Wellesley Police Arrest and Incident Log 03/25/19 to 03/31/19

Arrests

On March 25, 2019 at 3:05 p.m. Officer Shore was on patrol on Washington Street near Eaton Court when he observed a Honda sedan and conducted a random query of the vehicle’s registration. The query showed that there was an active default warrant issued by the Stoughton District Court for the owner. Officer Shore stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and owner. He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and released on bail.

On March 30, 2019 at 11:34 p.m. Officer Griffin was on patrol on Washington Street at State Street when he observed a vehicle turning from State Street onto Washington Street. As the traffic light turned from yellow to red the SUV sped up and its tires screeched as the vehicle was turning. Officer Griffin stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator. His eyes were bloodshot, his speech was slurred, he was moving in a sluggish manner and the officer detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emoting from the vehicle. Officer Griffin asked the driver if he would be willing to take some reasonable tests of balance and coordination to determine if he was able to safely operate a motor vehicle. He was unable to successfully complete these tests. He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on personal recognizance.

Incidents

On March 3:15 a.m. Officer Gerard spoke with a taxi driver who requested assistance with a male fare that had fallen asleep in the taxi and he was unable to wake the male party up. Officer Gerard attempted to wake the male passenger and was unable to do so. The Cataldo paramedics were contacted and were also unable to wake him. He was transported to the hospital for medical treatment. Another resident of the male party’s household paid the cab fare.

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On March 25, 2019 at 6:30 p.m. Officer Gerard spoke with a resident about an issue they were having with a building contractor and the property line of an abutting property that was torn down and being rebuilt. Officer Gerard agreed to be present when the reporting party spoke with the contractor. The contractor indicated he had attempted to notify her when a portion of the fence and shrubs on his property were removed but was unable to make contact with her. He

explained other steps of the construction project that would be occurring and advised her he would work with her and give her advance notice when additional portions of the fence would be removed and would install temporary fencing.

On March 26, 2019 at 10:30 a.m. Officer Gerard spoke with a male party who stated he is a contractor working at a property and indicated that a male and female party have complained about his construction company and other properties he has worked on to the Wellesley Zoning Board. He stated the male and female party have come to the current construction site he is working at on at least 6 different occasions and begin yelling at him and his workers. He asked for advice on how he could deal with the matter to prevent them from continuing to harass him. He was advised he could request a harassment prevention order from the Dedham District Court if he wished to do so.

On March 26, 2019 at 1:29 p.m. Officer J. Popovski spoke with a male and female party regarding credit card fraud. On March 22^nd they received a package containing a pair of sneakers that they did not order. They checked their credit card and saw there had been two fraudulent purchases made at Target. The second order was a television which was delivered on March 26^th. They contacted their credit card company regarding the charges, they were issued a new credit card and will be credited for the unauthorized purchases. There are no suspects.

On March 26, 2019 at 3:34 p.m. Officer J. Poposvski spoke with a female party who stated she has been unable to locate two passports. Officer Popovski advised her to contact the United States Department of State to report the passports missing and request a replacement.

On March 26, 2019 at 5:14 p.m. Officer DiCenso took a report from a resident on Washburn Aveue about a past breaking and entering into her motor vehicle. The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On March 28, 2019 at 11:06 a.m. Officer DeBernardi spoke with a female reporting party who stated she had checked her home security camera footage and at approximately 10:35 a.m. noticed an unknown male party approach the front door to her residence. The male party appeared to be about 20-25 years of age, wearing a black coat, jeans and sneakers and carrying a package. The male party attempted to put a key into the front door and was unable to open the door at which point the male party turned around and left the residence. There are no suspects.

On March 31, 2019 at 7:00 a.m. Officer Gerard spoke with a male party from Bacon Street who stated over the last several months his residence has been egged numerous times causing damage to his roof shingles, front window and tailgate of his pickup truck. He is not aware of anyone in particular who would be responsible for this and requested extra checks of the area be made on Saturday evenings when the incidents have occurred.

On March 31, 2019 at 5:23 p.m. Officer Keenan spoke with a male party who stated while on Washington Street in the lower falls areas his vehicle was struck by another vehicle and then the operator of that vehicle got out of his vehicle and struck him. The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

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