Crime & Safety

Shoplifting Reported at East Arlington Walgreens

Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Monday to Wednesday, July 23-25.

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Shoplifting Reported at East Arlington Walgreens

Police responded to the in East Arlington at about 11:39 a.m. Monday, July 23, for a report of shoplifting.

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Once there, a store employee told police that a male had just set off the sensor alarm while leaving the store and then run over to a nearby silver minivan, which was operated by a female. The minivan then took off toward Arlington Center on Massachusetts Avenue, according to the employee.

The male appeared to have merchandise in his shorts, the employee said.

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The male was white, approximately 25 to 35 years old, with a slightly heavy or stocky build, thick dark brown hair and sideburns, police said. He was wearing a light gray shirt that had a darker collar and dark blue athletic shorts with one or more vertical stripes down the sides.

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Notable Incidents from Monday to Wednesday, July 23-25

Wednesday, July 25

6:32 p.m., Paul Revere Road, Motor vehicle crash, leaving the scene of property damage

6:19 p.m., Massachusetts Avenue, Outside fire

5:20 p.m., Hawthorne Avenue, Larceny over $250

Tuesday, July 24

7:29 p.m., Jason Street, Motor vehicle crash, leaving the scene of property damage

3:53 p.m., , Broadway, Threats

3:08 p.m., Brantwood Road, Wanton destruction of property over $250

2:53 p.m., Fairmont Street, Identity theft

11:06 a.m., Broadway and Cleveland Street, Motor vehicle crash without injury

10:28 a.m., Massachusetts Avenue, Injury on town property

Monday, July 23

11:08 p.m., Lantern Lane, Suspicious condition

8:05 p.m., Gray Street, Identity theft

5:31 p.m., Massachusetts Avenue, Suspicious person

4:49 p.m., Brattle Street, Assault and battery

11:39 a.m., , Massachusetts Avenue, Shoplifting by concealing merchandise

8:05 a.m., Lutheran Social Services, Hillside Avenue, Breaking and entering at night for felony

1:01 a.m., Linwood Street and Massachusetts Avenue, Motor vehicle crash with injury


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