Wellesley, Mass., police log for the week of Dec. 28-Jan. 3:

Arrests

On December 29, 2020 at 10:35 a.m. Officer Mankavech was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when he observed a Jeep Wrangler with the male driver looking at his cellular phone while driving.  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 warrant issued by the Framingham District Court for his arrest.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later transported to Framingham District Court.

Incidents

On December 28, 2020 at 10:34 a.m. Officer Cunningham was dispatched to the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility for a dispute.  The male reporting party from Newton stated that he had come to the Wellesley RDF to dump his trash and was confronted by an employee that told him he could not dispose of his trash because he was not a resident.  The employee took his personal information and requested to see his driver’s license and then took a photograph of the license.  He stated a short time later he received a phone call and was told he could dispose of his trash if he wanted to pay a fee.  He went to the RDF office and was advised he would not be able to dispose of his trash.  He felt the office employee was rude and he requested that the photo of his driver’s license be removed from the employee’s phone.  The photo was deleted, the male party was issued a verbal no trespass order and advised a written notice would be mailed to him.

On December 28, 2020 at 12:30 p.m. Officer Pino spoke with a male reporting party who stated he believed the catalytic converter may have been stolen from his vehicle while he was at work in Wellesley.  He stated when he left work he noticed the vehicle was making a loud noise so he brought the car to a mechanic who advised him the car part had been removed.  There are no suspects.

On December 30, 2020 at 7:48 a.m. Sgt. Lemenager was on patrol when he observed a GMC pickup truck and conducted a random query of the vehicle’s registration.  The query showed that the owner’s license was suspended.  Sgt. Lemenager stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and confirmed he was the registered owner.  He will be summonsed to Dedham District Court for Operating a Motor Vehicle After License Suspension.

On December 30, 2020 at 9:16 a.m. Officer Collins was conducting traffic enforcement on Washington Street near the Hunnewell Fields when a Toyota sedan passed his location and he conducted a random query of the vehicle’s registration.  The query showed that the vehicle’s registration was revoked due to lack of insurance.  Officer Collins stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator.  He will be summonsed to Dedham District Court for Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Revoked Registration and Operating an Uninsured Motor Vehicle.

On December 30, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. Officer Misho spoke with a male and female reporting party regarding a family member who had left the house on December 28^th after an argument and as of December 30^th they have not heard from him.   On

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Wellesley, Mass., police log for the week of Dec. 7-13:

Arrests

On December 12, 2020 at 8:22 p.m. Officer Harris was on a motor vehicle stop and outside of his police cruiser on Worcester Street.  He observed a Jeep SUV approaching in the right travel lane at a high rate of speed.   As the vehicle got closer he observed that it did not slow down or move over to the left lane as the law requires.  As the vehicle got closer Officer Harris became concerned he might be struck by the motor vehicle so he turned his body sideways, facing into traffic and pressed his back against the driver side door of the vehicle.  Officer Harris cleared the motor vehicle stop he was on and stopped the Jeep SUV in a parking lot.  He spoke with the operator, and asked for his license and registration.  Officer Harris noticed that the man had a cut on his face and was bleeding as well as new damage to the front end of his vehicle.  He asked if he needed medical attention and he was unaware he had a cut or that he had been in an accident.  Officer Harris also noticed that the driver’s eyes were glassy and bloodshot, his speech was slow and slurred and his movements were sluggish.  He took some reasonable tests of balance and coordination and was unable to successfully pass these tests.   He became uncooperative while he was being taken into custody and began resisting Officer Harris.  Once he was placed in custody, he was transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later transported to the Dedham House of Correction.

Incidents

On December 7, 2020 at 1:17 p.m. Officer Collins was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when he observed a Kia SUV with an expired inspection sticker and registration sticker.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and asked for his license and registration.  The male operator stated that he did not have a license.   A query of his information confirmed he was unlicensed.  He will be summonsed to Dedham District Court for Unlicensed Operation of Motor Vehicle, Unregistered Motor Vehicle and No Inspection Sticker.

