By Jim Clark

Police officers were dispatched to the bfresh Market on Elm St. Sunday morning on reports of an unwanted person on the premises.

Upon arrival, the officers met with the reporting party, the manager of the market, who stated there was person who was sleeping while seated at a table on the Dunkin’ Donuts side of the store, and that he was to be trespassed.

A previous manager had reportedly asked the man, later identified as Shawn Moore, of Dorchester, to leave multiple times, but he refused to do so.

The officer approached Moore and asked him to identify himself. He reportedly stated that he was leaving and therefore did not have to identify himself.

Moore was asked if he had any form of identification on his person, and he said that he did not. When asked for his name and date of birth and he supplied false information, according to police. The officers reportedly provided multiple opportunities for Moore to give his real name and date of birth.

According to reports, customers began gathering and becoming spectators, as Moore’s behavior became boisterous. He was subsequently informed by the officers that he was interfering with an investigation and that they needed to identify him in order to trespass him from the property.

After once again refusing to identify himself, Moore was informed that he was being placed under arrest for interfering with a police investigation and disorderly conduct.

Upon conducting an inventory search of the outermost compartment of Moore’s backpack, there was what seemed to be a pill bottle. When asked what the pill bottle contained, he reportedly stated that it was someone’s medication. He also stated that he had another bottle of pills.

Both these bottles were labeled as belonging to someone with a female name. Moore reportedly said it was his mother’s name, that he does not have medical insurance, and that his mother gets the prescription for him.

The officers were reportedly unable to identify the pills.

Moore was placed under arrest and charged with disturbing the peace and witness intimidation.