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Police Log: Car Stolen Off Street, Handgun Found in River

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April 14, 12:13 a.m.: Witnesses called police after seeing a silver and black SUV driving down Main Street with a flat tire and being driven erratically. The vehicle swerved a few times and almost lost control. Police located the vehicle on Prescott Street, and the driver was in the front seat slouched forward and asleep. It took several attempts for officers to wake the man in the car.

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Police Log: Shoplifters Arrested, Pair of Unemployment Frauds

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April 10, 4:29 pm.: A man was seen at Target taking an electric scooter. Security followed the man who got into a grey 2008 Toyota Camry and they got the plate. Police got the description and pulled the vehicle over on Arsenal Street. The scooter was in the back seat.

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Police Log: Scammer Posed as Customs Agent, Car Stolen from Gas Station

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April 8, 6:43 p.m.: A shoplifter at Target grabbed a bike buggy, left the store without paying and fled. Police received a description, and they located the man walking toward the bike path behind Target. He had hidden the buggy behind a dumpster near the path, but officers found it and returned it to the store. Police also determined the man was wanted on a warrant from South Boston District Court for possession of a Class A drug, possession of a Class B drug, and intent to distribute a Class B drug.

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Police Log: Woman Wearing Wig Tries to Cash Check, Man Seen Taking Baby Monitors on Several Dates

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March 27, 8:47 p.m.: Officers on Arsenal Street saw a vehicle driving westbound dragging two construction cones under the front bumper and speeding. The cones came from a construction site farther down Arsenal, near Louise Street. Police pulled the vehicle over and the driver had a strong odor of alcohol on his breath. He performed field sobriety tests and did not pass four.

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Police Log: Employee Caught Stealing Merchandise, Multiple Catalytic Converter Thefts

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Incidents

March 21, 10:49 a.m.: A laptop computer went missing from a home on Otis Street. The homeowner last used it a month prior, and is not certain what happened to it. However, they had had a painting company come in to do some work recently. The Apple laptop is valued at $3,000, and the resident is also concerned that financial and personal information was kept on the computer.

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Police Log: Man Busted in Drug Investigation, Crypto Currency Stolen

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March 16, 3:52 p.m.: Security at Best Buy reported a man who had taken several video games and left the store without paying. Police located a man fitting the description near Nike at Arsenal Yards and he was unwrapping a Nintendo DS game. Officers spoke to the man who said he was at Best Buy and when he was leaving he realized he had not paid for the games, but he continued to exit the store. Police looked inside the man’s backpack and found 10 Nintendo games, plus a Nintendo DS game that had been reported stolen from a vehicle parked in the parking lot near Best Buy.

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Police Log: Man Faces OUI Charge After Striking 2 Cars, Scuffle at Dog Park & a Dumpster Fire

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March 9, 9:14 a.m.: Officers spotted a woman they knew was wanted on warrants in the Municipal Parking lot in Watertown Square. Rosemary Taverna, 45, of Watertown, was arrested on four warrants from Waltham District Court: the first for larceny under $1,200; the second for larceny under $1,200 and breaking and entering; the third for breaking and entering; and the fourth for shoplifting by concealment. After she was taken to the Police Station, officers found she had two credit cards that did not belong to her and a AAA card. They belonged to someone who had their pocket book stolen in December.

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Watertown Fire Department Remembers Fallen Firefighter Six Years Later

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Watertown Firefighters honored their fallen colleague, Joe Toscano, who died fighting a fire on March 17, 2017. Friday, the Watertown Fire Department marked the sixth anniversary of losing one of their own in the line of duty. On March 17, 2017, Firefighter Joseph Toscano died during the aftermath of a fire on Merrifield Avenue. On Friday, Watertown Firefighters stood at attention and observed a moment of silence during a brief ceremony at the intersection that now bears Toscano’s name — Merrifield and Bigelow avenues. Joe Toscano

Toscano served as the aid to retired Watertown Fire Chief Bob Quinn during the time Quinn was a deputy chief.