On December 7, 2020 at 2:18 p.m. Officer J. Popovski spoke with a female reporting party who stated she received a telephone call from an unknown male party who stated there was an issue with an unauthorized Amazon order and requested that she allow him remote access to her computer and for some personal identifying information.  He advised her there was money owed and asked her to transfer money from her checking account to her savings account.  Another family member shut the computer down and went to their bank to notify them of the attempted fraud.  Officer Popovski advised them that they should have the computer examined and to place fraud alerts on their credit through one of the credit reporting bureaus.

On December 7, 2020 at 3:16 p.m. Officer J. Popovski spoke with a male party regarding an issue with his PayPal account.   He stated there had been multiple deductions in increments of $299 totaling $3,787. that were not authorized and his bank stopped the funds from going through to PayPal.  He stated PayPal left his account in a negative balance and transferred it to collection.  Officer Popovski is awaiting documentation from the reporting party to further investigate.

On December 7 2020 at 5:05 p.m. Officer Scopa was traveling on Worcester Street when he conducted a random query of a vehicle’s registration.  The query on the BMW sedan showed that the owner’s license was suspended.  Officer Scopa stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator and confirmed his license status.  He will be summonsed to Dedham District Court for Operating a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License.

On December 7, 2020 at 7:22 p.m. Officer Misho spoke with a male reporting party regarding a social media account that had been hacked.  The reporting party stated that an unknown individual contacted him on his cell phone and threatened to take action in regards to the social media account.  Officer Misho advised the reporting party to report the incident to the social media company and to advise if any further contact is made.

On December 8, 2020 at 12:05 p.m. Detective Dunajski spoke with a male reporting party who has been receiving packages from Amazon that he did not order.  He indicated he does not have an amazon account and has attempted to contact Amazon about the packages without success in the past.  He has asked the delivery driver to take the packages back and the driver said he could not.  Detective Dunajski stated that the packages were actually addressed to an apartment complex elsewhere in Wellesley.  He delivered the packages to the management office of the apartment complex.  He also contacted Amazon and was advised that the individual receiving the packages must call himself to report the issue of the incorrect deliveries. 

On December 8, 2020 at 1:45 p.m. Officer Gover spoke with a female reporting party who stated that on December 3, 2020 their company email was compromised.  She stated she received that she thought was an email from her supervisor asking that an invoice be paid.  She questioned the invoice and learned it was fraudulent so no funds were lost by the company.  Their information technology staff will put safeguards in place to deter this from happening in the future.

On December 9, 2020 at 8:19 a.m. Officer Collins responded to a call for an unresponsive male party.  Upon arrival he was advised by the Wellesley Fire Department personnel on scene that CPR was in progress and Narcan had been administered.  The male party began breathing and was transported to the hospital for treatment.

On December 9, 2020 at 6:48 p.m. Officer Gaffney spoke with a female reporting party about an ongoing issue with teenagers trespassing in business after hours on Linden Street.   The reporting party had advised them not to be in the building unless they had an appointment.  Officer Gaffney spoke with the parent of one of the teens who was aware of the situation. 

On December 11, 2020 at 4:56 p.m. Officer Fritts was dispatched to the area of Great Plain Avenue for a report of a deer that had been struck by two vehicles.  He found that the deer had suffered catastrophic injuries and needed to be euthanized. 

On December 12, 2020 at 4:30 p.m. Officer Misho was dispatched to a business on Linden Street for a report of an individual causing a disturbance after he had been asked to leave the store.  The male party was suspected of shoplifting in the past and when another employee attempted to engage him in conversation outside of the store to identify him to issue a letter of no trespass he became confrontational and stated he would find him after work.  Officers checked the area and were unable to locate a male party matching the description given by the store employees.

