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Police Log: Pair Caught Taking Several Power Tools, Police Break Up Fight

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Nov. 26, 5:54 p.m.: Security at Home Depot spotted a man and woman in the store and the man was known as a chronic shoplifter. The pair went to the power tool section of the store and took items out of their packaging and placed some in the carriage pushed by the woman and the man hid some in his clothing. The man had three Milwaukee Drills on him.

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Police Log: Teen Takes Joy Ride, Vehicle Strikes Apartment Building

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Nov. 21, 11:52 a.m.: A Mt. Auburn Street resident parked in the municipal lot on Boylston Street at 9 a.m. and when the person returned at 11:52 a.m. the 2001 Toyota Corolla was gone. Later that day, at 2:07 p.m., officers who were looking for the vehicle discovered it in the lot behind the Dunkin’ Donuts in Watertown Square.

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Police Log: Driver Falls Asleep at Wheel & Arrested on OUI, Vehicle Stolen from Parking Spot

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Nov. 5, 4:57 p.m.: Police received a report of a man acting suspiciously in a vehicle parked in the Wells Avenue municipal parking lot. When officers spoke to the man they found he was wanted on a warrant. The 67-year-old Waltham man was arrested on the warrant from Cambridge District Court for making annoying phone calls.

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Police Log: Man Takes Off in Tow Truck, Road Rage Turns Physical

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Oct. 28, 2:06 a.m.: A man went to Perfection Auto Body, got into a tow truck and drove away down Pleasant Street. Employees called Police, who stopped the flatbed truck on Pleasant and Bridge streets. They opened the door and asked the man to put the truck in park.

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Police Log: UPS & Police Stop Scam, 3 Drunk Driving Arrests

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Oct. 21, 12:27 p.m.: An officer in Watertown Square spotted a vehicle pulled-over under a no parking sign. The motor was running and the driver’s appeared to be in a reclined position. The officer went to check on the man’s wellbeing, and it took a couple minutes to awaken him.

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Police Log: Driver Spits at Woman, Man Confronts Bank Worker on Street

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Oct. 8, 5:04 p.m.: A man headed into the power tool section at Home Depot, took several power tools and placed them into a cart. The man then pushed the cart out the door without paying. He was stopped by security, who found eight power tools worth a total of $2,012.

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Police Log: Social Security Scam Hits Twice, Man Faces OUI, Drug Charges

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Sept. 17, 12:03 p.m.: Home Depot security spotted a man who tried to take two three-packs of BIM precision blades valued at $80, and two packages of AAA batteries valued at $9.98. He was stopped and the 41-year-old Dorchester man was arrested on a charge of shoplifting and he was trespassed by Home Depot. Sept.

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Police Log: Man Wanted for Nighttime Break-in at Mall, Water Heater Shoplifted

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Sept. 13, 2:30 a.m.: Police spotted a woman they knew was wanted on a warrant getting out of a car on Robert Ford Road. She was detained and taken to the Police Station. The 36-year-old Watertown woman was arrested on the warrant from Waltham District Court for driving with a suspended license and driving without a valid inspection sticker.