Crime & Safety

Medfield Police Logs: July 1-8

Highlights from Medfield police and fire logs.

Friday, July 1:

2:30 a.m.  – Caller reported a bat in his living room and would like some help from Animal Control. Desk officer called and left a message for Animal Control officer Shaw.

5:11 a.m. – Caller reported she would like an ambulance for her father, who was having chest pains at Green Street. Patient transported to Norwood Hospital.

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11:33 a.m. – Officer Michelle Bento was out doing radar at High Street and Granite Street and issued no citations.

11:38 a.m. – Officer Larz Anderson was out on radar in front of North Street and issued one citation.

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1:41 p.m. – Officer Larz Anderson was out on radar assignment in the area of 64 Hartford St. and issued one verbal warning.

4:38 p.m. – Medfield police received a 209a restraining order from Dedham Court. Officer Wayne Sallale was enroute to Granite Street and reported he served the warrant to the individual’s parents.

5:06 p.m. – Caller reported dirt bikes were behind Wheelock School at the sand pit. Officer responded but reported the dirt bikes were gone on arrival.

6:09 p.m. – Caller reported dirt bikes on the railroad crossing on South Street. Officer reported gone on arrival.

6:52 p.m. – Caller reported a truck parked going the wrong way near the Bank of America on Main Street Officers reported to scene and motor vehicle was removed.

7:34 p.m. – Officer Wayne Sallale issued a verbal warning on a motor vehicle stop at Main Street.

9:06 p.m. – Officer Wayne Sallale requested the Fire Department with speedy-dry to the CVS parking lot on Main Street for a disable motor vehicle.

Saturday, July 2:

12:48 a.m. – Caller reported youths behind Wheelock School causing a disturbance. Officer responded and reported youths were gone on arrival. Officer also checked Homestead Dr. and was reported gone on arrival.

1:08 a.m. – Officer reported open door in the rear of Precision Tire. Officer searched the building and reported no problem. Door was secured.

2:29 a.m. – Caller reported a motor vehicle accident around 93 Plain St. Officers responded and Assured Collision towing responded. Ambulance responded but no transport was necessary.

7:33 a.m. – Man from Green Street came into the station to report when he was in the parking lot of the Memorial School he backed into the fence and knocked it over. Officer Michelle Bento spoke with man and would speak to someone at Memorial School to find out what the damage was and call the man who hit the fence back, who said he would pay the total damage for repairing or replacing the fence.

7:58 a.m. – Desk officer Kenneth Brady of the Norfolk Police Department called to report they had a missing female who has Alzheimer’s. The woman is 71 years old and from Leland Road in Norfolk. Woman went missing some time between 4 and 7 a.m. from her home on Leland Road. Norfolk Police called back at 8:50 a.m. to report the woman has been located and was returned home.

1:58 p.m. – Richard Desorgher called from his cell phone to report a large box in the middle of Spring Street (Route 27) by Boiling Spring Avenue. Officer Michelle Bento was out with a man who lost the box off the back of his pickup truck and was putting it back into his truck and will be taking it to the transfer station.

2:30 p.m. – Man called to report a large turtle in the middle of Upham Road that may be dead. He reported the turtle would not move and officer Larz Anderson checked on the turtle and reported there was no problem.

9:24 p.m. – Caller requested the ambulance and Westwood paramedics notified. Patient enroute to Norwood Hospital.

Sunday, July 3:

3:47 a.m. – Caller reported he had no power on High Street and officer responded. Officers checked the area and desk officer notified NSTAR and they reported they had been getting calls on this issue. A crew would be sent out to check on this.

11:09 a.m. – Officer reported a motor vehicle with an open trunk at the new construction on Philip Street. Officer reported it was electrician picking up his tools.

1:20 p.m. – Caller reported a woman throwing her trash in the bin at the Wheelock School. Officer spoke to caller.

6:22 p.m. – Caller reported she would like to see an officer about a custody issue. Officers were enroute to CVS and officer Pellegrini reported he spoke to the party.

8:40 p.m.  –Caller reported kids were lighting fire works at the end of Hatters Hill Road and had been doing so for about the last 50 minutes. Officer responded and reported there was a house party on Hatters Hill Road and fire works are done for the night.

9:24 p.m. – Caller reported a strange vehicle in front of her house on Carmen Circle. Officers notified and reported it was a Comcast truck.

9:33 p.m. – Caller reported a female subject passed out on North Street near the Montrose School. Caller reported this subject got up and was running towards the center of town. She was wearing dark clothes. Officer reported woman was gone on arrival.

9:53 p.m. – Caller reported fire works in the area of Trailside Road. Officer reported all was quiet now at the end of Birch Road.

11:25 p.m. – Lifeline would like an ambulance to Pound Street for a female who has chest pains and pain down her left side. Ambulance enroute to LMH with patient.

