Wednesday, April 24, 2013
The man was arrested after an alleged stabbing last night.
Updated 3:03 p.m.: Check out this story for an update from today's arraignment. -- Original story: A Newton man was arrested last night after he allegedly stabbed another Newton man multiple times, police said. William Martin, 19, of 36 Deforest Road, was arrested and charged with attempted murder, according to Newton Police Lt. Bruce Apotheker. Newton Police responded to Deforest Road around 7:45 p.m. on April 23 for reports of a stabbing. When police arrived on scene, they found a 23-year-old male had been stabbed multiple times, Apotheker said. The victim was transported to Beth Israel Hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Apotheker said. Martin is scheduled to be arraigned today in Newton District Court. Stay tuned to Patch …
An internet meme has been created using the photo of a Newton Police officer.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Framingham woman found sleeping in car A Framingham woman was arrested on April 18 after she allegedly drove drunk fell asleep behind the wheel. According to police reports, Newton Police officers responded to the area of Park Street and Washington Street just after 6 a.m. for reports of a car stopped in the middle of the road and a woman hunched over the steering wheel. When police arrived on scene, they found the car in the intersection with the driver asleep. The car was still running, reports said. As a result, Hayley M. Dunn, 28, of 46 Brookfield Circle, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, police said. Waltham man faces license charges A Waltham man was arrested on April 18 after he allegedly drove…
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Bloomingdale's
225 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA
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Saturday, April 20, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Car break-in Newton Police responded to Arlington Street on April 11 after a resident reported someone broke into an unlocked Volkswagen Jetta and an unlocked Subaru Forester sometime between April 8 at 8 p.m. and April 9 at 7 p.m., reports said. Break-in on Botsford Road A Botsford Road resident told police on April 11 that someone broke into her home and stole her Apple MacBook and Kindle Fire from her first floor bedroom. According to reports, the theft happened sometime between 9:30 a.m. and 6 p.m. Both the front and side door of the home were left unlocked. Thief sneaks into home Newton Police responded to Langley Road on April 11 after a woman reported someone had broken into her home. According to reports, the woman was home around …
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Upper Falls Beverage Store Inc
150 Needham St, Newton Upper Falls, MA
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Mick Morgans Family Pub
118 Needham St, Newton Upper Falls, MA
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Newton Police Headquarters
1321 Washington St, West Newton, MA
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Lasell College
1844 Commonwealth Ave, Auburndale, MA
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Break-in at the library Newton Police responded to the Newton Free Library on April 9 after an employee reported someone had smashed a window and broken into the library. According to police reports, the incident happened sometime between 10:58 p.m. April 8 and 6:15 a.m. April 9. The suspect broke a window on the ground floor of the building and then broke into the library's cash register, reports said. Woman experiences dirty crime at a laundromat...for the second time Newton Police responded to Bubbles Laundromat on Washington Street on April 9 for reports of a man who exposed himself to a female customer. According to reports, the woman was in the laundromat alone when a man entered the laundromat with his penis exposed. The suspect …
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Newton Free Library
330 Homer St, Newton Center, MA
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971 Washington St, Newton, MA
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255 Walnut St, Newton, MA
Francesca's Hair Salon
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Whatever Happened to Plain Old Arm-Wrestling? An argument between co-workers at Russo's market in Watertown escalated and one of the men found himself taken into custody by Watertown Police. One man challenged the other to a fight, and the other man responded by pulling out a knife. The man with the knife was placed under arrest: http://patch.com/A-38vy Mystery Healthcare In Concord, an Old Bedford Road resident reported that, about three hours earlier, a woman walked into her kitchen and said she was the nurse. Told a nurse was not needed, the mystery woman left the home, possibly because she had the wrong address: http://patch.com/A-35cq Not Taking Out the Trash, but Taking it Out on the Trash. And the Recycling. According to Newton …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
[Updated April 17, 4 p.m.] Shoplifting incidents at Chestnut Hill Star Market Newton Police responded to the Chestnut Hill Star Market on April 4 for two separate shoplifting incidents. One incident involved a 46-year-old West Roxbury man who ordered seafood and then proceeded to leave the store without paying. He was given a no trespassing order and police are seeking criminal complaints against him for the theft of a florentine pinwheel and four lobsters. The second shoplifting incident involved a Newton woman. Laura M. Backman, 38, of 497 Centre St. #6, was arrested and charged with witness interference/obstruction of justice and larceny under $250, police said. Newton man allegedly found drunk inside courthouse Newton Police responded …
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District Court of Newton
1309 Washington St, Newton, MA
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Star Market
1 Boylston St, Chestnut Hill, MA
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Thursday, April 11, 2013
Multiple barrel fires were reported early Monday morning.
Newton Police responded to multiple incidents of trash barrel fires in West Newton/Auburndale earlier this week. According to police reports, officers responded to four barrel fires early Monday morning, April 8. The first incident was reported around 5 a.m. at South Gate Park, reports said. Both the Newton Police and Newton Fire departments responded to the scene, where a city-issued green recycle bin was on fire. The fire was quickly extinguished, but the fire slightly damaged the barrel. The second barrel fire was reported nearby on Kilburn Road just a short while later, around 5:15 a.m. Similar to the incident on South Gate Park, the Newton Fire Department extinguished the fire in the city-issued barrel, which was severely damaged. …
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Washburn Ave & Newell Rd, Auburndale, MA
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Kilburn Rd & S Gate Park, West Newton, MA
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A large crowd of family, friends, city officials and police officers filled the Newton City Hall War Memorial on Wednesday, April 10 for the official swearing-in ceremony. Mintz, a Newton native, has been with the Newton Police Dept. for 29 years.
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Newton City Hall
1000 Commonwealth Ave, Newton, MA
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Sunday, April 7, 2013
Our weekly roundup of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Digging Yourself in Deeper A Watertown man got into even deeper legal trouble at a Boston courthouse when he reportedly paid his court fees with counterfeit money. Fernando Costa, 24, used fake bills, according to a report on BostonInno.com: two fake $100s, two real $20s and a real $10: http://patch.com/A-1lj0 Phantom Tuck-and-Roll Needham Police responded to a disturbance between a man and wom inside a tractor-trailer. A witness says the either fell — or was pushed — out of the cab of the trailer. When she tried to climb back in, she was pushed down by the male driver. After being pushed (possibly) the second time, she started walking toward the highway. Police were not able to find either the tractor-trailer, or the victim: http://…
