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Find out about how criminal laws, traffic laws and city ordinances impact your life at a special presentation by the Watertown Police Department. On Wednesday, Oct. 14 at 6:30 p.m. the Watertown Police will present “About the Law: Why Did They Do That?” at the Watertown High School Auditorium, 50 Columbia St. Participants will have a chance to ask members of the Watertown Police Department about laws and ordinances.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Sept. 21, 3:25 p.m.: A group of four women who came into Target to return merchandise were recognized from security images from another store in the chain. The Target in Stoughton reported a theft of a number of items, and a woman matching the description of one of the suspects came into the Watertown store and humidifier worth $199.99 and returned it at the customer service desk and exchanged it for a vacuum cleaner. A second woman came to customer service with a child’s toy worth $44.99, and was also seen taking items off the shelf and put them in a shopping carriage and leave without paying.
After a string of break-ins in the Watertown Square area, Watertown Police caught their suspect in the act this week. Churches and a restaurant reported being broken into and having cash and valuables stolen over the prior week. Watertown Police got a break in the case when one of the places broken into caught the suspect on surveillance video, said Police Lt. Michael Lawn. They recognized the man on the video as Wilbert Stith, a 51-year-old homeless man, who has been seen in the area recently. On Sept.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Sept. 14, 6:16 p.m.: Target stopped a couple who was shoplifting. They were seen taking items off the shelf and put them in the woman’s pocketbook and into a target shopping bag. They stopped the man, but a woman with a baby carriage fled the store and was last seen heading westbound on Arsenal Street.
Editor,
As president of Local 1347 and on behalf of its membership, I would like to thank the residents of Watertown for their unwavering support over the years and particularly the past ten months. Your support helped galvanize us in our fight for fairness. Your lawn signs and our picketing, done respectfully and without incident helped us carry our message forward. This agreement fairly compensates our members for the hard work they perform day in and day out. We are honored and privileged to serve you.
When the Town Council voted to approve the new Watertown firefighters contract the standing-room only room remained subdued, with only muffled congratulations exchanged by members of the Fire Department.
More of a relief than a celebration, it demonstrated the trying times that accompanied the 6-year-plus contract impasse – particularly the 9 months since the arbitration award was rejected. Town Manager Michael Driscoll called the contract fair and fiscally responsible. Town Councilor Vincent Piccirilli said he could now vote for the contract because it did not contain a 3 percent raise in years when other town unions took no raises. Councilor Aaron Dushku said he realized the Council’s decision to reject the arbitration award angered people, but he thinks the new contract is fair. “It is a compromise we made,” Dushku said.
Firefighters had to wait more than six years, plus nine months since the arbitration award was rejected, but they have a new contract approved by the Town Council Tuesday and a healthy raise. The amount in the contract may seem much larger than the arbitration award – $4.68 million vs. $2 million – but there are some key differences. First of all, the new contract is for seven years, while the arbitration award funding included four years. The additional years accounts for nearly $2.6 million of the $4.6 million difference.
Police arrested an employee of a massage business in Watertown on prostitution charges.
Watertown Police conducted a sting on Orange Tree Body Works, 220 Waverley Ave., on Sept. 18. They had received several complaints and tips from concerned citizens about the activity at the business. Police arrested one employee after the sting, Bi Ou, on a charge of sexual conduct for a fee. “The Watertown Police Department would like to thank the public for their help in keeping our community safe,” the police said in the announcement of the arrest.