Crime & Safety

Needham Police Log: More Eggs, Driveway Nap and More!

The following information was supplied by the Needham Police Department. Any charges mentioned do not indicate a conviction.


Friday, Sept 20
  • A Webster Green resident reported her car was hit while parked behind her apartment sometime over night. The report was taken at about 10:45 a.m.
  • Police are investigating a woman whose information was compromised by a telemarketing scam, a Gould Street resident who came into the station at about 6:15 p.m. 
  • A fight in progress was reported at the Tedeschi on Garden Street a few minutes before midnight. When they arrived, police determined that the fight was a verbal one and cleared the parties involved from the scene. 
Saturday, Sept 21
  • At about 3:15 p.m., police took a report who said her house was egged overnight. There was no damage to the house, and the eggs were washed off. Police did not have a description of the suspect. 
  • Police were dispatched to a Highland Terrace home because of a report of a woman yelling for help. The Needham Fire Department and Police responded to the scene and reportedly found a woman lying on the driveway. They placed a 64-year-old Newton woman, Elisabeth Hughes in protective custody, and transported her to Beth Israel Needham. While in the ambulance, she punched a Needham paramedic, and kicked a police officer in the face. She was later charged with disturbing the peace, and assault-and-battery of a police officer and ambulance personnel. The resident of the home, a 59-year-old man, was put in protective custody was put in protective custody. 
  • It was about 11 p.m. when police were sent to a larceny at a Linden Street residence, where the resident said someone went into her home and took her prescription medicines. The resident wanted the incident logged. 
Sunday, Sept 22
  • 3 p.m., police responded to a report of a broken rear driver's side window. Police say the damage appeared to be weather-related. 
  • A resident of Linden Street reported, at about 1:30 p.m., that someone had keyed her car. 
  • At about 2:15 p.m., a cyclist riding on Great Plain Avenue fell off his bike. The man was taken to Beth Israel Hospital with minor injuries. 
  • Police arrested and charged 20-year-old Hillcrest Road resident Timothy Stetson with domestic assault-and-battery at about 9 p.m. at his residence. 

The above information was supplied by the Needham Police Department. Any charges mentioned do not indicate a conviction.



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