Police/Fire

Watertown Police Investigating a Pair of Home Burglaries

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Two Watertown homes were broken into last week, and Watertown Police are investigating the incidents where valuables were stolen. 

The burglaries took place on Walnut Street and in a nearby home on Franklin Street. A Walnut Street resident came home from work on Nov. 22 around 7:45 p.m. to find the rear door wide open, and the window to a first-floor bedroom window was also open, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “The bedroom was completely ransacked,” said O’Connor, who added that other rooms in the house had items disturbed. Approximately $2,500 in property was taken from the home, O’Connor said.

Police/Fire

Police Seek Identity of Suspect in Multiple Car Break Ins in Watertown

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Watertown Police seek the identity of a man who they suspect of breaking into several vehicles in town on the night of Sept. 21 and early on the morning of Sept. 22. Five vehicles on four streets around Watertown were broken into and items were taken from all but one, according to Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. The first incident was on Irving Street where someone broke into an unlocked vehicle and took a wallet containing credit cards and $20 in cash.

Break ins

Watertown Police Investigating a String of Break-ins of Local Businesses

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Watertown Police are investigating a string of break-ins of businesses that took place last week. Eight businesses on Mount Auburn Street and Spring Street were broken into between 11 p.m. on March 21 and 6 a.m. on March 22, according to Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. An undisclosed amount of cash and a laptop were taken from these locations. The break-ins occurred in three clumps, with two in the 200 block of Mt. Auburn Street, three in the 500 and 600 block of Mt.

Arrests

Police Log: Woman Gets Close Look at Intruder, Man Caught Breaking Into Car

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Feb. 18, 10:31 p.m.: A man was spotted in a parking lot on Woodview Way, and when police checked his information they found he had an outstanding warrant. The 28-year-old homeless man was arrested on the warrant from Lynn District Court for four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of assault and battery. Feb.

Police/Fire

Pair Charged With Breaking into Watertown Homes

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Police arrested two men after catching them allegedly breaking into homes in a neighborhood near the Charles River. A resident called police after she became suspicious when two men asked her if she knew someone living in the area because they were serving an arrest warrant, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. Watertown Police and a Massachusetts State Trooper responded to the call and the state trooper spotted a man fitting the description get into a vehicle in a driveway on Priest Road and pull out. Then he picked up a second man. One man, identified as Mark Pasquarello, 41, of Concord, N.H., had an outstanding warrant from Middlesex Superior Court for multiple counts of possession of burglarious tools and receiving stolen property.

Police/Fire

Man Stopped in the Middle of Breaking Into a House

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Watertown Police caught a man stealing items from a house on Bromfield Street. On Oct. 8 at 12:41 a.m., a man was spotted carrying a TV out of a home on Bromfield Street, and when police arrived they saw a man walk back into the house, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “Officers surrounded the house and rang the doorbell but there was no response,” Lawn said. “They heard someone dragging something across a floor and saw a man’s head pop up.”

Police/Fire

Watertown Police Catch Man Behind Home Break Ins

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Watertown Police arrested a man who allegedly broke into three homes over the past couple weeks. The man, identified as Michael Mancuso, is suspected of breaking into a home on Standish Road and stole a guitar, and was spotted by a York Avenue resident in his living room (click here to see more details). On Aug. 28 at 1:51 a.m. the man was spotted walking up to the back door of a home on Bellevue Road, said Watertown Sgt. Thomas Grady.

Police/Fire

Police Investigating Pair of Home Break Ins in Watertown

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A pair of home break ins – including one where a homeowner woke to find a man in his living room – may be linked, according to Watertown Police. Both of the incidents took place in the neighborhood near the Lowell School. On Aug. 18 at 9:29 a.m. a Standish Road resident reported an attempted breaking and entering to his home, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “The resident found a rear sliding door and screen door opened and pry marks on a basement door,” Lawn said.