Wednesday, May 23, 2012
Incidents and arrests in Arlington on Monday, May 21.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Arlington Teen Arrested for Credit Card Theft, Fraud Christopher C. Paras, 19, of Arlington, was arrested at about 12:30 p.m. Monday on Wildwood Avenue and charged with credit card larceny (two counts), credit card fraud under $250 and receiving stolen property under $250. Arlington Man Arrested for Past A&B in Boston Willie Carlton Sellers Jr., 30, of Arlington, was arrested at about 10:30 p.m. Monday on Varnum Street for a past assault and battery in Boston. Sellers was arrested without incident. The Boston Police Department took custody of him shortly after his arrest. Get Arlington police news in your …
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Thursday to Sunday, May 17-20.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Bicyclist Crashes into Honda CRV A bicyclist and the driver of a Honda CRV went back and forth on Forest Street Saturday evening until the bicyclist ran into the back of the CRV and fell down. The bicyclist said that he and the driver may have both been cutting each other off up until the time of the crash, at about 6:50 p.m. He said that when the driver slowed down at the construction area on Forest Street, he ran into the vehicle’s back bumper. The driver told police that the bicyclist was “all over the road,” and that he had told the bicyclist to stay to one side of the road. The bicyclist did not require …
Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Tuesday to Wednesday, May 15-16.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Driver Allegedly Assaulted by Pedestrian in Crosswalk A driver told police that he was assaulted by a male pedestrian at about 6:50 p.m. Wednesday after he stopped to let the man cross the street at the crosswalk at the corner of Bacon and Mill streets. The driver said he was traveling down Bacon Street at a “reasonable rate of speed” when he stopped “several feet” before the crosswalk at Mill Street to let the man cross. He said, after he stopped, the man fell to one knee. He said the man then started yelling and approached his driver’s side window. The man grabbed his glasses through the window and began …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Thursday, May 10, to Monday, May 14.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Redheaded Male Allegedly Poses as Police Officer Four friends were driving south on Park Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday, May 12, when they were pulled over by a gray or silver four-door sedan (possibly an older Ford vehicle) with blue flashing lights on its dash and front grill, they told police. Then, a 6-foot white male, with red hair and a beard, gray sweatpants and a black wool coat, got out of the sedan with a flashlight and approached their vehicle, according to two of the friends. The male asked the driver if he knew how fast he was going and asked for his ID. The driver said that he had been …
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Monday, May 14, 2012
A 52-year-old woman is accused of breaking into the residence adjacent to Busa Farms.
An Arlington woman was arrested earlier today, Monday, May 14, after allegedly entering a home next door to Busa Farms in East Lexington. According to a police report, officers responded to a Lowell Street residence for a reported housebreak and found a man arguing with an unknown woman he allegedly found inside his home. The woman, later identified as Sandra Abboud, 52, of 27 Fox Meadow Lane, Arlington, was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in the daytime with the intent to commit a felony. The man and woman reportedly first exchanged words as she looked at flowers outside the Busa Farms farmstand, but he only involved the police after finding her inside his home, in the hallway area between the side entrance and kitchen. …
Friday, May 11, 2012
Two of the victims were "seriously injured," according to a Somerville Fire Department district chief.
Four people were sent to the hospital on body boards, and another three were also sent to the hospital after a Thursday evening rollover accident on Mystic Valley Parkway in Somerville, just blocks from the Arlington town line. The accident happened at about 5:20 p.m. at the intersection of Mystic Valley Parkway (Route 16) and Boston Avenue, near the borders of Arlington and Medford. Somerville and Medford fire departments responded to the scene along with police departments from both communities and Massachusetts State Police. Police officers closed off nearby sections of Route 16 and Boston Avenue so emergency personnel could attend to the victims. The accident happened during rush hour, and fire trucks had to fight their way through …
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Incidents and arrests in Arlington on Wednesday, May 9.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Father Notices Electrical Fire, Calls 911 and Takes Sleeping Baby Outside A father noticed smoke coming from the wall thermostat in his Pleasant Street home at about 6:15 p.m. Wednesday. He then called 911, grabbed his sleeping baby and fled the apartment, police said. Arlington firefighters were able to contain the small electrical fire to the area of the thermostat, which was defective, according to police. The amount of damage was unknown. No injuries were reported. Vandalism at Poet’s Corner Police responded to Poet’s Corner at about 6:30 p.m. Wednesday for a report of malicious destruction. There, they…
Rosa Maria Rivera-Kim was arrested Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida woman who drove the car that killed pregnant Peirce teaching assistant Alanna DeMella earlier this year was arrested Wednesday after police found her blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit at the time of the crash, according to news reports. Rosa Maria Rivera-Kim, 34, of Plantation, Fla., turned herself into police Wednesday afternoon on charges of driving under the influence - manslaughter with impairment, driving under the influence - manslaughter with an unlawful blood alcohol level, and driving under the influence for property damage, according to Broward Country Sheriff's Department records. On March 18, Rivera-Kim's audi careened off the road in Ft. Lauderdale and rammed the pool side cabana of DeMella, 27 of…
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Incidents and arrests in Arlington on Tuesday, May 8.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Woburn Man Arrested on Three Outstanding Warrants An Arlington Police officer assisting with a funeral escort on Medford Street spotted a wanted man at about 10 a.m. Tuesday and took him into custody. The officer arrested Joseph Lodato, 57, of Woburn, on three outstanding warrants. Unwanted Viewers During Celtics Game Two Old Colony Lane residents were sitting on their couch watching Game 5 of the Celtics-Hawks series at about 10 p.m. Tuesday when they noticed two men looking into their apartment window. The window was covered by a see-through blanket. Police responded but were unable to locate the men. $2,…
Incidents and arrests in Arlington on Monday, May 7.
The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Magnolia Street Man Allegedly Threatens Dog Walker A Magnolia Street man doing yard work at about noon Monday allegedly used grass shears to threaten a man walking his dog with a friend, after the man didn’t pick up his dog’s waste from the sidewalk in front of his residence. The dog walker told police that he had forgotten to bring something to pick up his dog’s waste. He said the man doing yard work immediately approached him with the grass shears in hand and “made threatening remarks.” At that point, the dog walker said that he tried to clean up after his dog with a cigarette pack. The man was eventually …
David Chase
5:24 pm on Tuesday, May 22, 2012
No, not necessarily. In the same way that Route 2 is not adequate for all automotive travel in Arlington, the Minuteman Trail is not adequate for all bicycle travel in Arlington. The exact laws about what cyclists may or may not do in traffic are a little tricky, and what you describe may have been simple passing on the left in spaces where a car would not fit. Bicycles are certainly allowed to … more ›