturday.Both larcenies happened on the fourth floor of the parking garage, which is reserved for hospital staff and family members of patients."To me, it just felt really ugly," said Renee Cather, one of the victims. "I just felt very sad that that's the location in which this would happen."Security personnel at Children's Hospital were able to recover some of the items that were stolen from the nurses' cars, but not everything was found.The hospital said it routinely has a Boston Police Department detail officer on site at the facility, as well as cameras and attendants on-site in the garage."We are always incredibly proud our employees for their long and hard work and the extraordinary care they provide. In such a trying time when so many people are pulling together, it is particularly disturbing and disappointing for this to have happened to two people who are so essential to our community’s collective response to COVID-19," reads a statement from Boston Children's Hospital.Police said Bey also had outstanding warrants out of Middlesex Superior Court for multiple counts of breaking and entering of a vehicle, two counts of larceny over $1200 and four counts of malicious destruction of property.