Category Archives: crime

From Wellesley Police Department: The Wellesley Police Department is investigating several breaks into unoccupied  homes that occurred overnight, and possible ties to an arrest made by the Newton Police Department. The incidents began at 1:55 AM on Jan. 20, when a resident of Orchard Street called to report  hearing breaking glass and seeing footprints in [...]

From Wellesley Police Department: The Wellesley Police Department is investigating two residential break-ins over the long holiday weekend. The first occurred in the Lowell/Cliff Road area and was reported to the department on Sunday, Jan. 15 in the late evening. The homeowner, who was away for two days, discovered the break-in upon returning home. Entry to the home was [...]

Wellesley police have charged a Framingham woman with armed robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon for the Christmas night Westside gas station robbery on Rte. 9 east. They update the case in this video, and share video footage.

UPDATE: 12/26: A woman was arrested after allegedly robbing a Newton gas station and is suspected of being the same person who robbed the Wellesley gas station and Framingham CVS on Rte. 9 on Christmas day. More from Boston.com. A woman was reported to have wielded a knife and demanded money at the Westside Mobile [...]

From Wellesley Police Department: Officer Mike Lemenager and Officer Kathy Lameiras are investigating several thefts of packages which had been delivered to homes on Pine Street.  The thefts occurred on Wednesday, December 21, during the day.  Residents on Pine Street reported that packages delivered to their front doors by UPS, FedEx, and the United States Postal Service [...]

Wellesley Police Department has arrested 2 construction workers they say swiped $28K worth of copper wire at the 27 Washington St., project where the new CVS, Newton-Wellesley Hospital ambulatory surgery center and Waterstone senior facility are being built. The thefts took place at two separate times and video surveillance footage helped identify the suspects. Wellesley [...]

From Wellesley Police Department regarding the reported sexual assault on Edmunds Road earlier this week: Several citizens have contacted the police department or Town Hall asking if there is any further information available about the incident Monday on Edmunds Road.  We understand that the event itself, as well as the subsequent search of the area, [...]

In an effort to reassure neighbors, Wellesley Police have stepped up their presence in the Edmunds Road area, where a sexual assault was reported on Monday by a teen. But the WPD is keeping quiet beyond that. The police have been careful to date to refer to the incident as “a reported sexual assault.” From [...]

From the Babson College Police Department: The Babson College Police Department received a report  last evening at 10:26pm from a Babson student who stated he was the victim of an attempted robbery. The student described the suspect as a black male, 5’10″-5’11″ tall, wearing all black clothing and a black ski mask. The suspect approached [...]

After Wellesley Police announced they were hunting for a sexual assault suspect on Edmunds Road near Rte. 9, local news outfits sprang into action, via vans & helicopters. A young woman told police she had been attacked inside her home. A roundup of video reports: NECN: Channel 5: Channel 7:

The Wellesley Police Department gave us an update on the break-in activity we mentioned earlier this week in the Brook/Fuller Brook/Radcliffe area of Wellesley. These are the specifics on break-ins reported: 07/25 – Brook Street house break-in, there was no forced entry into residence. The break-in was believed to have occurred at some point during [...]

We’ve heard from several residents this week of the Radcliffe/Fuller Brook/Brook Street neighborhood that there’s rising concern about home break-ins in the area in recent months and weeks.  A break-in on Fuller Brook Road was reported this week and neighbors say that thieves are ringing doorbells and busting in if no one answers. What’s worse, [...]

Two brothers have been arrested for breaking into a Canton Dunkin’ Donuts shop and now police are trying to determine whether they are responsible for more than two dozen similar break-ins/robberies, including one in Wellesley in September (though Wellesley police say it is too early to make that connection, according to the Patriot Ledger) Brothers [...]