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5-18-2022 9:05pm
Police Log: Postal Truck Damages Fence, Assault with a Car Door, Shoplifters Apprehended
Darlene Cancell
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The news described in Westwood Minute's Police Log article 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.
Monday, May 9th
Assault and battery with a car door
1:48 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the parking lot of Lambert’s Rainbow Market on Providence Highway in response to an altercation between two motorists. Two men were engaged in an argument over a parking spot. One man, a 40 year-old from Walpole, complained that the other man struck him with a car door when the Walpole resident exited his car. The alleged aggressor is a 48 year-old man from Plymouth. The Plymouth man will be receiving a summons to court for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Domestic disturbance
4:35 p.m. Police responded to a call from a residence on Hillview Road regarding a disturbance between family members at the same address. Police mediated and one family member agreed to seek other lodgings for the night.
Tuesday, May 10th
Advice for dealing with an unsavory past
7:32 a.m. A resident of Natick who works in Westwood contacted police to request advice. She had learned that an individual with whom she has a personal relationship had an unsavory past. Police advised her with concrete steps to take to ensure that her finances had not been compromised through an association with the individual.
Shoplifters apprehended while leaving the scene
5:06 p.m. A police officer responded to a call of shoplifting at Marshalls at University Station. While en route, the officer was advised that two female suspects were leaving in a 2019 white Toyota Highlander. The officer located their vehicle and made a vehicle stop in the shopping center's central driveway.
The two women, a 39 year-old and 36 year-old, both from Brockton, told the officer that they had been in Marshalls to return some items. The store’s loss prevention staff arrived, and observed that items in plain view in the rear of the Highlander were items taken from the store without being paid for.
The two women are believed to have attempted fraudulent returns of unpaid Marshalls merchandise, worth $480, and then left the store with additional unpaid merchandise. Their actions were captured on video. They were arrested and bail was set at $7,000 for the older woman and $5,000 for the younger woman.
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Wednesday, May 11th
Disposing of firearms
10:10 a.m. Police collected two very old firearms from an elderly resident of High Street who requested police assistance in disposing of them. They had been owned by her late husband.
Thursday, May 12th
Recovering stolen motorcycle
12:18 p.m. Police recovered a stolen motorcycle. Additional details are unavailable at this time.
Sunday, May 15th
Drug take-back day at First Parish
10:49 a.m. Police assisted with a drug take-back day at First Parish of Westwood. Parishioners brought their old and unused drugs to their Sunday service for proper disposal that would not impact waterways. Several brown paper grocery bags full of drugs were collected for safe disposal.
Monday, May 16th
Hit and run
1:03 p.m. A Westwood resident reported a hit and run from the previous day. She had been shopping at University Station and was parked in front of Nordstrom Rack. Upon returning to her car, she found a scratch on the rear bumper of her vehicle, a 2012 grey Honda Accord. It appears that another car contacted the rear of her vehicle, and the driver left the scene without taking responsibility.
Postal truck accident
3:25 p.m. Police received a report of an accident involving a postal service mail delivery truck on June Street.
A mailman had parked his mail truck and put on the emergency brake, while he exited the truck to make a mail delivery. As he walked away, he heard a popping sound, which he recognized as the sound of the emergency brake disengaging. The truck rolled backward and crashed into a fence at a home on June Street. The homeowner also reported hearing the same popping noise before the vehicle struck his fence.
A postal service supervisor responded to the scene and arranged for the truck to the towed and checked for mechanical issues.
Thanks to Lieutenant Christopher Sheehy and the Westwood Police Department for contributing information for this article.
