A Natick woman’s blood alcohol level was more than double the legal limit on Tuesday when she crashed her car, with her daughter inside, into a curb on West Central Street, authorities said .Natick Police arrested Sheilla Naguja Kawere, 35, after the 5:23 p.m. crash that flattened two of her car’s tires, according to a police report filed in Natick District Court on Wednesday.Police went to West Central Street after another driver reported a Honda Pilot swerving [...]
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Natick: Woman charged with drunk driving
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Marlborough: Marlborough Savings Bank robbed
MARLBOROUGH – Police are searching for a man they say robbed the Marlborough Savings Bank on Rte. 20 Thursday afternoon.The man entered the bank, which is located at the corner of Rte. 20 and Peters Avenue, around 1:30 p.m. and demanded cash, according to a press release from the Marlborough Police. The release did not indicate if the man passed a note to a teller.The man did not show a weapon, according to the release.After getting the money, the man fled and was [...]
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Prosecution: Blackstone father knew of babies
The prosecution in the case of a former Blackstone man accused of child neglect in a home where three dead infants and two other severely neglected children were found is pushing to uphold child abuse charges.Ramon Rivera, 39, formerly of 23 St. Paul St., Blackstone, faces several charges, including two counts of assault and battery on a child causing substantial bodily injury.His lawyer, Nicole Longton, penned a motion to dismiss the charges in August, claiming that Rivera [...]
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Man charged with assaulting pregnant girlfriend in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – A homeless man, set to go to trial later this month for allegedly beating a pregnant girlfriend, is now charged with beating a different pregnant woman, a prosecutor said Thursday in Framingham District Court.Police arrested Antonio Brandao, 28, on Wednesday at 4:30 p.m., charging him with two separate assaults on his girlfriend on Sept. 21, prosecutor Emily Farley said during Brandao’s arraignment.On Sept. 21, police went to Brandao’s [...]
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Police: Framingham man kicks, stabs sister's ex
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man attacked his sister’s ex-boyfriend on Wednesday, kicking him in the head and stabbing him in the hand, police said.Police arrested Teeny Rozario, 22, at his 25 Willis St. home at 11 p.m., about two hours after he allegedly attacked the other man behind Family Style Pizza on Waverly Street, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court.Police went to the pizza parlor and spoke with the victim who is an employee. He [...]
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Marlborough: Infant found dead in home
MARLBOROUGH - Authorities are investigating the death of an infant, who was found inside a Harrison Place home along with two unresponsive adults.Police went to the home at 43 Harrison Place shortly before noon Thursday after receiving a 911 call regarding an unresponsive infant and two unconscious adults, according to a press release from the Middlesex District Attorney's Office.The infant, which neighbors said was only a few months old, was rushed to a hospital and later [...]
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Northborough Police Log
The following are excerpts from the Northborough police log for Tuesday, Nov. 1 through Monday, Nov. 7. The log is public record and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent unless found guilty in a court of law.Tuesday, Nov. 19:14 a.m.: A hit-and-run was reported on Otis Street.Wednesday, Nov. 21:02 p.m.: Three loose calves were reported in the area of Whitney Street. Thursday, Nov. 312:21 p.m.: A loose dog was reported in the area of Sunset Drive. [...]
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Bomb scare delays Hudson parade
HUDSON – A bomb scare delayed and altered the town's annual Veteran's Day Parade Friday morning.A caller said a suspicious package was outside the Hudson Town Library as the parade prepared for launch, around 10 a.m., prompted organizers to move the start to Town Hall as the State Police Bomb Squad descended. The pivot delayed the parade about 20 minutes.In the end, the scare was a false alarm. State Police found the threat was a harmless package left at the library [...]
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Authorities tight-lipped on Marlborough infant's death
MARLBOROUGH – Authorities have yet to release details on the circumstances surrounding the death of an infant, who was found inside a Harrison Place home Thursday with two unresponsive adults.The Middlesex District Attorney’s Office had not provided an update on the case as of late Friday afternoon.Marlborough Police responded to the home at 43 [...]
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Natick police investigating possible hate crime
Natick police are investigating a series of threatening letters left on a resident's doorstep this weekend, according to Chief James Hicks. The incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.Natick Police on Friday received a report from a man who found two threatening letters on his doorstep on consecutive days. The first letter, handwritten, was found at approximately 10 a.m. on Thursday. The second one, typed, was found at [...]
