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Category Archives: crime
Wellesley Police follow Craigslist trail to recover stolen bike
Wellesley Police, with help from a heads-up victim, have tracked down an alleged bike thief in town via a Craigslist ad. The police recovered a Trek mountain bike worth $500-plus that was stolen recently from outside a Wellesley College apartment building. The victim said she saw a similar bike for sale by a Wellesley resident [...]
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Convicted killer Greineder seeks new trial again
Update: Oct. 9 report from Channel 5 on the appeal and another from NECN in which one of his daughters expresses continued support for her father:
According to a report in the Boston Herald, the former Wellesley allergist named Dirk Greineder who was convicted of killing his wife Mae at Morses Pond in 1999 is seeking [...]
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Suspects arrested for Wellesley car break-ins
Wellesley police have arrested two Wellesley residents in connection with a series of car break-ins in town. Everything from iPods to GPS systems have been snatched from about 45 cars — mainly unlocked and during the night — over the past few months in Wellesley.
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Attempted murder suspect arrested in Wellesley
An apartment on Barton Road was the scene for the early morning action as Ashland and Wellesley police and a SWAT team swooped in on a suspect in a recent shooting outside an Ashland bar (photo via Wellesley PD).
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Brigham's break-in: seeking cold, hard cash
Wellesley police responded to a call over the weekend regarding an overnight break-in at the Brigham’s ice cream shop on Washington Street. No word on whether the thieves used “Just Jimmies” to pry the door open or left any “Quack Tracks” for investigators to follow.
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Car theft free-for-all in Wellesley
Wellesley Police report that last Thursday night it took 8 separate reports of motor vehicle break-ins in the High Meadow Circle area of town. Everything from GPS units to iPods to loose change was swiped. The police reported that all of the vehicles had been left unlocked, making things easy on the crooks.
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Wellesley police report bank robbery suspects caught
Two suspects were nailed following a bank robbery in Needham today, and authorities believe these half-brothers might be connected to the U30 Bandit robberies in Wellesley and elsewhere in recent months. An investigation is underway.
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Catching up on Wellesley: From Mickey to Michael
Where is the one place in the world that you come across the word “swell” more than on this website?
Disney World, that’s where. We weren’t at the Magic Kingdom more than 5 minutes this past week before Mickey Mouse promised us that we’d have “a swell day” and we heard swell this and swell that [...]
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Bomb threats and bank robberies: Wellesley has more company
A Brockton man has been arrested in connection with a false bomb threat and attempted bank robbery in Stoughton. Any connection to the recent Wellesley bank robberies? Pure speculation at this point, authorities say. More in the Brockton Enterprise.
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Was only a matter of time till someone linked alleged Craigslist killer and Wellesley's Greineder
A Boston Herald columnist talks to a shrink who discusses doctors drawn more to harming than healing, and of course cites Dirk Greineder, the notorious doctor convicted for killing his wife at Morses Pond in 1999.
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Wellesley Bank of America robbed again by a gunman
Wellesley Police have confirmed another bank robbery at the Bank of America at 342 Washington St., this time by a white male showing a handgun and fleeing in a silver sedan. The same bank was robbed in late March. Hey, don’t these guys know the real money is in Weston?
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$25K bounty put on Wellesley bank robber's head
The FBI is offering a $25K reward for info leading to the arrest of the person/people involved in robbing the Wellesley Bank of America and Needham TD Banknorth recently, according to the Wellesley Police Dept.
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Not to be outdone, Needham bank gets robbed
The thief in this case left a suspicious device, just like in last week’s bank robbery in Wellesley. The target this week was a TD Banknorth on Great Plain Ave.
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Wellesley police document a shoplifting collar