NPR has kicked off a series of reports this week on human trafficking dubbed “Underground Trade: From Bangkok to Boston.” That’s Boston, as in Wellesley and the infamous Sun Spa raid/arrests from last October. The report begins: On a warm October night, the small, affluent town of Wellesley has better things to think about than [...]
Swellesley Report readers peppered us with questions Thursday afternoon after spotting numerous Wellesley and other police cars in the Pilgrim Road and Elmwood Road area just as school was getting out at nearby Bates Elementary School. Here’s a brief take on what happened: According to WPD Lt. Marie Cleary an 18-year-old male fled on foot [...]
Crooks traveling through Wellesley really should drive more carefully. Seems half the time drug and other arrests are made in town it’s because Wellesley Police are first stopping people for traffic violations. The latest: the police stopped a driver on Grantland Road near Rte.9 on Wednesday and found that the Somerville man had a suspended [...]
Wellesley Police have announced that the suspect they had been seeking in connection with the alleged rape of a child has turned himself in and that bail has been set at $7,500. Mariano Pereyra of Boston, a 54-year-old male, was wanted by the Wellesley Police on multiple counts of indecent assault and battery on a [...]
From Wellesley Police: The Wellesley Police Department is attempting to locate a 54-year-old male, Mariano Pereyra, for questioning in an aggravated rape of a child investigation. This is believed to have occurred over a period of time and the victim was known to Pereyra, who is pictured here. He is described as being 5’8’, 210 [...]
Significant progress has been made by the Wellesley Police Department, working with the district attorney, in the investigation of a Wellesley cyclist’s death over the summer on Weston Road and police now expect that the case will go to a grand jury soon. Another search warrant involving the driver of the vehicle that struck and [...]
While the scary ER doctor’s car crash that was caught on video near Whole Foods in Wellesley fortunately did not result in any fatalities (though another driver was injured), this tree along State Street took quite a hit. The fresh slice off of the tree’s trunk really stands out to anyone passing by now.
