Sunday, May 19, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Not Really a Fair Trade Newton Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle on Beacon Street. According to police reports, the vehicle's owner said he parked his Subaru station wagon in the driveway the night before, leaving the doors unlocked and the keys under the driver's side floor mat. In the morning, the owner noticed the vehicle missing and a bicycle placed in the area of the driveway where the vehicle had been parked: http://patch.com/A-4v6R It's a Dog-Bite-Donkey World Out There An Estabrook Road resident reported encountering a woman on her Concord property who was walking her dog off-leash. The caller said the other woman's dog ran up to her donkey and "play bit" its rear end, not causing any injury. The caller said the …
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Not Really a Fair Trade Newton Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle on Beacon Street on May 12. According to police reports, the vehicle's owner said he parked his Subaru station wagon in the driveway at about 10 p.m. on May 11. He left the doors unlocked with the keys under the driver's side floor mat. At about 6 a.m. on May 12, police reports say, he noticed the vehicle missing from the driveway. A bicycle had been placed in the area of the driveway where the vehicle was parked. B&E and Trespassing Newton Police arrested Jonathan Payne, 22, on May 12, after a caller reported that Payne was currently trespassing in a Christina Street home. There was an active no trespass order against Payne. The home's resident told police …
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Brandon O'Neill will take on the grueling 72-hour race to raise money for Jane Richard.
As he faces yet another hill in his 200 mile race in the mountains of Vermont, Newton resident and Watertown Police Officer Brandon O'Neill said he will have motivation - he is running the race for Boston Marathon bombing victim Jane Richard. The three-year member of the Watertown Police Department will run as many of the 200 miles in the Peak Ultra Marathon in a 72 hour period as he can - raising money to help Richard's recovery with every mile. Richard lost her leg in the Boston Marathon bombing and is starting her recovery. Her brother, Martin, was killed in the bombing and her mother was severely injured. "I hope to inspire her in some way," O'Neill said. "Inspire her to never give up, move forward and to live life to the fullest." O'…
Sunday, May 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.
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Sunday, May 12
The Music Was Not Loud Enough... A Burlington man was arrested on May 5 after he allegedly drove under the influence of alcohol and fell asleep behind the wheel of his car in Newton Corner. According to Newton Police reports, officers were dispatched to the intersection of Washington Street and Centre Street for reports of a male party asleep behind the wheel of a red Mercedes. When officers arrived, they found the car stopped at the traffic signal, just before the on-ramp to the Mass Pike. Reports said the driver was asleep behind the wheel with the doors locked and loud music playing. The vehicle was running and in neutral. Police said they noticed a strong odor of alcohol coming off the driver, who also had bloodshot/glassy eyes and …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
License charges, warrant arrest Newton Police responded to Quinobequin Road on May 1 after State Police tried to pull over a vehicle, but lost the car in the area. A detail officer on Woodward Street managed to pull the vehicle over, reports said, and found the driver was driving with a suspended license. The driver also had a warrant out for his arrest. David M. Katz, 57, of 100 Andrew St., was arrested on a warrant out of Lawrence District Court, possession of a class A substance (subsequent offense). He was also cited for driving with a suspended license, police said. Shoplifting at CVS Newton Police responded to the CVS on Watertown Street on May 2 for reports of a man who left the store with an unknown amount of prepaid credit cards…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
All 15 suspects were arrested Thursday morning.
Two Newton men and 13 other individuals are facing drug distribution charges in connection with a Boston-area narcotics distribution ring, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. The suspects were arrested on the morning of Thursday, May 9 and include: According to a press release, a court-authorized wiretap was used to listen in on the suspects’ activity over a four-month period. Bourque, who owns a Natick-based shipping firm named DEX, used his company to distribute oxycodone (Percocet) pills to redistributors and drug customers. Bourque allegedly acquired the drugs from several sources and used Yancey, Phillip Goolst, Barry Goolst, McGuire and others to distribute the pills. During a March 29 search of Ouellette’s home, , authorities …
Read the text messages that flew between the friends after the Boston Marathon bombings.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev's body reportedly finally has been whisked away from Worcester and off to an unspecified place for burial. Meantime, among the stories filtering out about the Tsarnaev family's life in the Boston area comes a tale of family friends from Newton who tried to convince Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to give himself up to police. Dzhokhar is Tamerlan's brother, who also stands accused of death and destruction in the April 15 Boston Marathon bombings. The New York Review of Books, in a piece called The Bombers' World profiles the Mazaev family of Newton, who say they were among the first Chechen families to flee to Boston in the 1990s after their homeland erupted in war. Among the few ethnic Chechen families in the Boston area, the …
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Legislation filed in aftermath of John Burbine's arrest aims to fix weaknesses in the state's sex offender registry system.
Local lawmakers and Wakefield’s chief of police were among those calling for changes to the state’s sex offender laws during a Tuesday, May 7 hearing at the State House. The legislation aims to address weaknesses in the sex offender registry system that were brought to light by the John Burbine child sex abuse case. At least one his alleged child sex abuse victims is from Newton. “This legislation will strengthen our laws, provide more information to parents and caregivers, and require information sharing among law enforcement and the agencies we depend on to keep our kids safe,” said Clark. Wakefield Police Chief Rick Smith testified about a parent who came to the police station last summer asking for information Level 1 sex offenders – …
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
What Happens When You Drink and Drive Concord Police responded to a report of a Chevy pickup all over the road on Main Street by Harrington Avenue in West Concord. Police spoke with the driver, who had pulled into the Stop & Shop over the Acton line, and he reported spilling coffee on his lap while driving: http://patch.com/A-4c8C No Bathroom Privileges In Needham, a South Street resident reported that, four days earlier, a suspicious male had knocked on her door and asked to use the bathroom. She did not know the man, and declined his request: http://patch.com/A-4dbk Attack by...Pruning Shears? Newton Police responded to a call from Newton-Wellesley Hospital and arrested a Waltham man for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon…
Saturday, May 4, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Calling AAA...Under the influence A Wellesley man was arrested on April 26 after he allegedly drove under the influence of alcohol and attempted to call AAA after losing a wheel on his vehicle. According to Newton Police reports, officers were dispatched at 9:11 p.m. Friday, April 26, after AAA called the police to report an intoxicated driver attempting to have his tire changed. When officers arrived on scene, they found a man in the driver's seat of a Mercury Marquis, which was still running. Police said the man smelled like alcohol, had slurred speech and glassy/bloodshot eyes. Due to the "reckless driving, accident, failure to realize his wheel was no longer connected to his vehicle, odor of alcohol, glassy/bloodshot eyes and slurred…
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5:31 pm on Thursday, May 9, 2013
Ryan, Let us stay in fantasy land for a minute and assume all of these guys are honest law abiding nice fellas and the only thing they have ever done illegal is distribute oxycodone/Percocets. Do you think their side job as stated above maybe drove others to robberies? Burglaries? Home invasions? Armed Robberies? Assaults?, in order to support their habit? You are correct, probably a HUGE … more ›