12-20-2022 10:28pm

Police Log: Response to Chainsaw Bearing, Barricaded Subject and Other Stories

Darlene Cancell Editor

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The news described in Westwood Minute's Police Log article series is primarily based on selected information from the Westwood Police Department's daily log and information provided by Lieutenant Christopher Sheehy and police staff. Occasionally, a few facts from other sources may be woven into these stories.

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Response to Chainsaw Bearing, Barricaded Subject Who Attacked Cohasset Police Station

3:45 p.m. A Westwood Police detective sergeant participated in a Metropolitan Law Enforcement Council (METRO-LEC) response to assist the Cohasset Police Department investigate a man who was barricaded in his home with two small children after damaging the Cohasset Police Station lobby with a chainsaw.

Information from the Cohasset Police Department indicates that the man, 35 year-old Brien Buckley of Cohasset, had driven over the police station lawn and hit a tree with his pickup truck, entered the station lobby while revving a chainsaw, proceeded to do damage, and attempted to chop open a security door where a civilian attendant staffed a desk.

After Mr. Buckley fled in his truck, police tracked Mr. Buckley to his home on Cushing Road, and established a perimeter. Cohasset Police report that Mr. Buckley began yelling at police from inside, and dangled two small children in front of a second-story window.

METRO-LEC and the regional SWAT team responded to the scene. When Mr. Buckley resisted arrest, police used a Taser to take him into custody. Cohasset Police are charging Mr. Buckley with assault by means of a dangerous weapon, damage to property, child endangerment, resisting arrest, driving to endanger, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and wanton destruction of a tree.

Shoplifting a Feast at Wegmans

5:58 p.m. An officer was dispatched in response to a shoplifting at progress at Wegmans where two suspects were fleeing in a white Acura. License plate information was provided. Police conducted an area search but did not find the vehicle.

Asset protection staff at Wegmans informed police that the two, a man and a woman, had filled a cart, and the woman had left the store with unpaid merchandise. The man made a circuit of the store before exiting. Asset protection staff followed him and confronted him. The man abandoned the cart and fled in the white Acura.

The value of the goods was $268.10. The thirty to forty items included cookies, vegetables, cranberries, cheese, stuffing, gravy, gingerale, shrimp tempura, lobster mac and cheese, bath items, makings for a homemade pizza, and potato chips.

Saturday, December 17, 2022

Recovering a Stolen Vehicle

6:48 p.m. An officer was conducting a property check of 100 Lowder Brook Drive when the officer noticed an unoccupied black vehicle parked at the far end of the lot. The officer checked the vehicle’s license plate and discovered that the 2013 Subaru Impreza had been stolen out of Boston just ten days earlier from a man in Dorchester.

The officer noted the condition of the car was good, with no sign of forced entry. The hood was cold to touch, meaning that it had been sitting in the location at least for a few hours. It was towed from the location. Westwood Police advised Boston Police that the vehicle had been found.

Thursday, December 15, 2022

Rear-End Accident with Possible Injuries at East Street Rotary

4:07 p.m. A 2017 Chevy driven by a woman from Wethersfield, Connecticut, was stopped at the top of the ramp to Interstate 95 South, preparing to merge with East Street rotary traffic, when it was rear-ended by a 2004 Lexus driven by a man from Taunton. The Chevy received minor damage and the Lexus received heavy, front-end damage. The Connecticut woman was transported to Beth Israel Hospital Needham. The Taunton man and his passenger were uninjured.

Trespass Notice to a Terminated Employee

5:25 p.m. Police responded to a medical office on High Street where a man, terminated just an hour or two earlier for unspecified violation of company policies, was spotted in front of the building in his auto.

The reporting employee had been closing the office and was preparing to leave when he saw the terminated employee sitting inside a grey Honda Accord with dark tinted windows. The employee became fearful and called police.

The office is preparing a notice of trespass to the employee to inform him that he is no longer welcome on the property.

Grinch Stealing Christmas

9:59 p.m. Police responded to a private residence to take a report of Christmas lights being stolen off the bushes in front of the home. The resident of Strasser Avenue told the officer that the lights were taken in the time between 7:30 p.m. when the resident left the house and when the resident returned home about two hours later. The estimated cost of the lights is $25.

Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Shoplifters Leave with a Sweet Scent

2:49 p.m. Police met with the store manager of Ulta Beauty who provided police with information regarding a shoplifting in the store two days earlier. A man and a woman, estimated to be in their mid-twenties to mid-thirties, loaded two baskets in the fragrance section of the store, then left without paying. They entered a silver, Chrysler sedan with a Rhode Island license plate. The loss was reported to be $4,283.

Possible Fraud Related to a Cryptocurrency Exchange

3:01 p.m. A resident of Gay Street complained of being a victim of fraud in a cryptocurrency exchange. At some point in the past, the resident had tried to log into an account but was blocked from doing so, and was unable to access his investment.

Approximately five minutes after being blocked from the account, the resident received a call from a person claiming to be from the cryptocurrency exchange. The resident spent two hours with the caller to attempt to access and transfer the account to another platform. During the conversation, the resident provided the caller with private banking information.

Some time later after that call, the resident discovered that a withdrawal of $500 had been made from the same bank account that he had disclosed to the cryptocurrency exchange representative. The resident contacted his bank which returned his money and blocked his account from further access.

A Security Check . . . Not a Break-In

8:10 p.m. A caller reported a suspicious man walking around the Hanlon School, pulling on doors and checking windows. An officer responded and discovered it was the school custodian. He was checking the building to make sure it was secure.

Tuesday, December 13

Fast Fist Fight?

2:59 p.m. A caller reported that four youths were having a fist fight at the corner of Pond and High streets. Two police cruisers responded to the area, but officers did not observe any such people in the area.

Parka Stolen from Gym Locker

3:36 p.m. A man from Staten Island, New York reported that his green, puffy, The North Face parka, worth about $300, was stolen while he was working out at Life Time Fitness. He reported arriving at the gym around 1:00 p.m. and hung his jacket on a coat hanger in the locker room. Upon completing his workout, he discovered that his jacket was missing.

A Life Time Fitness manager informed police that someone from the company would review footage of people coming and going to see if the jacket can be spotted on anyone during the time the victim was working out.

Possible Phone Phishing

3:59 p.m. A resident complained of identity theft after speaking to someone on the phone, allegedly from Bank of America, regarding a matter involving a family-owned business. Over the phone, the resident provided the purported bank representative with the resident’s social security number. The resident eventually became suspicious because the caller asked a lot of questions that felt as if the caller was “phishing around for answers.”

Police advised the resident to visit a Bank of America branch to investigate if the contact was legitimate and to contact the Social Security Administration to report the possible compromise of the resident’s social security number.

Thanks to Lieutenant Christopher Sheehy and the Westwood Police Department for contributing information for this article.