Wellesley Police log for the week of 11/4/19-11/10/19:

Arrests

On November 4, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. Officers Misho and Shore were conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when they observed a Chevrolet pick-up and conducted a query of the vehicle’s registration to confirm the status of the registration.  The query showed that the registration was revoked due to lack of insurance.  Officers Misho and Shore stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and the vehicle registration.  He provided Officer Misho with his license.  A query of his information showed there were 3 warrants for his arrest issued by Brockton District Court for Uttering a False Check, Larceny by Check Over $1,200 and Forgery of a Check, Roxbury District Court for Receiving a Stolen Motor Vehicle and West Roxbury District Court for Uttering a False Check, Larceny by Check Over $1,200 and Forgery of a Check.  The driver was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and transported to Dedham District Court.

On November 8, 2019 at 9:21 a.m. Officer Mankavech was traveling on Worcester Street when he observed a Nissan sedan traveling east.  He observed the male operator texting while driving his vehicle.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and registration.  A query of his information showed there was an active default warrant issued by Taunton District Court.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and transported to Dedham District Court.

On November 9, 2019 at 11:57 a.m. Officer Mankvech was traveling behind a Nissan pick-up truck when he noticed that the brake lights were not functioning properly.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and asked for his license and registration.  He queried his information and learned that his license was suspended.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on $100 bail.

On November 10, 2019 at 10:57 a.m. Officer Mankavech was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when he observed a Chevrolet sedan pass his location and conducted a random query of the registration.  The query showed that the vehicle did not have a valid inspection sticker.  Officer Mankavech stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator,  for his license and registration.  He stated he did not have his wallet with him.  Officer Mankavech asked for his name and date of birth.  A query of that information showed that his license was suspended.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on personal recognizance.

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Incidents

On November 4, 2019 at 10:05 a.m. Officer Hughes spoke with a resident from Grove Street regarding computer fraud.  The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On November 5, 2019 at 11:21 a.m. Officer J. Popovski spoke with a male reporting party who stated a pair of diamond and sapphire earrings were stolen from his residence in September.  The reporting party had several contractors in his residence in September.  The earrings were

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Wellesley, Mass., police log for the week of Oct. 25-Nov. 3

Arrests

On October 28, 2019 at 11:30 p.m. Officer Griffin was conducting traffic enforcement on Abbot Road when he noticed a Ford pickup truck with excessively dark tint.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and asked for his license and registration.  A query of the operator’s information showed that his license was revoked as a habitual traffic offender.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and transported to Dedham District Court.

On November 1, 2019 at 12:30 a.m. Officer Knapp assisted the Wellesley College Police Department with a courtesy booking.  The suspect was booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on $200 bail.

On November 1, 2019 at 11:27 p.m. Officer DeBernardi was on patrol in the area Worcester Street near Route 128 when he observed a Subaru station wagon make a U-turn and queried the registration.  The query showed that the vehicle was not properly inspected.  Officer DeBernardi stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and noticed that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot.  Officer DeBernardi detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the driver and his speech was slow and slurred.  The driver agreed to take some reasonable tests of balance and coordination. He was unable to successfully pass these tests.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on $250 bail.

Incidents

On October 25, 2019 Officer Poirier was notified by a school custodian that he located some graffiti in the boy’s bathroom that was written with pencil.  The graffiti had since been removed by the custodial staff.  There are no suspects at this time.

On October 29, 2019 at 12:10 p.m. Officer Hughes spoke to a female party regarding an incident of ghosting.  The report is not complete at this time and no further information is available.

On October 29, 2019 at 3:01 p.m. Detective Dunajski took a report from a female party regarding a theft.  The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On October 29, 2019 at 5:52 p.m. Officer Fritts spoke with a resident regarding a suspicious email.  The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On October 29, 2019 at 9:49 a.m. Detective McLaughlin spoke with a male reporting party from a business on Washington Street regarding several fraudulent checks that were attempted to be cashed against their account by a male party in Texas.   The 4 checks totaled $80,000 and were deposited at different bank locations.  Detective McLaughlin is investigating.

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On November 1, 2019 at 4:00 p.m. Officer Mankavech spoke with a male reporting party who stated on October 31, 2019 at 11:55 a.m. he parked his car in the lot for the Weston Road Café and a male party who exited the Fells Market told him to move his car.  The reporting party stated he told him if

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Wellesley Police log for the week of Oct. 21-27:

Arrests

On October 23, 2019 at 3:09 p.m. Officer Mankavech was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when he observed a Ford F150 and conducted a random query of the registration.  The query showed that the owner had a default warrant issued by Brookline District Court.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and confirmed it was the owner.  Officer Mankavech transported her directly to Dedham District Court.

On October 24, 2019 at 1:55 p.m. Officer Harvey was on patrol on Worcester Street when she observed a Chevrolet pickup truck and conducted a random query of the vehicle’s registration.  The query revealed an active arrest warrant for the registered owner issued by West Roxbury District Court.  Officer Harvey stopped the vehicle and confirmed that the operator was the owner  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and released on $100 bail.

