Saturday, February 23, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Figure This One Out: View Porn, Pay the Feds? In Sudbury, a North Road resident reported suspicious circumstances involving his laptop computer. The responding officer determined a virus from a porn site the resident was surfing infected the computer. The laptop froze with a message advising the resident to pay, via a MoneyGram, $300 to the Department of Justice: http://patch.com/A-2fMm 'We Don't Need No Stinkin' Shovel' (With Apologies to The Treasure of the Sierra Madre) A shovel-free Waltham man was arrested for offering snow shoveling services: http://patch.com/A-2dtW She Was a Real Stunner Lexington Police carried out a prostitution sting at a Bedford Street hotel. Caitlynn Leigh Spaulding, 23, of 368 Essex St., Saugus, was …
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
I've Got This Nigerian Cousin With a Great Bank Business Idea Needham Police took a report of a fraudulent lottery, when a Gay Street resident reported that s/he had sent $2,200 to a lottery as a "processing fee" for a $10 million prize. Police advised the person to put a fraud alert on the card and tell financial institutions about it. Police are investigating: http://patch.com/A-1Hg2 Don't Drink and Plow The Wayland Police Department received a call the night of Feb. 8 about an erratic snowplow operator in the area of Maple Street. Police responded to the scene and observed John Wright, 49, of Natick fail to stop for a red light and nearly back his plow into the officer. Police say that Wright was intoxicated and had an open bottle of …
Saturday, February 9, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Man Tries to Bail Someone Out, Gets Arrested Himself Never a good idea to show up blitzed at the police department. A Newton man was arrested after he allegedly drove under the influence of alcohol. According to reports, police were called to the lobby of Newton Police Headquarters for a possibly intoxicated man looking to bail someone out. Police said the man smelled strongly of alcohol, had glassy eyes and appeared unsteady on his feet. He also had to grab the front desk to steady himself,reports said. After giving the man a field sobriety test, he was placed under arrest. Shaun MacEachern, 40, of 313 Lexington St., was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, police said: http://patch.com/A-1K1G 'I Couldn'…
Saturday, February 2, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
The Mystery of the Vanishing Used Cooking Oil A cooking oil thief struck, not once, but twice, in Watertown. Someone stole the used liquid from 55-gallon drums from two restaurants - Green Peapod and Mt. Auburn Grill - before a collection company could take it to be recycled. Police are investigating: http://patch.com/A-124S Something Dirty at the Laundromat — and it's not Unwashed Clothes Newton Police responded to the Bubbles Coin Laundry on Washington Street in Newtonville Wednesday (Jan. 30) for reports of indecent exposure: a woman was washing laundry when a man entered the room and went to the change machine. The woman told police she was suspicious and had her back to him, but could see his reflection in one of the washing …
Saturday, January 26, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Gesundheit! At about 2:15 p.m., Needham police received a report of a car hanging off of a retaining wall outside the Rosemary Street pool. No one was hurt; the driver told police he lost control of the car while sneezing: http://patch.com/A-1xNP He Just Can't Seem to Quit You, Car-Theft A Waltham man already charged with a recent string of car break-ins has been arrested again. This time, he is facing charges for stealing more cars and their contents, according to the Boston Globe. Anthony Taranto, 27, of 78 Harvard St., was charged with multiple counts of auto theft and other crimes — twice in 10 days: http://patch.com/A-1sk4 A Check of the Arrrrr-ea Turned Up Empty Concord Police responded to a report of an eye patch-wearing man …
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
The empty egg carton on the car floor was kind of a giveaway Newton Police officers were caught after egging the Framingham home of a Newton Police sergeant — their boss: http://patch.com/A-0PY0 The $7,000 cash in the car was also kind of a giveaway It was a busy day for an Arlington woman and a Somerville man who, police say, robbed a bank in Waltham and another in Arlington within 20 minutes and then tried to flee State Police. Police say they found $7,000 in cash in the car:http://patch.com/A-0WsM Man trapped in ATM room A middle-of-the-night visit to a Burlington ATM resulted in a male getting locked inside the Metropolitan Credit Union ATM area. The State Police alerted the Burlington Police, who helped with the door malfunction: …
Sunday, December 23, 2012
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
It's the Tic Tacs' Fault Woburn Police were dispatched to a two-car accident on Mishawum Road on Dec. 17. According to police, one car rear-ended another when the driver reached down for a Tic Tac mint. Everyone involved refused medical treatment, said police: http://patch.com/A-0zYk Stolen Bra On the afternoon of Dec. 14, Watertown Police officers responded to a report of shoplifting at Victoria's Secret in the Arsenal Mall. Officers spoke to an employee who said a woman had attempted to steal several items: she had entered the dressing room with two bras and a bottle of perfume, but departed with one less bra. Also, a man who had placed his wallet on the counter told officers his wallet went missing. Police arrested the woman for …
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Ghost car? Newton Police responded to a call from Noble Street on Dec. 16; the owner of a 2007 Honda Pilot said she found her vehicle been moved about 30 feet across her driveway sometime overnight. The vehicle had also hit her neighbor's house. The keys to the vehicle had been left on the kitchen counter the night before, the woman said: http://patch.com/A-0yHw It's the Tic Tacs' Fault Woburn Police were dispatched to a two-car accident on Mishawum Road on Dec. 17. According to police, one car rear-ended another when the driver reached down for a Tic Tac mint. Everyone involved refused medical treatment, said police: http://patch.com/A-0zYk Stolen Bra On the afternoon of Dec. 14, Watertown Police officers responded to a report of …
Saturday, December 15, 2012
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Well, that's not a bathroom Newton Police responded to Clearwater Road on Dec. 1 after a resident reported a large pile of human feces on her front porch. According to reports, the woman found the pile of poo around 10 a.m. and had to clean it up: http://patch.com/A-0jqd To serve and protect ... alpacas According to the Dec. 7 Wayland police log, a contractor working in the area of 2 Catherine's Farm Road called after spotting "a suspicious animal hanging from the garage" at about 5:45 p.m. Police responded to find an alpaca from a Lincoln farm hanging in a sling of sorts. It turns out the animal was undergoing therapy for an injury and was in perfectly good hands: http://patch.com/A-0pl9 An odd photographer A woman who was walking her…
Saturday, December 8, 2012
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Coffee to go Wayland Police responded to a call on Dec. 5 regarding a someone who really wanted their coffee to go. According to the police log, the caller reported that someone had possibly stolen a single Keurig coffeemaker: http://patch.com/A-0hJx Now there's a handy hiding spot Watertown Police caught a Waltham couple believed to have robbed a Citizens Bank located in a Stop & Shop with help from a witness who says s/he saw the man climb into the trunk of a car parked in the fire lane in front of the supermarket: http://patch.com/A-0bD1 A bad day gets worse At 3:33 p.m. on Dec. 5, Woburn Police were dispatched to a three-car accident on Salem Street. According to police, one woman admitted she caused the chain reaction accident …
