Overview
- Residents at 17 Mercer Street reported two encounters hours apart on Sunday, first around midnight and then near 4 a.m.
- Third-floor tenant Stephen Lansing said a man slowly opened his bedroom window, peered through the shades, and fled when confronted.
- Lansing later found footprints on his snow-covered third-floor deck that appeared to match the encounter.
- First-floor neighbors reported waking to the same man standing in their bedroom watching them.
- Boston police confirmed a 4:30 a.m. break-in report and said no injuries or theft were reported as the investigation continues.