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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
Aug. 6, 10:33 a.m.: An officer spotted a GMC Savannah make and illegal turn so he stopped the driver. While speaking with the driver it was discovered that the man had a warrant for his arrest. The 65-year-old Revere man was arrested on the warrant from Lynn District Court for traffic offenses.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 29, 10:26 a.m.: An officer on Waltham Street saw a motorcycle being driving by a man who was not wearing a helmet. There was also a woman on the back, who had a helmet. When the officer attempted to stop them, the motorcycle sped away. The officer did not try to follow them, but he put out a radio broadcast for police to be on the look out for the motorcycle.
Watertown Firefighter Cory Donahue, left, graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy’s training course on Friday. He is pictured with Watertown Fire Chief Bob Quinn. Watertown Fire Chief Robert Quinn announced that firefighter Cory Donahue graduated from the Massachusetts Fire Academy’s 10-week training program. The Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security Department of Fire Services provided the following announcement about the graduation and Firefighting Academy course:
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey and Massachusetts Firefighting Academy (MFA) Director David C. Evans announced the graduation of the 275th class of the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy’s 50-day Career Recruit Firefighter Training Program on August 9, 2019. “This rigorous professional training provides our newest firefighters with the basic skills to perform their jobs effectively and safely,” said State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey.
Watertown Police arrested a Lowell woman who was caught with crack pipes in her car. While patrolling the municipal lot behind CVS on Aug. 4, at 6:05 p.m. an officer noticed a car sitting alone in the back of the parking lot, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “As the police car drove by the operator looked at the officer looked shocked and lunged toward the center console,” O’Connor said. “The officer spoke with the woman and observed drug paraphernalia, including glass pipes with burn marks on them.”
Sheriff Peter Koutoujian and Sen. Ed Markey spoke about a joint effort to expand opioid treatment in jails. The following information was provided by the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D – MA) joined Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian Wednesday for a private roundtable discussion with staff and inmates at the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction about efforts to expand opioid treatment in jails. Senator Markey visited Billerica to discuss the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office nationally recognized Medication Assisted Treatment And Directed Opioid Recovery (MATADOR) program and talk about his recently filed Community Re-Entry through Addiction Treatment to Enhance (CREATE) Opportunities Act. The bipartisan CREATE Opportunities Act, which has been endorsed by both the Major County Sheriffs of America and the National Sheriffs’ Association, would authorize the creation of a federally funded grant program allowing local jurisdictions to provide access to medication-assisted treatment (MAT) in correctional facilities. “We were honored to have Senator Markey visit and meet with those directly impacted by this crisis and who will most benefit from the critical, bipartisan legislation he has filed,” said Sheriff Koutoujian. “The Senator has been a true leader and partner in efforts to identify and support initiatives like our MATADOR program to tackle the opioid crisis. Passage of this legislation would benefit jurisdictions large and small across the country and greatly enhance our capabilities as we prepare for the expanded MAT pilot here in the Commonwealth.”
Since the launch of MATADOR in the fall of 2015, 82 percent of participants who successfully completed six months in the program have not recidivated and 96 percent of all participants – regardless of whether they had completed the program – had not succumbed to a fatal post-release overdose. “Our county jails are an indispensable partner in ending the opioid overdose crisis once and for all,” said Senator Markey.
The following information was provided by the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Massachusetts:
A former owner of restaurants in Boston and Chelsea was convicted today by a federal jury in Boston of tax fraud.
Burhan Ud Din, 50, of Watertown, was convicted following a week-long jury trial of six counts of willful failure to collect and pay over tax, which requires employers to withhold and pay to the IRS certain payroll taxes. Din was acquitted of charges of procuring citizenship contrary to law. U.S. Senior District Court Judge George A. O’Toole Jr. scheduled sentencing for Nov. 7, 2019. Din defrauded the government and avoided paying payroll taxes owed by a Crown Fried Chicken located in Chelsea and a Kennedy Fried Chicken in Boston in 2010.
The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 26, 4:14 p.m.: Police responded to Main Street near Watertown Square for a man who was unresponsive behind the wheel. When they arrived they found the man slumped behind the wheel of a Ford Econoline van with the vehicle in reverse. When the awoke the man, police spoke to the driver and he admitted to consuming alcohol before driving. He attempted to perform field sobriety tests, but said he was too inebriated to do the tests.
Watertown Police Station
The Watertown Police Station will not only house those arrested in town, but also the suspects taken into custody by the Belmont Police. Wicked Local reports that the housing of arrestees from Belmont in Watertown will take place during the renovation of the Belmont Police Station, which begins Aug. 4. While Watertown will host the Belmont arrestees, Belmont Police will still be responsible for feeding, and transporting those in custody to and from the Watertown Police Station, including court appearances. During the renovation in Belmont, the BPD will be temporarily housed on the property of the Belmont Water Department at 40 Woodland St.