By a guy police tell me sort of looked like a firefighter.

Halloween related? Who knows.

He didn't have any fire department logos or anything on his clothes, or a helmet, but police say Robert Levesque, 39, of 33 Fourth Ave., was wearing dress pants, a white shirt and a sweater, much like a deputy chief would when he was arrested Saturday night.

Police got a call that the Crown Victoria, formerly used by a deputy chief, was missing from the Fire Prevention Bureau at 93 Mammoth Road, about 9:30 p.m.

Before long firefighters spotted it nearby and followed it while police caught up.

The driver initially refused to stop for police, police said.

Officers finally got him stopped at Dracut Street and Sixth Avenue, according to police.

Levesque is charged with larceny of a motor vehicle, and will probably face charges for not pulling over right away too, police said.

It is unlikely he will face charges of trying to impersonate a firefighter, since he didn't drive the thing to a fire or anything quite that ridiculous.

It's worth noting that in 2005, Levesque was accused of stealing a car, breaking into a CVS in Tewksbury to steal pills, and then leading police on a 90 mph chase up I-93 and I-495 in the stolen car.

I can't find out tonight if he was ever convicted in that case, but it sounds like things could have turned out worse tonight.