Police/Fire

Watertown Police Warn Motorists to Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

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Now through Sept. 7, the Watertown Police Department will team up with
Massachusetts State Police and more than 191 eligible local police departments across the state to curb impaired driving and save lives. The high-visibility campaign, Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over, is funded by a federal grant administered through the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security’s Highway Safety Division (EOPSS/HSD), according to an announcement from the Watertown Police Department. During the upcoming enforcement period, there will be a special emphasis on drunk-driving enforcement. Local drivers should expect to see more patrol vehicles, OUI checkpoints, and increased messaging about this reckless crime. In 2013, there were 10,076 people killed across the country in drunk-driving crashes.

Around Town

Police Log: Car and Motorcycle Stolen, Group Missing 43 iPhones

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. 
Arrests
Aug. 12, 10:34 p.m.: Officers were on Patten Street looking for a suspect in a different investigation when they stopped a black truck. They found the driver had a revoked license. They also discovered that the female passenger had a warrant for her arrest. The driver, a 33-year-old man from Taunton, was arrested on a charge of driving with a revoked license.

Police/Fire

Police Log: Items Taken from Best Buy at Night, Drunken Man Nabbed at Home Depot

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 28, 6:17 p.m.: The state Probation Department contacted Watertown Police about a man violating probation out of Lowell District Court. Officers served a warrant and arrested a 47-year-old Watertown man on Lyons Court. July 28, 8:55 p.m.: Employees at Home Depot spotted a man stumbling around the store and appeared to be drunk. When Police arrived they located the man in the parking lot.

Arrests

Two Newton Teens Caught Breaking into Cars in Watertown

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Watertown Police caught two teens from Newton breaking into cars in Watertown’s South End. 

On July 31 at 12:27 a.m., police received a report of two people walking down Union Street and pulling on car door handles, said Watertown Police Lt. James O’Connor. “On the other end of (Union) Street officers located one suspect inside a vehicle and the other suspect in close proximity to the vehicle,” O’Connor said. After investigating the scene, police determined that several other vehicles on Union Street had been broken into. The two teen-age boys, a 14-year-old and a 16-year-old – both from Newton, were arrested and each face seven counts of nighttime breaking and entering a vehicle for a felony, two counts of larceny over $250 and one count of attempting to commit a crime, O’Connor said.

Police/Fire

Police Log: Taxi Stolen and Police Led on Chase, Shoplifters Stopped

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 21, 9:40 p.m.: The Probation Office contacted Watertown Police about a man who violated his GPS bracelet requirement. The 25-year-old Watertown man was arrested on the probation violation. July 23, 12:33 p.m.: Target security detained a man for shoplifting. He placed two vacuum cleaners into a cart and tried to leave the store.

Boston Marathon Bombing

3 Watertown Police Officers Honored for Facing Marathon Bombers

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Several of Watertown’s finest are going to have to make room in their trophy cases, next to their Medal of Valor and Top Cop awards, after receiving the Congressional Badge of Bravery Friday. U.S. Senators Ed Markey and Elizabeth Warren, U.S. Representatives Joe Kennedy and Katherine Clark, and U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz were on hand to bestow the medals to Sergeants John MacLellan, Jeffrey Pugliese, and officer Joseph Reynolds, who received the awards during a ceremony at the Watertown Police Station Friday. MacLellan, Pugliese, and Reynolds were three of the seven officers who engaged the Boston Marathon Bombers in a dramatic shootout that left one of them dead, and launched a massive manhunt for the other. Right before he watched the officers receive their medals, Town Manager Michael Driscoll said he has never been prouder in the 38 years he’s worked for the town. “To the men and women of the Watertown Police Department, thank you,” Driscoll said.

Police/Fire

Mt. Auburn Cemetery Evacuated While Police Searched for Suicidal Man

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Police evacuated Mount Auburn Cemetery after receiving a report that there was a man threatening to commit suicide inside, but the search did not locate anyone. The call came in at 5:47 p.m. Wednesday evening, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn. “We got information from a third party caller (forwarded from State Police) about a suicidal man inside the cemetery by the Charles River,” Lawn said. “We ended up evacuating Mount Auburn Cemetery, but we found nothing.” Watertown Police were joined by Cambridge Police officers and Massachusetts State Police troopers in the search of the cemetery, which lies in Watertown and Cambridge.

Police/Fire

Police Log: Man Busted with Drugs, Driver Arrested on Fourth OUI

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The following information was provided by the Watertown Police Department. Arrests
July 13, 8:42 a.m.: A man stopped at Dunkin Donuts on Main Street to get a coffee. After he got the coffee he spilled some of it and left his change on the counter as he cleaned the spill, and when he returned the money – about $15 – was gone. A woman was spotted coming up behind him and taking the money off the counter and left the store. The man called police, who tracked the woman down at Main Street and Edenfield Avenue.