Incidents

On October 21, 2019 at 2:06 p.m. Officer J. Popovski spoke with a male reporting party from a business on Washington Street who stated he received a phone call on his personal cell phone where the caller advised him that there had been suspicious activity with his social security number and asked the male party to confirm his name and the last four digits of his social security number.  The male party stated that after confirming this information the caller hung up.  Officer Popovski advised him to monitor his accounts more closely and to place fraud alerts on his information.

On October 21, 2019 at 2:19 p.m. Officer Cunningham spoke with a female reporting party about credit card fraud.  The reporting party stated that she had used her credit card to pay for gas at a gas station in Marlborough on October 20, 2019 and later in the evening she was advised by her credit card company of three attempts to make on-line charges that were declined.  Officer Cunningham forwarded the information to the Marlborough Police Department.

On October 21, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Officer Mankavech spoke with a male reporting party who stated he mailed a check on October 7^th at a post office in Sherborn MA and he later found out that the payment had not been received.  He contacted his bank and found that the check had been altered, the payee and amount on the check had been changed.  His bank is investigating and Officer Mankavech forwarded the information to the Sherborn Police Department.

On October 22, 2019 at 5:54 p.m. Officer Fritts spoke with a male reporting party who stated that he owns a business and had subcontracted some repair work out to another male party in August and the items he gave the male party to repair had not been returned to him and he feels he is getting the run around from the male party.  He had the male party’s first name and a phone number and no other information regarding the subcontractor.  The male party was supposed to have returned the items that day and did not.  Officer Fritts advised him to contact him again and to contact him if he was unsuccessful in getting the items back.

On October 23, 2019 at 2:12 p.m. Officer Kane spoke with a female reporting party regarding a missing juvenile who had possibly ran away from home.  The parents had provided Officer Kane with contact information for friends of the

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Wellesley, Mass. Police log for the week of 10/15/19-10/19/19

Arrests

On October 15, 2019 at 7:15 p.m. Officer Dixon was traveling east on Worcester Street when he observed a blue Honda SUV that was traveling above the posted speed limit.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and registration.  He provided the vehicle registration and a fraudulent International Translation of Foreign Driver’s License card.  Officer Dixon advised the man that he was aware from his training and experience that this card was fraudulent at which point the driver provided Officer Dixon with an identification from the Dominican Republic.  A query of his information showed no active license status.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on $200 bail.  During the booking process the man’s fingerprints came back under a different name.  He indicated that he had previously used an alias.

On October 18, 2019 at 1:45 a.m. officers were responding to a call in the area of Wellesley Square when an officer drove by a vehicle parked on Crest Road.  The New York registration on the Acura sedan was recognized by the Automatic License Plate Reader in the police cruiser as a vehicle that was possibly connected to the theft of mail from a mail box in early September.  Officer Wagner observed the vehicle make a left hand turn from Crest Road onto Central Street and then continue onto Washington Street.  As the vehicle was traveling east on Washington Street an ambulance was driving west and the Acura failed to move over for the ambulance.  Officer Wagner stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and passenger.  While speaking with them Officer Wagner noticed there were items in the vehicle that are used to illegally remove mail from U.S. mail boxes.  He also noticed there were a large number of credit or gift cards and cash in a console between the rear seats.  The 2 men were taken into custody for Possession of Burglarious Instruments.  A short time later Officer Dennehy was approached by a male party who stated his friends had left him, he was from New York and his friends were in an Acura sedan.  Officers spoke with that man, who admitted they had come to the area to attempt to illegally remove mail from the mailboxes at the Grove Street Post Office.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner and afforded all rights.  The first 2 were held on $1,000 bail; the third was held on $500 bail.  All three were transported to Dedham District Court.  The U.S. Postal Inspector was contacted and will be assisting with this ongoing investigation.

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Incidents

On October 15, 2019 at 9:12 a.m. Officer Cunningham spoke to a female party regarding a passport she lost approximately 3 weeks ago.  The report incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On October 15, 2019 at 9:36 a.m. Officer Harris spoke with a male reporting party regarding a stolen wallet.  The male party stated a family member’s wallet which contained credit cards, a debit card, personal documents and approximately $100 was stolen while they were on vacation in Spain.  They had already cancelled their credit cards and notified their credit monitoring agency.  They wanted to report it to the police in case they became the victims of identity theft in the future.

On October 15, 2019 at 10:47 a.m. Officer Hughes was dispatched to a business on Central Street for a report of a

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Wellesley, Mass., police log for the week of Oct. 7-11:

Arrests

On October 9, 2019 at 2:50 p.m. Officer Shore was conducting traffic enforcement on Wellesley Avenue when he observed an Infinti sedan which he had previously stopped on October 4^th for motor vehicle violations.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and registration.  A query of his information showed that his license was suspended.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and released on $250 bail.

