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Dunkin’ Donuts Employee Allegedly Steals from Lost Wallet

Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Monday to Tuesday, May 20-21.

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Dunkin’ Donuts Employee Allegedly Steals from Lost Wallet Police responded to the Arlington Heights Dunkin’ Donuts at about 1:10 p.m. Tuesday to take a report of a past larceny. There, a woman told police that she had left her wallet at the bakery Monday afternoon and that when she came into retrieve it Tuesday, about $40 and a ring, valued between $2,000-$3,000, were missing. A store manager told police that he had reviewed security footage from Monday night and witnessed an employee handling the wallet and place something in her pocket. He said he called the employee and she said, “I only took $25.” Police …

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UPDATED: Instagram Bully Reported at St. Agnes School

Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Friday to Sunday, May 17-19.

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Instagram Bully Reported at St. Agnes School Update, 12 p.m. Thursday, May 23 Arlington police said Thursday that this incident is still under investigation to determine the source of the Instagram messages/photos. We'll update this story as new information becomes available. ----- A St. Agnes School student has allegedly been bullying people throughout the country on Instagram. Police responded to the school Thursday, May 16, after the school received emails from people in Georgia and California complaining that a student had been bullying them on Instagram. The student had recently been the subject of an …

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Alleged Arlington Boys & Girls Club Abuser Arraigned

The club's director knew about allegations in 1980 but fired Paul Collins and told him to leave town, instead of contacting police, according to court documents.

Paul A. Collins, the Long Island, N.Y., man arrested Friday in connection with the investigation into sexual-abuse allegations at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club, was arraigned Monday in Cambridge District Court in Medford. Collins, 62, of 31 Pleasant Ave., Centerreach, N.Y., was held on $250,000 cash bail by Judge Roanne Sragow. He is accused of sexually abusing four boys while he was the swim coach at the club in the late 1970s, according to a Boston Globe report. Collins was charged with rape of a child by force, indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 (three counts) and open and gross lewdness. According to the Globe, in the court documents, it states that one of Collins’ accusers confronted him at the time of the …

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Alleged Arlington Boys & Girls Club Abuser in Court Today

Paul A. Collins will be in Cambridge District Court in Medford.

The Long Island, N.Y., man arrested Friday in connection with the investigation into sexual-abuse allegations at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club will be arraigned today in Cambridge District Court in Medford, according to Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan. Paul A. Collins, 62, of 31 Pleasant Ave., Centerreach, N.Y., has been charged with rape of a child by force, indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14 (three counts) and open and gross lewdness, according to the district attorney’s office. Collins was arrested Friday at his Centerreach home without incident by Arlington police and the United States Marshal’s New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, with assistance from the Suffolk County (N.Y.) Police …

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Arrest Made in Arlington Boys & Girls Club Sexual-Abuse Investigation

A Long Island, N.Y., man was arrested Wednesday, according to police.

Arlington police have made in arrest in connection with the investigation into sexual-abuse allegations at the Arlington Boys & Girls Club. Police arrested Paul A. Collins, 62, of 31 Pleasant Ave., Centerreach, N.Y., Friday and charged him with rape of a child with force, lewdness, open and gross conduct and three counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, according to an Arlington Police Department release. Collins’ crimes allegedly occurred in the late 1970s, early 1980s, and there are five unknown victims at this time, according to police. Collins was expected to be arraigned at 11 a.m. Saturday at the 1st District Court in Central Islip, N.Y. He was arrested without incident by Arlington police and officers from the …

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Tim

10:17 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013

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Decatur Street Woman Takes Matter Into Own Hands

Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Monday to Tuesday, May 13-14.

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Decatur Street Woman Takes Matter Into Own Hands A fed-up Decatur Street woman allegedly bagged her neighbor’s dog’s feces Monday afternoon and put the bag on her neighbor’s front steps. The woman told police that her neighbor never picks up after her pooch and that she was “simply tired of waiting for the situation to change.” The neighbor had allegedly come back to the woman’s door and said, “Don’t leave dog [expletive] on my steps,” before police arrived. The town Board of Health and Animal Control Officer have been involved in the past, according to the woman. Officers advised her to contact animal …

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Arrests in Arlington: May 14

There were three arrests in Arlington on Tuesday, May 14.

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Tuesday, May 14 Bennet Mesgoun, a 27-year-old homeless man, was arrested at about 9:38 a.m. Tuesday at Fremont and Gardner streets on an active court warrant. His warrant was out of Woburn District Court for attempt to commit a crime, according to police. Ryan Bartoloni, 19, of Middle Street, Stoneham, was arrested at about 5:35 a.m. Tuesday on Central Street and charged with breaking and entering and on an active court warrant. His warrant was out of Woburn District Court for two larceny charges, according to police. Stephanie A. Fruciano, 27, of Central Street, Arlington, was arrested at about 1:02 a.m. …

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Harassment Reported at Assessors’ Office

Incidents and arrests in Arlington from Monday, May 6, to Sunday, May 12.

The following information comes from the Arlington Police Department. When arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Harassment Reported at Assessors’ Office Police responded to the Assessors’ Office in Town Hall Friday morning to take a report of past harassment. A town employee told police that starting at the end of January, an Arlington man has come in to complain about his recent tax assessment. The man’s assessment had increased because he had completely refurbished his home, according to the employee. The man has been “very angry” about the assessment and swore at the employee, the employee said. More recently, after filing for an abatement, the man came in and allegedly said he felt like reaching over the counter …

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