On December 13, 2020 at 8:00 p.m. Officer Gaffney spoke with a male reporting party that stated while out walking his dog a larger dog came out from a residence and jumped up towards them causing his mother to fall over and break her hip.  She was taken to the hospital.  The owner of the dog was apologetic that the incident occurred.  The incident has been referred to ACO Webb.

There was 1 new fraudulent unemployment claim reported this week.  If you received a letter indicating, you have been approved for unemployment assistance that you did not apply for you can report this fraudulent activity to the Department Of Unemployment Assistance using this form https://www.mass.gov/forms/unemployment-fraud-reporting-form.   

COVID-19 fund to pay for police masks

The Community Fund for Wellesley’s COVID-19 Relief Fund has awarded about $1,500 to the Wellesley Police Department to pay for department-branded masks and two-ply gaiters for all uniformed officers and extra masks to distribute to residents.

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Wellesley, Mass., police log for the week of Nov. 23-29:

Arrests

On November 23, 2020 at 6:29 p.m. Officer DiCenso was dispatched to Washington Street for a report of an erratic operator who was swerving all over the road.  Officer DiCenso located this operator and observed that the Dodge van was unable to maintain its lane of travel.  Officer DiCenso stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and immediately detected a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from his person.  When asked how many alcoholic beverages he consumed he indicated he had 4 beers.  He agreed to take some reasonable tests of balance and coordination and 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 $5,000 bail.

Incidents

On November 23, 2020 at 4:45 p.m. Officer DeBernardi spoke with a male reporting party regarding identity theft.  He stated he noticed a fraudulent charge on his PayPal account of $700 Euros for a purchase made from a company in the United Kingdom.  He contacted PayPal and was advised to contact his credit card company and dispute the charge.  He stated to dispute the charge his credit card company required a police report.  Officer DeBernardi advised him to contact the credit reporting bureaus.

On November 24, 2020 at 8:56 p.m. Officer Harris was on patrol on Worcester Street when he observed a blue colored Ford Expedition and conducted a random query of the vehicle’s registration.  The query came back canceled on a Maserati.  Officer Harris stopped the vehicle and spoke with the female operator and who had paperwork for the purchase of the vehicle on November 9, 2020.  She stated the owner of the dealership must have put the wrong registration plates on her vehicle.  She will be summonsed to Dedham District Court for Operating a Unregistered and Uninsured Motor Vehicle and Attaching Registration Plates to a Motor Vehicle.

On November 25, 2020 at 10:29 a.m. Officer Kane spoke with a female reporting party regarding keys that were taken when she inadvertently left them in the lock.  She stated she opened the business at 8:30 a.m. and at 9:30 a.m. she realized she left the keys in the lock and they were no longer there.  She was advised to contact a lock smith to change the locks.

On November 26, 2020 at 4:20 p.m. Officer DeBernardi spoke with a female reporting party for a dog bite.  She stated she was walking her dog when a neighbor’s dog bit her dog.  The dog did not appear to have any significant injuries.  The dog owner stated the dog is usually kept on the property by an invisible fence, but they had forgot to put the collar on that day.  She stated the dog has not bit another dog in the past.  The incident will be referred to ACO Webb.

On November 27, 2020 at 1:18 p.m. Officer Kane spoke with a female reporting party who stated that when moving in August a full service sterling silver dining set for 12 people valued at $20,000 went missing.  She stated she was unaware the sterling silver set was missing as it infrequently used.   She stated she has had a contractor fixing things in the house since September and also has a cleaner come once a week. 

On November 27, 2020 at 11:24 p.m. Officer Gaffney spoke with a female reporting party who stated she believed she located a vehicle that had been involved with the theft of some lawn signs.  The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

On November 27, 2020 at 10:51 p.m. Officer Harris was dispatched to the area of Great Plain Ave for a report of mailboxes being hit by the occupants of a dark colored F-150.  He stated that 3 mailboxes were damaged. 

