Wellesley Police Log for the Week of 4/09/18-4/15/18

Incidents

On April 9, 2018 at 6:39 p.m. Officer Wall responded to the Pavao construction site on Worcester Street for a report of vandalism to a light tower.   The light tower had been stored in the Calvin Street parking lot on April 9^th around midnight.  Officer Amalfi had noticed the damage to the light while doing building security checks at approximately 2:17 a.m.  There are no suspects at this time.

On April 12, 2018 at 2:15 p.m. Officer Joseph spoke with a male party at the police station about a missing package that was delivered on April 11, 2018.  The reporting party stated the tracking information showed that it had been delivered at 2:25 p.m., but he had not received it.  The package contained a vehicle replacement part valued at approximately $70.  There are no suspects.

On April 13, 2018 at 9:30 a.m. Officer Dixon was advised by the records manager at the police department that a resident had provided her with a letter he had received in the mail which he thought was suspicious.  After reviewing the contents of the letter Officer Dixon recognized it as a scam where the sender provides a vague threat regarding having potentially embarrassing or compromising information about the recipient of the letter that will be revealed to his family if he does not pay a fee in Bitcoin.  The letter appears to be a hoax and Officer Dixon was unable to determine the origin of the letter. [Read more…]

Wellesley Police log for the week of April 2-8, 2018:

Incidents

On April 2, 2018 Officer D’Innocenzo spoke with a female reporting party at the police station about identity fraud.  She stated in March she noticed a fraudulent charge on her debit account for $255.88.  She notified her bank and was refunded the money.  Officer D’Innocenzo is investigating.

On April 2, 2018 at 1:48 p.m. Officer Lindelof spoke with a male reporting party at the police station who stated that he had been in communication with a male party who responded to an advertisement he posted for vehicle parts he was selling.  He stated the male party wanted to drive the vehicle and he told him it was not registered and he was only selling it for parts.  The male party stated that he had a special license that would allow him to drive the vehicle, but did not show the reporting party this license.  He drove the vehicle around the neighborhood and upon returning to the reporting party’s property he stated he would be right back and did not return.   A query of the name he provided the reporting party was unsuccessful.  The reporting party did not suffer any financial loss, but wished to report the odd interaction.

On April 2, 2018 at 3:45 p.m. Officer Shore spoke with a male reporting party at the police station who stated the previous evening his neighbor came to his apartment and began yelling at him.  He stated when he asked the male party to leave and return to his own apartment he complied.  He wished to have the incident document in the event further issues arise in the future.

On April 2, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. Officer Fritts was dispatched to a residence on Brook Street for a report of a stolen vehicle registration plate.  The male reporting party stated that the rear license plate on his truck was missing.  He stated the last time he had noticed the registration plate on his vehicle was about 3 weeks ago and he has not driven the vehicle during that time.  The plate number was entered into the NCIC database as a stolen license plate.  There are no suspects.

On April 3, 2018 at 12:48 p.m. Officer Cunningham was dispatched to Weston Road for an unknown male party who had walked around the rear of a property and attempted to open a bulkhead door.  The male party then left the property and left in a vehicle with a New Hampshire license plates.  A neighbor then stated that the male party had asked to use their phone and provided the number he called.  The number came back to a male party who resided at a different address on Weston Road.  Officer Cunningham went to that residence and spoke with the male party and stated that the male was visiting him and had gone to the wrong house. [Read more…]

Wellesley Police log for the week of March 26-April 1, 2018

Arrests

On March 30, 2018 at 6:00 p.m. Sgt. Gallagher was on a motor vehicle stop when he observed an Audi station wagon with a rejection sticker.  He stopped the vehicle on Worcester Street and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and registration.  A query of the driver’s 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 bail.

Incidents

On March 26, 2018 at 1:39 p.m. Officer Cunningham was dispatched to a residence on Elmwood Road for a report of a sculpture the homeowner had in his back yard that was damaged.  The reporting party stated the damage occurred overnight.  There are no suspects.

On March 27, 2018 at 12:45 p.m. Officer R. Poirier was dispatched to a business on Central Street for a report of a past shoplifting incident.  A store employee reported that a female party in her late 50’s purchased one piece of jewelry and stolen a second piece which was valued at $425.00.  She stated that the female party used a credit card to make the purchase.  Officer Poirier is investigating.

On March 27, 2018 at 5:28 p.m. Officer Keenan was dispatched to a residence on Wynnewood Road for a report of two male parties who had been on the property and were unknown to the reporting party.  The reporting party stated her video security cameras captured images of the two men walking around the property at approximately 11:00 a.m.   They attempted to gain access to a locked back yard area and then left.  Officer Keenan is investigating. [Read more…]

Wellesley Police log for the week of March 19-25, 2018

 

Arrests

On March 20, 2018 at 9:59 p.m. Officer Keenan was on patrol on Worcester Street near Cliff Road when his attention was drawn to a Toyota sedan with a broken tail light.  He then observed the vehicle travel into the breakdown lane and correct itself back into the travel lane on two occasions, at which point he stopped the vehicle.  He spoke with the male operator, and requested his license and registration.   He provided an out of state identification card and Rhode Island Registration.  Officer Keenan subsequently queried the driver’s information, which showed he had an straight warrant issued by Uxbridge District Court for several motor vehicle related offenses.  Additionally, it revealed that his license status was suspended in Massachusetts.   The operator was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and held without bail.

On March 25, 2018 9:50 p.m. Officer Wall was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street near Audubon Road when he observed a vehicle traveling west with no headlights.  He stopped the vehicle on Worcester Street near Weston Road and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and the vehicle registration.  Officer Wall subsequently queried the driver’s information and learned that his license was suspended and the vehicle was unregistered and uninsured.  The driver was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and held on bail.

Incidents

On March 19, 2018 at 9:49 a.m. Officer K. Poirier was dispatched to an office building on Walnut Park regarding vandalism to a window in the building.  The tenant indicated that on Monday, March 10^th the window was intact and when she arrived today she noticed the broken window and a small rock on the floor of the office.  There are no suspects and there was no other damage to the other office suites.

On March 20, 2018 at 8:45 p.m. Officer DeBernardi spoke with a male party at the police station regarding identity fraud.  The reporting party stated that an unknown individual had applied Social Security benefits using his information.  He had contacted the Social Security Office and notified them of the fraud.  Additionally a credit card was opened in his name that he had not requested.  This card was mailed to his residence.  The reporting party had already contacted the credit reporting bureaus to place a freeze on his credit.  There are no suspects and no financial loss.

On March 21, 2018 at 11:48 a.m. Officer Kane was dispatched to a residence on Oakridge Road for a report of identity theft.  The male reporting party informed Officer Kane that someone had gained access to his email account, credit card and bank account.   On March 16, 2018 he received notification from Comcast that his password had been changed.  He had not changed it and he reset the password, but received another notification approximately 12 hours later that his password had been changed again and was unable to access his emails.  On March 18, 2018 he received a phone call from Capital One inquiring about a $7,300 online purchase as well as a request to send 4 new credit cards to an address in Jamaica, New York.  The charges had been declined and the reporting party cancelled his credit card and the request to send credit cards to the address in New York.  The reporting party then contacted his bank to inquire about an suspicious activity and learned that new cards had been requested and were being sent to an address in New York.   The reporting party spoke with the fraud department at the bank and was provided with an email address that the request to change his account information had been associated with.  Officer DeBernardi is investigating. [Read more…]