Crime & Safety

Driver Allegedly Uses Racial Slur in Milton Street Road Rage Incident

The incident occurred at about 9:25 a.m. Monday, Nov. 4.

A Milton Street man told police that he was backing out of his driveway Monday morning when a man driving a Chevrolet pickup blocked in his car and called him a racial slur three times.

The Milton Street man said that when he got out of his car to confront the other driver, the man raised a brown cane at him. At this time, he called police.

The suspect told police that he lives in the area and is tired of the man backing out of his driveway and then down Milton Street the wrong way to get to Mass. Ave. (Milton Street is a one-way). He denied using a racial slur or raising his cane.

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The Milton Street man did not want to press charges, police said.

The men did not know each other prior to the incident.

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