Police Log: Late Night Parties & Breaking and Entering to Live at Gables

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The news described in Westwood Minute’s Police Log article is based on selected information from the Westwood Police Department’s daily log and information provided by Lieutenant Christopher Sheehy and police staff.

Tuesday, July 13th: Partying All Night Long

8:03 p.m. Police received a report of a loud party and responded by sending a couple of police cruisers to the area. The noise was traced to a house on Grafton Avenue with 5 people gathered in the backyard. In the officers’ opinion, the noise level was acceptable for that time of the evening.

Around 9:00 p.m., police received a second call from the same complainant who stated that the noise level was rising. Police contacted the home and the gathering agreed to move inside the home.

Thursday, July 15th: Parents Pick Up Rowdy Youths

9:15 p.m. Police investigated a report that sounds of a party were coming from the wooded area behind Hemlock Drive. The wooded area in question is an area that is a buffer between Eversource on Station Drive and the homes on Hemlock Drive. Responding officers located 5 juveniles on Station Drive - 4 young ladies and 1 young man. Police contacted the parents of the youth to pick them up.

Saturday, July 17th: Possible Road Rage, Dove Brand Hygiene is Popular with Thieves, and Breaking and Entering to Live in Gables University Station Apartments

2:18 p.m. Two men and a woman, who are Norwood and Marion residents, reported to police an assault in a possible road rage incident at the Washington Street and Clapboardtree Street intersection in Westwood. The complainants told police that the driver of a pickup with one passenger was tailgating them, and that a male from the pickup exited the truck to punch one of the complainants, another male, in the face. The complaining parties provided a license plate number from the pickup truck to police. Police located the truck’s owner, a Westwood resident, who voluntarily came to the police station to make a statement with a relative who witnessed the event. The Westwood residents’ account did not include any blows being struck or exchanged. Police are still investigating the incident.

3:09 p.m. CVS on Washington Street reported larceny on two dates that were believed to be related. The CVS manager reported that 3 hours earlier, a female entered the store and removed Dove brand hygiene products, put them in her purse and left the store in a black Hundai sedan. The value of the items totaled $269.71. The manager also reported that a similar incident took place a few weeks earlier on July 1st, in which Dove brand products worth approximately $300 were also taken. In the July 1st
incident, a female left the CVS parking lot in a black BMW. The manager noted that CVS’s security camera seemed to show two different people committing the thefts, but the manager believed them to be separate individuals who were working together. Both females were described as having long hair. This case is currently under investigation.

4:41 p.m. A man living at Gables University Station apartments on University Avenue explained to a police officer and detective sergeant that he had been out of town the previous week. When he returned home, his apartment was found to be in disarray with items moved and thrown about, as if someone had been living in the apartment in his absence. No property was reported missing or stolen. Police are currently investigating this case.

Sunday, July 18th: Arrested, but at least Car Is Not Towed

6:25 p.m. An officer conducting stationary traffic enforcement at the Washington and Clapboardtree streets intersection checked a license plate on a passing car and learned that the registered owner has a suspended Massachusetts driver’s license. The officer stopped the car at Washington and Clapboardtree streets, and discovered that the driver of the car, a 55 year old man from Seldon Street in Boston, was not the registered owner but a relative. The officer also discovered that the driver had a suspended license, himself. Additionally, there was a default warrant issued for his arrest by Stoughton District Court due to his failure to appear for a court date.

The driver was arrested by a police officer without incident and transported to the police station. Following booking, the driver was released on his personal recognizance, and issued a personal criminal citation for operating after suspension.

A second police officer waited by the vehicle while a relative of the driver quickly came to get the car, and avoided having it towed.

Lt. Sheehy notes, “The Department’s policy is that unless there is evidentiary value in the car itself, such as needing to impound it for a serious vehicle accident where the car itself is evidence, for a routine traffic violation where the operator can’t continue to drive the car due to a license deficiency or other reason, we will try to accommodate them by not towing the car.”

Thanks to Lieutenant Christopher Sheehy and the Westwood Police Department for contributing information for this article. Support local journalism and stay current with what's happening around town by subscribing to Westwood Minute's daily email newsletter for free. Just click on the blue "Sign Up" button below.