  On November 28, 2020 at 8:36 a.m. Officer Gover responded to the intersection of Cliff Road and Cushing Road for a report of a bicyclist down and unconscious.  Upon arrival the cyclist was being assisted by a male and female party who stated that she appeared to lose control of the bicycle and fell over.  She was transported to the hospital for evaluation.

On November 29, 2020 at 12:24 a.m. Officer Fritts was dispatched to a residence for a report of a window that had just been smashed.  Upon arrival he spoke with the tenant and learned that two rocks had been thrown through the window damaging the window screen, shattering the glass in the window and damaging the blinds.  It did not appear that any neighbors had outside security cameras.  The tenant was unaware of anyone that would have intentionally thrown rocks through the window.   Shortly before this occurring there were youths in the field of the Hunnewell School that appeared to be fighting.   The youths were not fighting and were sent home.  There were no other reports of vandalism in the area. 

There were 3 new fraudulent unemployment claims reported this week as well as 1 fraudulent loan application submitted to Quicken Loans and 2 fraudulent loan submitted to the Small Business Administration.  If you received a letter indicating, you have been approved for unemployment assistance that you did not apply for you can report this fraudulent activity to the Department Of Unemployment Assistance using this form https://www.mass.gov/forms/unemployment-fraud-reporting-form.   

Wellesley, Mass., police log for the week of Nov. 16-21:

Arrests

On November 19, 2020 at 2:26 a.m. Officer Collins was on patrol on Kingsbury Street when he observed a vehicle speeding.  He confirmed the vehicle’s speed to be 49 mph in a 30 mph zone.  He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and requested his license and registration.  A query of his information showed an active warrant issued by Brockton District Court.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on personal recognizance.

On November 19, 2020 at 9:00 p.m. Officer Dixon was conducting security checks of the businesses along William Street when he observed a Hyundai sedan backed into a parking space behind one of the office buildings.  There was no front registration plate attached to the vehicle.  Officer Dixon queried the rear registration plate which came back to a male party Officer Dixon is familiar with.  Officer Dixon was able to make contact with the male party who stated he had recently purchased the vehicle but had not registered it yet.  Officer Dixon advised him the vehicle would need to be towed and the male party stated he would bring the keys to the car to William Street.  Officer Dixon queried his information and found there was an active warrant issued by the Stoughton District Court for motor vehicle related offenses.  He was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on personal recognizance.

On November 20, 2020 at 9:55 a.m. Officer Scopa was conducting traffic enforcement on Worcester Street when he observed a black Ford pass his location and noticed the rear tail light was broken and there was a temporary registration tag on the vehicle.  Officer Scopa stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator, and asked for his license and registration.  A query of his information showed that his license was suspended in September 2019.  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 21, 2020 at 11:19 p.m. Officer DeBernardi was traveling west on Worcester Street when a Mazda sedan passed him at a speed he estimated to be 80 mph in a 50 mph zone.  Officer DeBernardi observed the vehicle cross several feet over the marked fog lane and then cross the center lane markings several times.   He stopped the vehicle and spoke with the operator,  and immediately detected an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from her.  She agreed to take some reasonable tests of balance and coordination and was unable to successfully pass these tests.  She was taken into custody, transported to the station, booked in the usual manner, afforded all rights and later released on personal recognizance.

Incidents

There were 6 new fraudulent unemployment claims reported this week as well as 1 fraudulent loan application submitted to Quicken Loans and 2 fraudulent loan submitted to the Small Business Administration.  If you received a letter indicating, you have been approved for unemployment assistance that you did not apply for you can report this fraudulent activity to the Department Of Unemployment Assistance using this form.   

On November 16, 2020 at 8:55 a.m. Officer Hughes met with a male reporting party who wished to dispose of 2 old rifles and a BB gun.  Officer Hughes took possession of the items returned them to the police department where they will be secured stored until they can be properly destroyed.

On November 18, 2020 at 9:36 a.m. Officer Kane spoke with a male party who stated that he plays online video games and a fellow gamer texted him he was going to swat his address.  He stated the other gamer began asking him

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