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The following announcement was provided by the Watertown Police Department. April 9: Employees at Marshalls discovered two open boxes with the contents missing. One was a travel shaver and the other was an Otterbox wall charger. They were worth a total of $20. April 9: A shoplifting was reported at Target.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. April 1: Police received a report of a disturbance between a food delivery man and a customer. A Warren Street resident ordered food on GrubHub and when the driver arrived he asked the resident for a confirmation code. The resident said he requested a contactless delivery, and did not have a code. The driver said the resident got upset and threw a fountain drink in his face.
A Watertown man faces charges of possession of child pornography after an investigation by Watertown Police. Police, working with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force searched a home in West Watertown on Wednesday and took Patrick Athridge into custody. Watertown Police posted the following announcement on social media on April 3, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.:
Chief Justin Hanrahan announces that on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at approximately 6:00 PM in the West End of Watertown members of the Watertown Police Department, in collaboration with the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, executed a search warrant in Watertown. As a result of the investigation, Mr. Patrick Athridge was taken into custody and charged with possession of child pornography. Mr. Athridge is scheduled to be arraigned later today in Waltham District Court.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. March 20: Someone entered the lobby of an office on Main Street and took two laptops — a MacBook and a Dell — each of which was valued at $500. March 20: A person went into Best Buy to buy a 65-inch TV that cost $2,300. The transaction was not complete but the person loaded the TV into a Subaru Forester and drove away. Police are investigating.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. March 8: Police responded to Best Buy for a shoplifter. They got the man’s description and located the suspect near Hampton Inn & Suites. The man admitted to shoplifting from Best Buy and had two speakers in a bag. When he took the speaker he removed the “spider” anti-theft devices.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. March 1: Two women were seen shoplifting at Nike. They took $730 worth of women’s clothing. March 1: A woman was stopped at Nike for taking $292 worth of merchandise. Jeela Avanaki, 48 of Belmont, was arrested for larceny.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Feb. 22: A man was caught shoplifting $127 worth of merchandise at Target. Robert Richards, 37 of Cambridge, was arrested for shoplifting by concealment, a subsequent offense. Feb.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Feb. 14: A man went into Nike and took a pair of Air Jordan One shoes priced at $125. He concealed them in a bag and left the store at 5:45 p.m. without paying. Feb.