Police/Fire

Police Respond to Call, Find One Car Missing, One With 2 Stolen Plates

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A Watertown resident thought her car was stolen by a man she had hired to paint her house and his girlfriend, but it turned out the car they arrived in was the sketchy one. 

On April 21 at 3 p.m., a Fairfield Street resident called police to report that her car was missing and the man she leant it to also had a bank check she had given him, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “During the day she let they guy and his girlfriend take her vehicle to get supplies for her job,” O’Connor said. “Later in the day, when the people didn’t come back, she called police and at the time reported the vehicle stolen and he had a bank check and a small amount of cash.” She was able to cancel the bank check. At about 5:30 p.m., she called Police again to report the vehicle had been returned.

Arrests

Police Log: Tagger Caught With Paint on His Hands, False Tax Return Filed

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
April 11, 5:45 p.m.: The manager at Stop & Shop on Watertown Street reported catching a man putting multiple items in a shopping cart and when he went through the self-checkout he only scanned some of the items. He was stopped when he tried to leave and employees found he had not paid for $426 in groceries. The 36-year-old Waltham man was arrested on a charge of larceny over $250. April 13, 12:30 p.m.: A person who witnessed a male tagging a utility box on Main Street with paint called police and followed the suspect. When officers stopped the man they found three paint markers, a small can of black spray paint and a bottle of black paint.

Federal Court

Watertown Business Owner Pleads Guilty to Federal Tax Evasion

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A Watertown business owner pleaded guilty yesterday in U.S. District Court in Boston in connection with a scheme to evade taxes and workers’ compensation insurance premiums by paying employees under-the-table for their work, announced United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz’s office. 

Richard Moxley, 67, pleaded guilty one count of tax evasion and one count of mail fraud. U.S. District Court Senior Judge Mark L. Wolf scheduled sentencing for August 17, 2016. Moxley owned and operated Sparkling Windows, a window and gutter cleaning company based in Watertown. From 2008 to 2012, Moxley devised and executed a scheme to defraud the Internal Revenue Service and the insurance company providing workers’ compensation insurance for Sparkling’s employees, by filing false tax returns and paying workers “under the table.” To do this, Moxley arranged to bring client checks to a check casher, and paid undocumented workers weekly wages in cash. By doing so, he concealed a substantial portion of the company’s business revenues and payroll, and filed false tax returns, evading a significant portion of federal taxes, and fraudulently reducing the premiums for workers’ compensation insurance owed in connection with the business.

Entertainment

‘Patriots Day’ to Film in Watertown, Studio Donating to Town to Hire a Cop

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The film about the Boston Marathon Bombings, and the events that followed in Watertown, will film a portion of the film at the old Police Station and a donation from the filmmakers will allow the town to hire an additional police officer. 

Watertown Town Manager Michael Driscoll revealed the news during his presentation of the Fiscal 2017 budget to the Town Council, Tuesday night. “The submitted Fiscal Year 2017 budget includes funding of one additional police officer above Fiscal Year 2016 level as a result of CBS Films providing $60,000 to the Town, primarily related to the filming of scenes of the ‘Patriots Day’ movie at the former Police Station,” Driscoll said. The police officer will bring the total uniformed officers in town up to 67, Driscoll said, including 49 patrol officers. The department also has nine dispatchers, four civilian employees and crossing guards at spots around town. In future years, the additional officer town officials will have to find room in the town’s operating budget to pay for the officer added through CBS Films’ donation, Driscoll said.

Police/Fire

Police Arrest Oxycodone Dealer at Watertown Motel

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A man faces drug dealing charges after being caught selling pills from a room at a Watertown motel. A drug investigation by the Watertown Police and the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force tracked a man wanted on drug charges to the Super 8 Motel in Watertown on April 12 at 4:45 p.m.

Officers suspected the man, Shawn Sturtevant, was suspected of dealing drugs out of his motel room, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “A surveillance team observed two vehicles pull into the parking lot of the Super 8 and the suspect exited the interior and conducted what was believed to be an illegal narcotics sale,” O’Connor said. Police stopped the vehicles and questioned the drivers. “One of the parties buying drugs admitted to police he was there and purchased five oxycodone pills,” O’Connor said.

Police/Fire

Dic Donohue Welcomes Baby at Mt Auburn Hospital 3 Years After Waking Up from Coma

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MBTA Officer Dic Donohue and his wife welcomed a new child on the three year anniversary of his awaking from a coma after he was injured in the Watertown Shootout, and in the same hospital. Today, Donohue Tweeted about welcoming their new child, saying:
“4-22-13 Kim watched as I woke from a coma in ICU, 3 yrs later Kim delivered Connor Donohue at Mt. Auburn Hospital! pic.twitter.com/351DCoN18F”
Donohue was treated at Mount Auburn Hospital after nearly dying from a gunshot he received during the Watertown Shootout. 4-22-13 Kim watched as I woke from a coma in ICU, 3 yrs later Kim delivered Connor Donohue at Mt.

Boston Marathon Bombing

Hear the 911 Tape of the Man Who Found the Boston Marathon Bomber in His Boat

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Most know the story of how a Watertown resident spotted something strange with his boat that sat in yard and it ended up being the wounded Boston Marathon Bomber. 

The discovery of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in the boat on Franklin Street ended a day-long search, during most of which the town was under lockdown. ABC News acquired the 911 tapes of Watertown resident David Henneberry reporting what he saw in his boat. The video is part of the ABC Ditigal five-part series about the events of April 2013 from the bombing to the capture. The 911 tape is part of the fifth segment that chronicles the lockdown and capture of Tsarnaev. The fourth segment covers the Watertown Shootout, and includes interviews with Watertown Police Sgts. Jeffrey Pugliese and John MacLellan.

Around Town

Sign Up Open for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Youth Public Safety Academy

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Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced applications are now available for youngsters interested in participating in the Sheriff’s 2016 Youth Public Safety Academy (YPSA). Celebrating its 17th year, YPSA provides a safe, educational, low-cost summer camp option for Middlesex County youth. “I am excited to once again be able to offer this program for youngsters from communities across the county,” said Sheriff Koutoujian. “Thanks to our tremendous staff and our public safety partners, YPSA provides a fun-filled and educational environment for children to learn about public safety and get to know not only our officers, but also the police officers and firefighters from their own communities.”

YPSA is open to children ages 9-11, with six one-week camps beginning on July 5. Transportation and lunch are provided for all participants.