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News stations swarm Wellesley for Edmunds Road sexual assault story

By bbrown | Published: November 28, 2011

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:

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Update on Wellesley neighborhood house break-ins

By bbrown | Published: November 18, 2011

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 [...]

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Wellesley neighborhood on high alert over break-ins

By bbrown | Published: November 17, 2011

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, [...]

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Wellesley investment manager charged with exploiting elderly widow

By bbrown | Published: November 16, 2011

It’s rarely a good thing when Wellesley grabs a Boston Herald headline, and that’s the case with today’s “Wellesley man charged with defrauding investor with Alzheimer’s.” The 22-page complaint from the state’s Securities Division provides the gory details of the alleged $63K swindle.  

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Brothers arrested for Dunkin’ Donuts robberies

By bbrown | Published: November 14, 2011

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 [...]

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UPDATE: Take two — Wellesley Middle School principal’s revised message about thefts

By bbrown | Published: October 27, 2011

UPDATE (11/4/11): The Lister arrest story gets uglier: Turns out he had a prior criminal record but got hired anyway. Also, more details have come out in court regarding the custodian’s arrest related to the Wellesley Middle School thefts, including his claim to police that he found the Apple gear in a dumpster. UPDATE (10/28/11): [...]

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Wellesley Middle School custodian busted for recent tech, jewelry thefts

By bbrown | Published: October 27, 2011

The Wellesley Police Department has announced the arrest of a Wellesley Middle School custodian in the recent string of technology equipment and student jewelry project/materials thefts. Gino Lister of Holliston was arrested Wednesday and is being charged with larceny over $250, receiving stolen property over $250 and on 2 counts of receiving stolen property under [...]

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Alert Wellesley Citibank employees help cops nab suspected ID thief

By bbrown | Published: October 26, 2011

Employees at the Citibank branch on Central Street in Wellesley identified a suspected identity thief who has been spotted in surveillance photos making fraudulent transactions and notified Wellesley police, who arrived on the scene late last week to nab the suspect and two cohorts waiting in a getaway car. Citibank employees recognized the suspect in [...]

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School superintendent weighs in further on Wellesley Middle School jewelry theft

By bbrown | Published: October 18, 2011

From Wellesley School Superintendent Bella Wong on the recent jewelry project and material thefts at Wellesley Middle School (See WMS hit with jewelry heist): Dear Middle School Families and Staff, I am writing about the recent ongoing security issues at the Wellesley Middle School. Some of you have also written to express concerns. These concerns [...]

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Wellesley Middle School hit with jewelry heist

By bbrown | Published: October 16, 2011

Wellesley Middle School, which in recent months had some $20K worth of iPads, video cameras and other technical gear stolen, now is reporting that student art work and materials from a jewelry class have gone missing (we’ve heard that a couple of spools of silver wire were among materials taken). The Swellesley Report had heard [...]

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Latest Wellesley Lower Falls traffic warning

By bbrown | Published: October 16, 2011

From Wellesley Police Department: Washington Street will be closed to all traffic from Walnut Street to the Newton line starting at 10 PM on Monday and Tuesday, October 17 and 18th.  The road will re-open by 5 AM for normal traffic and will be fully open during the day. Construction crews will be working on Washington [...]

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Wellesley Police: 2 more days of Lower Falls traffic detours

By bbrown | Published: October 5, 2011

The Wellesley Police Department has issued a notice that Washington Street (Rte. 16) eastbound, which has been closed and detoured at Walnut Street for the first 3 days of this week, will be closed Thursday and Friday as well from 9am-3pm. Traffic will be diverted down Walnut Street and back onto Washington Street in Newton.  [...]

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Wellesley cops crack copper case using DNA evidence

By bbrown | Published: October 2, 2011

DNA evidence collected by the Wellesley Police Department back in 2009 has paid off in the arrest of an alleged thief of copper from Wellesley Municipal Light Plant. Some $24K worth of copper was swiped from the MLP on Cedar Street back in 2009, but at least one thief left DNA evidence behind that now-Sergeant [...]

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Friday night lights aftermath: Wellesley police sort out football fan behavior fact/fiction

By bbrown | Published: September 26, 2011

The Wellesley Police Department issued a press release Monday to sort out fact from fiction regarding rampant rumors about fan behavior at Friday’s Wellesley vs. Norwood high school football game in Wellesley (We received one email that read in part: “Lots of stories flying around –excessive drinking, ambulances, stomachs pumped, marijuana behind the stands, breathalyzers, [...]

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Wellesley roads to get smoother, but traffic might not be Monday/Tuesday

By bbrown | Published: September 19, 2011

From the Wellesley Police Department: On Monday, September 19, 2011 crews will be paving Hampden Street and sections of Weston Road during the day starting at 7 AM. Work will begin on Hampden Street first, and work is expected to last until noon. Hampden Street will be closed during this time and detoured. Access to [...]

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