Thief's alleged to-do list included drug run, break-in and doing good deed for a stranger

Find crystal meth. Get a gold watch. Commit a break-in or rob a dealer. Sell drugs. Do one altruistic thing for a stranger. Those were the some of the to-do items in the notebook of a North Weymouth, Massachusetts, man who faces charges of breaking and entering, police Capt. Richard Fuller said.

Evan T. Dorsey, 25, was arraigned on Monday and ordered to undergo in-patient drug and alcohol treatment and return to court April 22. Officers responded at about 5pm on Friday after residents reported seeing a man carrying a bag and knocking on doors. The callers told police they saw the man, later identified as Dorsey, break into a garage on Wessagusset Road. When two of the residents confronted Dorsey, he said he was going door to door conducting a survey about opening a marijuana dispensary, Fuller said.

The officers spotted Dorsey where they watched while he knocked on a side door, then stole diabetic supplies including insulin from a UPS package on the doorstep and attempted to pry open a door before they stopped him, Fuller said. Dorsey was carrying a blackjack, burglary tools and about two dozen pieces of jewellery, Fuller said. Dorsey allegedly had no explanation for where the jewellery came from. He also had a notebook with a list of goals for the day that also included getting cocaine, Fuller said.

“This is a first for us,” Fuller said. “Those aren’t things you would normally put on your daily to-do list.” Dorsey was charged with breaking and entering in the daytime for a felony, larceny of drugs, possession of Class E drugs, possession of burglary tools, receiving stolen property over $250, receiving stolen property $250 or less, carrying a dangerous weapon and attempting to commit a crime. Police are investigating where the stolen jewellery came from and say Dorsey is a suspect in several other crimes in the area.