On October 9, 2019 at 6:51 p.m. Officer Griffin was on patrol on Worcester Street near Standish Road when he observed a Chevrolet pickup truck that was weaving within its lane of travel and the driver’s side tires crossed over the yellow line.  Officer Griffin stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator,  and noticed a strong odor of an alcoholic beverages emanating from the vehicle and the operator’s person.  He also noticed that the driver’s eyes were blood shot, his eyes lids were droopy and his speech was slurred.  Officer Griffin asked for his identification and the driver indicated he did not have a driver’s license.  He was provided the opportunity 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 pass these tests.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station and afforded all rights.  He refused to complete the booking process and was ordered held without bail until he completed the booking process after which he was transported to Dedham District Court.

Incidents

On October 7, 2019 at 1:58 p.m. Officer Harris spoke with a female reporting party about possible check fraud.  She stated that she was notified that a check she had mailed in September had not arrived at its destination.  She realized that the check was initially written in the amount of $179.88 and when it was cashed by an unknown individual it was made out in the amount of $4,924.03. The reporting party had mailed the check to the intended recipient in early September.  The incident is under investigation.

On October 7, 2019 at 4:46 p.m. Officer Wall spoke with a reporting party from a business on Weston Road who stated that he received a notification that his credit card had been used a short while before.  The reporting party was reviewing the security footage with the business owner when Officer Wall arrived.  The security footage showed a male party enter the store at approximately 3:59 p.m. wearing a white and black baseball cap, grey zip up hooded sweatshirts, sunglasses, jeans and holding a brown backpack.   The owner of the credit card stated having last had the credit card in possession about one week prior and sometimes leaves a wallet in a vehicle with the vehicle unlocked so it is unknown when or where the credit card may have been taken.  Officer Wall is investigating

On October 8, 2019 at 9:08 a.m. Officer Harris was dispatched to the Worcester Street at Westminster Circle for a report of a vehicle with two flat tires.  He spoke with a male reporting party who stated the metal plates on

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Wellesley Police log for the week of 9/30/19-10/6/19:

Arrests

On September 30, 2019 at 5:13 a.m. Officer Gerard was dispatched to a motor vehicle accident on Worcester Street near Route 95.  While investigating the crash Officer Gerard queried one of the operators involved in the crash,  and learned that his license was suspended and there were two active warrants for his arrest.  During the accident investigation he learned that the operator ran the red light and was traveling at a high rate of speed when he ran the light.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later transported to Dedham District Court.  He will also be summonsed for several motor vehicle related charges.

On October 1, 2019 at approximately 3:22 a.m. Officer DeBernardi was on patrol on Worcester Street when he observed an Audi sedan in the breakdown lane with its hazard lights on.  He pulled up next to the vehicle to check on the operator and vehicle.  The operator did not notice Officer DeBernardi’s presence despite having the blue lights illuminated and him sounding the vehicle’s horn.  Eventually the operator looked over and then rolled his window down and upon speaking to him Officer Debernardi noticed that his speech was slow and thick tongued.  The operator stated his front tire was flat.  He then pulled his vehicle onto Westgate Road and Officer DeBernardi spoke with him further and observed that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot and there was a moderate odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the vehicle.  He agreed to take some reasonable tests of balance and coordination to determine if he could safely operate a motor vehicle.  He was unable to successfully pass these tests.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later transported to Dedham District Court.

On October 3, 2019 at 12:25 p.m. Officer Shore was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when he observed a Nissan sedan take a left hand turn from the Gulf gas station located at 461 Worcester Street across both the westbound and eastbound lanes of travel.  He stopped the vehicle on the off-ramp from Worcester Street to Washington Street and spoke with the operator.  He  initially provided Officer Shore with a different name and date of birth, he stated that he had a valid license in Florida.  While speaking to the operator, Officer Shore noticed a cellular phone on the passenger seat with a male party displayed on the screen.  He asked the man if he was using FaceTime.  He stated it was an Instagram video playing.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and held on $1,000 bail.  During the booking process the man provided the booking officer with another false name.  Once fingerprinted his true identity was learned.  A query of his true name showed his license was revoked and there were two active warrants for his arrest issued by the Westborough District Court for Larceny over $1,200 and Quincy District Court for Leaving the Scene of a Property Damage Accident and False Report of a Crime.

Incidents

On September 30, 2019 at 6:51 p.m. Officer DeBernardi took a report of a bicycle stolen from a garage on Linden Street.  The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On October 1, 2019 at 3:17 p.m. Detective D’Inncenzo took a report of a theft from a mailbox.  The report is incomplete at this time.  Detective D’Inncenzo is working with the Postal Inspector on the investigation.

On October 1, 2019 at approximately 7:22 p.m. Officer DiCenso took a check fraud report from a business on Central Street.  The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On October 2, 2019 at 5:10 a.m. Officer Wagner was dispatched to Thomas Road for a report of a possible breaking and entering into a motor vehicle.  A female reporting party stated that she had observed a male party dressed in black going through her husband’s vehicle. 

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