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The following information is based on initial reviews of incident reports and should not be considered a comprehensive list of all incidents reported. The blog reports do not include sex crimes, domestic abuse, juvenile information, medical reports, and other sensitive police reports. The blog may differ from local news sources as well as trends reported at crimereports.com

Friday, November 4, 2011

11/3-11/4

Disorderly Conduct:

Occurred on 11/4 at 2:57 AM – Washington Square

Officers responded for a report of a disturbance outside of the Golden Temple restaurant. Upon arrival, they discovered 4 males, one of whom was intoxicated. He was loud and unruly, and was challenging any passerby on the street to a fight.

The 3 other males reported the intoxicated male approached them for a lighter, and then caused a scene when he was unable to obtain one.

He was placed under arrest for Disorderly Conduct.

Larceny:

Occurred on 10/28 – Woodland Rd.

Officers responded for a reported larceny. The victim stated that several weeks ago she placed an order on-line from Neiman Marcus. When the package didn’t arrive, she called them and they informed her that Fed Ex delivered the package at 4:12 PM on October 28th. The victim believes her package was stolen.



Occurred on 11/3 at 3:42 PM – Stop & Shop (155Harvard St.)

Officers responded for a call of shoplifting that had occurred. A description was given out of a dark colored vehicle taking a right on Harvard St out of the parking lot of Stop & Shop, and the license plate was obtained.

The manager stated that a white male in his early twenties had approached the counter and wanted to return a box of Swiffer cleaners. After giving the suspect the cash back, the manager felt something was wrong, and so followed him into the parking lot to obtain a license plate number. He then went to the aisle where the cleaning products were and realized that there two boxes of Swiffer cleaning products were missing. The suspect was also observed on surveillance video leaving the store with two cleaning boxes and a brown bag with unknown items in a shopping carriage.

The query of the vehicle registration was run, and a copy of the video is being provided.

Thursday, November 3, 2011

11/2-11/3

Larceny:

Occurred on 11/2 at 2:30 PM – Rubin’s Deli (500 Harvard St.)

Officers responded to the area for a man that had run out on his bill at Rubin’s deli for a huge catering order. He was described as a white male wearing a green army jacket and khaki pants, and was running down Russell St and being chased by an employee. Officers located a male matching the description.

He was asked where he was coming from, and he stated he was just chased by the manager from Rubin's. He was sweating profusely and a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage was coming from him. He stated he was planning on paying for the goods with his credit card. While inside waiting for his order, he became upset and decided he didn't want the order anymore and left the store. He was then chased out of the store by the manager and was told to stop. He appeared agitated and kept saying he didn't like the way they were talking to him in the deli. He didn't have any cash on him, but stated he was going to pay for the deli meat, with his credit card.

After further investigation, the male was placed into protective custody.

Occurred on 10/26 – Washington St./Kent St.

Officers took a larceny report. The victim stated she ordered clothes from Express.com approximately two weeks ago. After she had not received the package, she contacted the postal service, who stated that the package had been delivered on Wednesday, 10/26/2011, at 12:30pm, and was left outside. She arrived home at 5:30pm, and the package was not there.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

11/1-11/2

Larceny:

Occurred on 11/1 at 9 AM – Dummer St./Amory St.

An individual stated she had her wristlet stolen from her purse this morning, and her credit card was used fraudulently in Watertown at the Filene’s.

She parked her car on Amory St. around 9:00am at a meter between Commonwealth Ave and Dummer St., and used change from her wristlet to pay for it. She then placed it back in her purse and walked towards home. Near the intersection of Dummer St. and Amory St., the victim remembered bumping into a man and a woman who were together. She could not provide a detailed description of either party except the male was in his late 20s to 30 years of age, and the female was wearing a winter ski hat with ear flaps.

When she arrived at work she realized her wristlet was missing. She contacted her bank and learned that her that her credit card had been used fraudulently. Filene’s is working on retrieving a surveillance video.

Occurred on 10/31 – Lowell Rd.

A town employee who works at the high school reported parking his vehicle at 6 AM. When he returned at approximately 2:45 PM, he noticed the front plate had been removed. The screws holding the plate to the vehicle were broken in half and still attached to the vehicle, indicating that the plate had been forcibly removed. No other damage had occurred to the truck.

Forgery:

Occurred on 10/31 at 2:30 PM – Harvard St./Vernon St.

A bank teller reported that an individual attempted to cash a check at the bank. The teller felt something was odd about the check so she contacted the issuing business to confirm it was real. The individual then demanded the check back and left with it. The business called the bank back and confirmed that the check was a fake, and that the original check had been issued to someone else. The suspect is being summonsed for Forgery and Uttering.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

10/31-1/1

Larceny of a Bike:

Occurred Overnight: St. Paul St./Beacon St.

A victim reported her bicycle missing. She had locked it to the pole with another bicycle at approximately 6 PM yesterday. When she returned this morning, the bicycle and wire combination lock were gone. The bicycle is an older model male Centurion bicycle, white in color and has blue lines along the tube. The handle bar is wrapped with white tape and is the older 10 speed bicycle style handle bar.

Fraud:

A fraud victim reported getting a demand notice from a collection agency. She learned that 5 cell phones had been activated over the internet and that her name was used for the account info. A fraud investigation is being done by the collection agency.