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Saturday, June 30, 2012

OMGPD: Guy Grabs Back Stolen Credit Card, Failed Shoplifting Scam & More

Our weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

"Fooled you once..." A man was arrested at the Target in Watertown after he tried the same scam twice. He bought a blender, then took it to the parking lot and returned with the receipt. Then he took an identical blender off the shelf and left with it. Store security caught on to him and he was busted when he tried the same trick the next day: http://watertown.patch.com/articles/man-arrested-after-his-shoplifting-scheme-fails-the-second-time "But we needed your AmEx card to pay for our PlayStation and Xbox." On Tuesday, June 19, Max Comjean, 18, of 3 Deacon Hunt Drive, Acton, and John Williams, 21, of 47 Drummer Road, Acton, were caught red-handed using a stolen credit card at Kmart. Here is what is a bit crazy and courageous: the man …

Saturday, June 23, 2012

OMGPD: Tied-up Chipmunks, Lost Bongs and Who Let the Dogs Out (on the Roof)?

A weekly compilation of some of the more, ahem, unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Embezzlement on auto-pay? The ex-treasurer of two Acton Cub Scout Packs, has been accused of stealing thousands of dollars from both Packs along with a separate accusation of stealing from an Acton nonprofit. Police claim Kimberly Clark, 37, of Acton, even had her family's electric bills on auto-pay: http://patch.com/A-vy0N   "I'm sorry, he's tied up at the moment" Wellesley police liberated what they initially thought was a kitten, but turned out to be a chipmunk: http://patch.com/A-vspN   Up on the roof Last Saturday, Lexington police responded to a report of a dog running loose on the roof of the Dunkin' Donuts and adjacent businesses on Woburn Street. Officers believe the dog was a long jumper, possibly from its window onto the plaza's…

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