The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department.
Arrests
May 14, 8:40 p.m.: Police received a report that a group of men were on the roof of Subway in Watertown Square, and they were given a license plate. When they arrived, two men were in the car that matched the plate they were given. When officers spoke to the men, they explained that they were on top of Subway doing Parkour – where they jumped between roofs. While the spoke to the men, one man in the back seat appeared to be fidgeting with something. The officer spotted a knife and asked the man to put it down and get out of the car. The knife was an illegal spring-loaded one. When they searched him they found brass knuckles, narcotics, and some alcohol (the man was under 21). They also found the driver had a suspended license. The man in the back seat, a 19-year-old Watertown man, was arrested on charges of trespassing, possession of a Class C drug, two counts of possession of a dangerous weapon, and possession of alcohol by someone under 21. The driver, a 26-year-old Newton man, was arrested on a charge of unlicensed driving.
Incidents
May 9, 2:30 p.m.: An employee discovered a box for a Samsung Galaxy cell phone ripped open and the phone missing, the week prior. On May 9 he saw an employee talking on the same kind of phone. The employee admitted the phone was stolen, and the phone matched the identification number on the empty box. A 20-year-old Boston man was summonsed to Waltham District Court for receiving Stolen Property.
May 10, 10 a.m.: A Gleason Street resident reported a vehicle had been broken into and it appeared to be rummaged through, but nothing was missing.
May 10, 5:30 p.m.: A man was spotted taking a T-shirt at Marshalls and putting it under the shirt he was wearing and then put on a pair of shoes and tried to walk out of the store without paying. A 25-year-old man from Cambridge was summonsed to Waltham District Court for shoplifting by concealment.
May 11, 8 a.m.: An employee at GMC Colonial found someone had been messing with his toolbox. It appeared someone tried to get into the toolbox and glue was put into the lock. Nothing was missing, but the lock was damaged.
May 11, 3:45 p.m.: A bicycle was stolen from a garage on Boyd Street. It was last seen on May 7, and it was a black colored men’s Trek city bicycle.
May 12, 7:15 a.m.: A Marshall Street resident heard a bang at about 5 a.m. and later realized someone had thrown a rock through the glass of the front door.
May 12, 4:50 p.m.: A man returned to his Mt. Auburn Street home after work and put his watch and $250 in cash in his dresser and the next day he realized they were gone. That night, his roommate had people over. Police are investigating the incident.
May 13, 11 a.m.: A vehicle parked on Dartmouth Street was broken into and a leather handbag was stolen. The vehicle had been left unlocked.
May 14, 7 a.m.: Sometime overnight the rear window of a vehicle was smashed out on School Street. Nothing appeared to be missing.
May 15, 2:40 p.m.: A man was seen taking items from the women’s clothing section of Target and attempted to leave the store without paying. When the man was stopped, they found he also had a deep fryer valued at $50. The 56-year-old man from Brighton was summonsed to Waltham District Court for shoplifting.
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