Couple Busted at Mall Faces Slew of Charges

by Charlie Breitrose

Police spotted a couple panhandling in the parking lot of the Arsenal Mall and then saw one of them breaking into a car.

On June 26 at 1:47 p.m., a man and woman were seen approaching customers coming out of Home Depot and asking for money, said Watertown Police Sgt. Thomas Grady. They were later identified as Jodi Papadonis and Jonathan Snyder.

“Papodonis entered a motor vehicle left unattended in the parking lot, and took a Burberry umbrella worth $325,” Grady said.

Police then confronted the pair and placed them under arrest. Officers discovered Papadonis also had drugs on her and items taken from Marshalls and other stores in the mall, Grady said.

Snyder, too had drugs, and a background check revealed that Snyder had four outstanding warrants.

Jodi L. Papadonis, 29, of 197 Heatherly Rd. in Scituate, was arrested on charges of daytime breaking and entering to a motor vehicle, conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of a Class B drug, possession of a Class E drug and larceny under $250, Grady said.

Jonathan K. Snyder, 31, of 15 Wyola Prospect in Waltham, was arrested on charges of receiving stolen property, conspiracy to commit a crime, possession of a Class E drug, and four warrants: one from Boston District Court for assault and battery, one from East Boston District Court for shoplifting, one from South Boston District Court for drug possession and one from Roxbury District Court for resisting arrest, Grady said.