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Framingham man charged after shooting himself
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man will face criminal charges after he accidentally shot himself in his hand on Sunday, police said.Richard Schmidt, 49, will be charged with discharging a gun within 500 feet of a dwelling and will face “several” counts of improper storage of a gun after the shooting at his 31 Dennison Ave. home around 2:15 p.m., police said.Staff members of MetroWest Medical Center in Framingham called police around 2:30 p.m. to report they were [...]
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Cabbie assaulted by fare evader in Framingham
FRAMINGHAM – Police are searching for a man they said repeatedly punched a cab driver on Saturday after refusing to pay a taxi fare.The unidentified man fled after the 8:20 p.m. assault on Kendall Street, police spokesman Lt. Stephen Cronin said on Monday.The victim was a Boston cab driver, who called 911 after the assault. He told police that he had picked up his assailant at South Station in Boston. The man asked to be driven to the area of 92 Kendall St. [...]
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DA: Framingham man beat daughter
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham man told police he was disciplining his adult daughter on Sunday when she was misbehaving, hitting her on her back and buttocks, authorities said.But, Luis Gomez’s 19-year-old daughter told police that her father had punched her in the face and slammed her ahead against the wall, prosecutor Wendi Safran said Monday at Gomez’s Framingham District Court arraignment.Police went to Kendall Street around 9:30 p.m. after a 911 call. [...]
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Woman, children, interrupt Framingham burglary
FRAMINGHAM – A Framingham woman and her three children were left frightened after they interrupted a burglary on Saturday at her Beaver Park Road home.The 35-year-old woman was grabbed by a masked man and threatened with a baseball bat by a second masked man around 6:50 p.m., police spokesman Lt. Stephen Cronin said.The woman told police that she arrived home with her children – ages 15, 13 and 8 – and discovered two men wearing medical-type masks over [...]
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Four arrested after Framingham fight
FRAMINGHAM – Police arrested three homeless women and a homeless man after a fight on Hollis Street on Sunday.Police arrested Sara B. Demarco, 30, Dawn Sampson, 39, Jennifer Roulier, 34, and Martin Gomez, 26, after the street fight, according to a police report filed in Framingham District Court on Monday.An officer came upon a group of about a dozen people screaming and saw two women – Demarco and Sampson in the middle yelling at each other, while Gomez [...]
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Holliston man faces DUI after Holliston crash
A Holliston man who authorities said was drunk when he tried to flee after driving over a traffic island in Sudbury on Sunday has an open drunk driving case in Lowell.Sudbury Police arrested Ilya Bondar, 26, after the 2:10 a.m. crash near 301 Concord Road, prosecutor Francesca Cone said Monday during Bondar’s Framingham District Court arraignment.Police came upon the car on the traffic island. “It began to accelerate and smoke began coming out of it drove [...]
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Framingham sues police union over detective's case
FRAMINGHAM — With a veteran narcotics officer set to face a disciplinary hearing later this month, town officials are battling in court to block the Framingham Police Officers Union from taking his case to arbitration.The town is asking a superior court judge to bar the union from arbitrating Chief Kenneth Ferguson’s decision to place the officer — longtime drug task force member Matthew Gutwill — on paid administrative leave.Gutwill is accused of [...]
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Natick Police investigating possible hate crime
NATICK — Police are working with state and federal agencies in investigating threatening letters left on a resident's doorstep as a possible hate crime, Police Chief James Hicks told selectmen Monday night.Hicks said the letters were "very shocking to me. They had clear racial overtones with threats."Police are working with the state Attorney General's Office, the U.S. Attorney's Office and the FBI, the chief said.Hicks said the letters were directed at the [...]
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Framingham sues police union over drug detective's case
FRAMINGHAM — With a veteran narcotics officer set to face a disciplinary hearing later this month, town officials are battling in court to block the Framingham Police Officers Union from taking his case to arbitration.The town is asking a superior court judge to bar the union from arbitrating Chief Kenneth Ferguson’s decision to place the officer — longtime drug task force member Matthew Gutwill — on paid administrative leave.Gutwill is accused [...]
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Holliston man faces DUI after Sudbury crash
A Holliston man who authorities said was drunk when he tried to flee after driving over a traffic island in Sudbury on Sunday has an open drunk driving case in Lowell.Sudbury Police arrested Ilya Bondar, 26, after the 2:10 a.m. crash near 301 Concord Road, prosecutor Francesca Cone said Monday during Bondar’s Framingham District Court arraignment.Police came upon the car on the traffic island.“It began to accelerate and smoke began coming out of it drove [...]
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