Arrest

Man Arrested After Pulling Knife on Police Officer During Traffic Stop

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A 38-year-old Watertown man was arrested after he allegedly pulled out a knife on police who stopped to talk to him after he was found asleep behind the wheel of a running vehicle. 

Police came across the running vehicle on Purvis Street at Main Street on March 31 at 1:05 a.m. When police looked into the car, they saw a man, later identified as Mark A. Mackenzie, who appeared to be passed out at the wheel, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “While checking his welfare, the officer was able to wake him up,” O’Connor said. “It took yelling and banging on the window and the man appeared to be disoriented.” The man was asked to turn off his engine, and when he attempted to do so he turned the heat off and said he had shut off the engine, O’Connor said. The officer had to open the door and turn the car off.

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Watertown Brothers, Brighton Man Busted on Drug Charges

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Watertown and Belmont Police, working with a drug task force, arrested three men on drug charges. On August 7, 2015, Watertown Police along with Belmont Detectives assigned to the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force executed a search warrant at 31 Thayer Road in Watertown. Immediately following the search at 31 Thayer Road, detectives arrested Daniel McDonough, a resident of 31 Thayer Road, on Trapelo Road in Belmont. At the time of his arrest Mr. McDonough was in the possession of an estimated 3 grams of heroin. Police also arrested Michael Hayes of Allston.

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Watertown Police Bust Two for Allegedly Stealing a Car

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Watertown Police located a car reported stolen and arrested two women. Police received a report to be on the look out for a black Audi stolen from Boston. “An officer parked on Main and Church streets observed a black Audi on Church Street heading toward Main,” said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. The officer stopped the car and talked to the two women inside. “Both women refused to answer any questions about the motor vehicle,” Lawn said.

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Medford Woman Arrested After Shoplifting Spree

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Police arrested a woman who allegedly went on a shoplifting spree of four stores in two malls in Watertown. Target security called the police on Aug. 26 at 1:27 p.m. after they stopped a woman who had allegedly tried to take some clothing by concealing them. The total value of the clothing from Target was $176.98, said Watertown Police Sgt. Thomas Grady.

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Man Leads Watertown Police on Chase

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On Aug. 28 at 6:28 p.m., a Watertown Police officer spotted a suspicious car parked in front of a home on Nichols Avenue near Melendy Avenue. The officer approached the car and identified himself a police officer. “The man took off in his car at a high rate of speed,” Grady said. “He lead police on a short chase.”

The driver headed down Nichols Avenue, turned onto Dexter Avenue, headed up to Mt.

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Road Rage Incident Escalates Until Police Arrest Two Men

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A road rage incident that began in Waltham ended when multiple men got out of their cars in Watertown Square and began threatening each other in front of police officers. Two groups of men, one in a 1995 Mercedes and the others in a 2010 Honda Accord, got into a disagreement when one car cut off the other on the evening of Aug. 9. An officer patrolling in Watertown Square at around 9 p.m. heard men shouting at each other and saw the two cars. The driver of the Honda Accord,  later identified as Eric Cuesta, got out of his car accompanied by two other men and screamed at another man, said Watertown Police Sgt.

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Man Cuts Packaging, Himself Before Being Arrested at Target

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A Cambridge man tried to remove merchandise from its packaging at Target, but managed to hurt himself, too. 

Watertown Police went to Target on Aug. 2 at 5:53 p.m. after security detained a man for allegedly shoplifting. “Brooks was observed taking a pair of headphones,” said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “He removed a large knife and attempted to cut open the packaging. In the process he cut himself.”

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Man Arrested After Altercation at Super 8 Motel

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A Framingham man faces multiple charges after police responded to an altercation at the Super 8 Motel. On May 27 at 11:03 a.m., police responded to a domestic incident at the motel. Keith Herring, 24, of 101 Phelps Road in Framingham, allegedly grabbed his girlfriend’s throat, slammed her head in a door and took her cell phone, according to Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. Police arrested Herring and charged him with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, domestic assault and battery, intimidating a witness, attempted murder and larceny over $250, according to police.