Around Town

Police Log: Man Causes Four Car Accident, Hundreds Worth of Underwear Stolen

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
May 28, 12:05 a.m.: A man driving down Main Street struck a car parked near Whites Avenue, which then struck two more parked vehicles. Police arrived and saw a man standing next to the vehicle that triggered the accident. The man told police said he looked down to find a cigarette lighter and he crashed into the parked vehicle. The officer smelled alcohol on the man’s breath and gave field sobriety tests.

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Police Log: Shell Game with Cell Phone Cases Fails, Woman Passed Out in Driveway

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
May 17, 6:25 a.m.: Police responded to the report of a woman passed out in a driveway and appeared to be disheveled. When police arrived, they spoke to the woman. After the investigation they discovered a small white bag with a white powder inside, which police believe is cocaine. The 23-year-old Watertown woman was arrested on a charge of possession of a Class B drug.

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Police Log: Men Busted After Seen Jumping Between Buildings, Watch & Cash Stolen

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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.

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Police Log: Men Face Charges After Drug Deal Goes Awry, Woman Uses Stolen Plates

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
May 6, 9 a.m.: Police received information that a man working at the Colonial GMC dealership was wanted on a warrant. The 30-year-old Jamaica Plain man was arrested on two warrants for larceny, one from Waltham District Court and one from Brighton District Court. May 9, 7:20 a.m.: An officer spotted a vehicle run a red light on Watertown Street at California Street. When the officer ran the registration the plates came back as stolen from Revere.

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2 Women Caught Running a Shoe Theft Ring at Marshalls

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Police busted two women who tried to return shoes at the Marshalls in the Arsenal Mall which they had taken from another location of the store. 

On the afternoon of May 5, security at Marshalls spotted two women in line, and bother were seen returning shoes for gift cards, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. One woman returned two pairs of shoes and got a gift card for $698, O’Connor said. The second woman, identified as Brianna Andrews of Dracut, returned two pieces of clothing and two pairs of shoes for a total of $372.97, which she received on a gift card. “When she was leaving she picked up three notebooks off the sales counter and concealed them in her pocketbook,” O’Connor said. “She tried to leave without paying but she was detained by security.”

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Police Log: Woman Tries to Use Fake ID to Buy MacBook, Wheels Stolen Off Car at Dealership

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
April 26, 6:15 p.m.: Best Buy security caught a woman who tried to use a fake ID and credit card to buy a MacBook Pro worth $2,500. The Pennsylvania license she used did not pass the machine that tests IDs, and the lamination was peeling. When police arrived, the woman produced a second ID that did not checkout, either. Finally she gave them an ID from New York that checked out.

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Man Arrested After Cigarette Links Him to Watertown Home Break In

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Watertown Police were able to link a man to a home break in through the brand of cigarette that he smokes. 

On May 1 at 11:15 p.m. Watertown Police received a call from a Winsor Avenue resident who said a man had just broken into her home, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “The man entered here apartment and she had no idea who the person was,” O’Connor said. “She was upstairs when she heard her front door open. She went downstairs and saw a male in the interior of her apartment and she began yelling for him to get out. She was able to physically push him out, locked the door and called police.”

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Police Log: Tagger Caught With Paint on His Hands, False Tax Return Filed

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
April 11, 5:45 p.m.: The manager at Stop & Shop on Watertown Street reported catching a man putting multiple items in a shopping cart and when he went through the self-checkout he only scanned some of the items. He was stopped when he tried to leave and employees found he had not paid for $426 in groceries. The 36-year-old Waltham man was arrested on a charge of larceny over $250. April 13, 12:30 p.m.: A person who witnessed a male tagging a utility box on Main Street with paint called police and followed the suspect. When officers stopped the man they found three paint markers, a small can of black spray paint and a bottle of black paint.