Thursday, April 12, 2012
Hilltop Road home broken into, man stole laptops from Bentley University and man's iPhone stolen on Galen Street.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Watertown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Arrest April 2, 5:01 p.m.: A caller reported a driver who was possibly drunk, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. A man approached the caller while he was playing basketball at a park in Newton. The man asked if he could play and he seemed intoxicated. The man followed the 2005 Nissan Exterra to Pleasant Street. When police arrived they detected an odor of alcohol on the man’s breath and performed field sobriety tests. Officers found an open bottle of vodka in the man’s car. John P. McNamara, 48, of 57 Pleasant St. in Watertown, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol and possession of an open …
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Target Stores
550 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA
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Arsenal Mall
485 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA
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Olympic House of Pizza
810 Mt Auburn St, Watertown, MA
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Marshalls
455 Arsenal St, Watertown, MA
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Watertown Middle School
68 Waverley Ave, Watertown, MA
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Police responded to an argument in the street and one of the men would not go quietly.
A 24-year-old Watertown man faces two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon after he allegedly kicked two police offices when they attempted to arrest him. Police were called because two men were arguing loudly at the corner of Sawin and Cottage Streets at 2:17 a.m. on April 7, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. One of the men was identified as Trevor C. Powell. "Both were intoxicated, and when police arrived Powell became beligerent," Lawn said. "He was screaming at them, calling them obscenities. People were coming out of their houses." When officers tried to restrain Powell, Lawn said, he allegedly would not go peacefully and kicked two of the officers. Powell, 24, of 20 Sawin St. in Watertown, faces charges of …
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Sawin St & Cottage St, Watertown, MA
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Man assaulted at skating rink, car stolen and a business broken into.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Watertown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Arrests March 28, 8:49 p.m.: Police were called to Lyons Street for a domestic disturbance, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. Gerico Sanchez, 24, of 7 Lyons St. in Watertown, was arrested on a charge of domestic assault and battery. March 29, 7:02 a.m.: Police were called to Commonwealth Road for a domestic disturbance, Lawn said. Sebastian Priest, 28, of 28 Commonwealth Road Apt. 2 in Watertown, was arrested on a charge of domestic assault and battery. March 31, 10:38 p.m.: An officer patrolling on Main Street ran the registration of a 1996 Chevy Cavalier and found that the plates belonged on a Chevy Blazer, Lawn said…
Thursday, March 29, 2012
The pair allegedly stole a car in Boston, used it to shoplift in Framingham and left it in Watertown.
A stolen car found in Watertown linked two men to a shoplifting incident in Framingham. On March 20, a car was towed from a parking lot on Waverley Avenue, and it ws discovered that the car had been stolen from the Double Tree Hotel on Washington Street in Boston, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. Police checked the car and discovered the car was caught on video of two men who were wanted for taking several Red Sox shirts from the Target store in Framingham. After linking the car to the suspect, police went to Waverley Avenue on March 21 to arrest John J. Sallesa Jr., 43, of 55 Waverley Ave. Apt. 301, in connection to the stolen car, Lawn said. When they got there, they discovered another man, Robert W. O'Keefe, 44, of 27 Garden St…
Thursday, March 22, 2012
The man had recently been fire by Munro Mufflers, and allegedly took several cases of oil and some brake rotors.
The manager of Munro Muffler on Arsenal Street discovered several missing items and suspected a recently fired employee may have taken them. The manager contacted Watertown Police on March 17 at 8:33 a.m., after he found that six cases of oil, other oil products and four brake rotors went missing, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “We received information that the items might be at another business,” Lawn said. “An employee (at the other business) said he bought the items from the employee who was terminated.” The total value of the items was $1,290, Lawn said. Police summonsed a 53-year-old man from Holden to Waltham District Court.
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Munroe Auto Body
66 School St, Watertown, MA
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Police caught man with an item from 7-Eleven, also tried to sell a stolen CD player.
A Medway man faces shoplifting charges after allegedly taking items from 7-Eleven on March 14. A 7-Eleven employee spotted a man with a CD player in a package, but it did not appear to come from the story. He was seen in the cell phone accessories area and then left the store, only to come back and take and item and put it into a paper bag and leave, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “Officers found the man in Andrea’s Pizza attempting to sell the CD player to an individual,” Lawn said. Police found a power cord from 7-Eleven worth $19.91, Lawn said. It appears the CD player may have come from CVS, but it did not have a tag on it. Dimitrios Loulourgas, 46, of 6 Charles River Road in Medway, was arrested on charges of shoplifting by …
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Nichols Convenience Store
105 Nichols Ave, Watertown, MA
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Thursday, March 15, 2012
Smoked filled the apartment and crept into the hallway of the apartment building.
The sounds of fire alarms woke residents of a Main Street apartment building early Thursday morning after someone left food on the stove without turning the burner off. The call for the smoke in the building at 245 Main Street, at Whites Avenue, came in just before 3 a.m., said Watertown Deputy Fire Chief Tom McManus. “Food caught on fire on top of the stove,” McManus said. “The person fell asleep and (the burning food) charred the apartment with smoke, in addition to getting into the hallway.” Watertown Police officers arrived first and began evacuating residents on the second floor of the building, where the fire occurred, McManus said. The fire did not get out of the pot, McManus said, and no one was hurt. The smoke was quite thick, …
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245 Main St, Watertown, MA
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Wednesday, March 14, 2012
The man allegedly stole a savings card from Town Hall after being spotted looking through a dentist's office.
Police arrested a Newton man who allegedly stole a savings card from the bag of a Watertown Town Hall employee on March 6. Earlier in the day, Police got a call about a suspicious man who went into a dentist's office on Main Street, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. "Officers spoke with a receptionist who observed a male pacing in the waiting room and then entered the door into the dental area," Lawn said. "She found him in one of the offices looking through items on a shelf. She confronted him and he stated he was looking for a bathroom." The man left the office, but detectives spotted a man matching the suspect's description on Main Street and going into Town Hall. "The observed him go to the third floor and come back down and left…
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Town of Watertown Town Hall
149 Main St, Watertown, MA
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Friday, March 9, 2012
Woman spits at officer, wedding ring stolen and poop smeared on pickup.
The following arrest information was supplied by the Watertown Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. Arrests Feb. 28, 12:55 a.m.: Police spotted a man on a moped spotted weaving around and almost falling over, and when he made an illegal U-turn he was pulled over, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. The officer performed field sobriety tests and placed the man under arrest. Nicholas A. Weston-Swan, 28, of 16 Bayard Ave. Apt. 3 in Boston, was arrested on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, marked lanes violation and making an illegal U-turn. Feb. 28, 8:34 p.m.: Police were called to Prospect Street for a domestic disturbance, Lawn said. Bassem M. Awad, 43, of 84 The Fenway Apt. 22 in Boston, waas arrested…
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Police stopped the two men near the MDC Pool when they were preparing to steal spools of wire.
Two men's plan to steal copper wire was foiled by an alert officer who spotted them near the Dealtry Pool off Pleasant Street. The electrical supervisor of construction of apartments at 140 Pleasant Street called police on Feb. 22 at 7:47 a.m. when he discovered that someone tried to steal 14 spools of copper wire from the site, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. "They were secured with a lock and chain. They cut the chain and lined them up in the back of the site," Lawn said. "Each spool weighed 300 pounds." The spools were not taken, however, because an officer stopped two men near the Dealtry Pool when he noticed some suspicious activity, Lawn said. The pool is just behind and down a hill from the construction site. When police …
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140 Pleasant St, Watertown, MA
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