Police/Fire

Pair Arrested on Drug Charges in Investigation Aided by Residents’ Tips

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Two men face drug-related charges following an investigation that started with information provided by residents of the neighborhood. On Nov. 3, the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force arrested two men who they had been investigating for about three months. The task force includes a detective from the Watertown Police Department. Residents of the area reported seeing suspicious activity at the home of 42-year-old Eric Fossitt on Pilgrim Road in Watertown, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor.

Police/Fire

Police Arrest Watertown Man Suspected of Distributing Cocaine, Marijuana

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A 28-year-old Watertown man faces charges of possession of drugs with intent to distribute following an investigation by Watertown Police and an area drug task force. Police served a warrant on Garnett J. Miles’ home on Waverley Avenue on March 18 at 9:31 a.m., according to Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. The arrest came after a month-long investigation between the WPD and the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force. “As a result, of the investigation, a search warrant was executed at his residence,” O’Connor said. “Our investigation revealed we had probable cause he was distributing narcotics from his residence.”

Arrests

Man Caught in Watertown With Drugs, Firearm; Also Had Warrants in Boston, California

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Watertown Police arrested a California man on drug charges and warrants after the Boston Police tipped them off that he was staying at a hotel in Town. Boston detectives learned that Marcus Leydon was staying at the Residences Inn by Marriott on Arsenal Street, and informed Watertown Police that he was wanted for a carjacking in Boston on a warrant out of Roxbury District Court, according to Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. Leydon also had warrants in his name for failing to stop for police and other traffic violations in from Brookline, and one from Santa Clara County in California for manufacturing a controlled substance. Watertown Police went to the hotel on the afternoon of Oct. 13 and encountered Leydon in the lobby.

Police/Fire

Watertown Man Arrested for Allegedly Dealing Crack Cocaine

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A Watertown man faces charges relating to dealing crack cocaine after police served a search warrant on his home, and a second man also faces drug charges. Peter F. Pierre, 72, of Watertown had been under investigation by the Middlesex Drug Task Force and the Watertown Police, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. Authorities obtained a search warrant as a result of the investigation, and it was served on Oct. 17 at 6:05 p.m.

“The search warrant was executed and as a result, several items consistent with narcotic packaging and distribution were found, and an undisclosed amount of U.S. currency,” O’Connor said. Pierre was arrested on a charge of possession to distribute a Class B substance — crack cocaine, O’Connor said.

Arrest

Lowell Woman Busted in CVS Parking Lot With Multiple Crack Pipes

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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.”

Police/Fire

Watertown Man Busted for Distributing Crack Cocaine

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A Watertown man faces charges of distributing crack cocaine after being arrested in a bust by Watertown Police detectives working with a drug task force. 

After a two-month investigation, police got an arrest warrant and search warrant for 49-year-old Sean Williams of Watertown. On Nov. 15, 2018, at 1:15 p.m. police executed the warrant on Belmont Street, across from St. Patrick’s Cemetery, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. Watertown Police, working with the Suburban Middlesex County Drug Task Force, searched the home and found a large clear plastic bag containing smaller plastic baggies which contained a white substance, O’Connor said.

Police/Fire

Two People Arrested for Dealing Drugs After Joint Effort by Watertown, Boston Police

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A man and a woman face drug dealing charges after an investigation involving both Boston and Watertown Police detectives. On the evening of Oct. 26, 2018, Watertown Police were contacted by the Boston Police District 14 Drug Control Unit about a vehicle they were tailing that had entered Watertown. The Boston detectives, out of the Brighton precinct, requested the assistance of Watertown detectives in the surveillance of the suspects, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. Police followed the suspects’ vehicle to Robert Ford Road.