Monday, July 4:

5:46 a.m. – Caller reported he had a baby skunk in his pool on Pound Street and was still alive. Animal Control officer Landry notified and told desk officer to have the caller scoop it out and maybe it will “run away.” Desk officer called back the caller on Pound Street and relayed the information.

3:09 p.m.  –Millis Police called to request the ambulance on Orchard Street at Middlesex for a motor vehicle accident with personal injury. Ambulance notified and transported two to Framingham Union.

3:54 p.m. – Individual from Stagecoach Road reported for two days kids around 330 South St. were yelling and screaming. Officer notified and reported all was quiet upon arrival.

4:49 p.m. – Officer Wayne Sallale reported he was out on Main Street with a motor vehicle stop and issued a verbal warning.

4:55 p.m.  – Walter Lacivita of Walpole called emergency 911 to report an erratic driver in a silver pickup truck on Main Street just pass Route 27. Officer notified but reported gone on arrival.

5:32 p.m. – Offcier Wayne Sallale reported he was out with a disabled motor vehicle on North Meadows Road. The female operator had her spare tire bounce up and break her window. Officer Sallale secured the tire in the back and she was on her way.

5:44 p.m. – Officer Sallale reported a vehicle was parked behind the Medfield Animal Shelter on West Street.

7:02 p.m. – Doug Farewell of Walpole came in to the station to drop off a cell phone that he found on Elm Street. At 7:10 p.m. desk officer called the “home” number listed in the phone and individual came to pick up the phone at 7:16 p.m. to pick up his phone.

9:27 p.m. – Caller reported fire works going off in the cemetery by the pond on South Street. Officer Sallale reported all was quiet in the area.

9:30 p.m.  –Kevin Newman of 178 South St. called to report an animal hit by a car by the railroad tracks on South Street. Officer notified and reported it was not an animal but a bag of trash. Highway Department was notified.

Tuesday, July 5:

10:52 a.m. – Officer James O’Neil was out on Harding Street and Maryln Road on a motor vehicle stop and issued summons to two Framingham individuals. One individual was charged with unlicensed operation of motor vehicle and the other was charged with allowing an improper/unlicensed person to operate a motor vehicle. Assured Collision towed the vehicle.

3:43 p.m. – Officer was out on radar patrol at Route 27 and Granite Street near High Street and issued no citations.

3:56 p.m.  – Officer was out on Green Street for radar and reported no citations.

10:05 p.m. – Caller reported kids lighting off fireworks behind his house on the railroad tracks at Powder House Road. Officer reported nobody was on the railroad tracks and all was quiet.

11:05 p.m. – Woman from Pound Street called to report a dead skunk in between two houses on Pound Street. Highway Department was notified in the morning.

Wednesday, July 6:

6:12 a.m. – Truck driver called emergency 911 to report he broke down on North Meadows Road at Hospital Road and he said no one could get by him on the road. Officer responded and requested Highway Department to see if they can move the vehicle off to the side until a two truck arrived. Truck was reported off to the side of the road and the tow truck towed the vehicle to the Highway Garage so they could try and fix the problem.

8:28 a.m. – Officer was out on Green Street for radar and did not issue any citations.

10:18 a.m. – Officer was out on radar at South Street and Clark Road and reported no citations.

11:34 a.m. – Sherborn Police issued a “be on the lookout” for a car wanted in Natick for shoplifting. Medfield vehicles notified.

12:40 p.m. – Woman walked into the station to request an officer assist her in picking up her two sons at her ex-husbands residence on South Street. Officer Grover reported no one was home. Officer reported he spoke to husband and the two kids and they do not want to talk to their mother.

12:45 p.m. – Ambulance was enroute to Stagecoach Road and was enroute to Norwood Hospital with patient.

1:30 p.m. – Officer out on Green Street for radar and reported no citations.

3:33 p.m. – Officer Grover out doing radar on South Street by Village Way and reported no citations.

4:13 p.m. – Sergeant Wilhelmi was out doing radar on North Street by Pine Street and issued one citation.

4:40 p.m. – Officer Sallale was out doing radar in the area of 51 Green Street and issued no citations.

6:27 p.m. – Woman called to report there was a wire hanging from a NSTAR pole at the corner of Granite Street and Bridle Field Lane. Officer Grover reported it was a phone line and that it was 10 feet off the ground. There was no problem.

11:07 p.m. – Caller reported her mother was having a stroke. Ambulance and police were notified. Patient was transported to Needham.

Thursday, July 7:

1:37 a.m. – Woman from Forest Street called to request an ambulance for her daughter, who was having a seizure. Millis Ambulance and Medfield police notified. Patient was transported to Norwood.

9:20 a.m. – Animal Control officer Jennifer Shaw radioed the station to report she was going to Reflections on 14-C North Meadows Rd. for an injured pigeon they have in their parking lot. Shaw reported the pigeon took off when she arrived at 9:42 a.m.

9:24 p.m. – Man from Philip Street came into the station and requested to speak with an officer about a case of credit card fraud. Man had been to his bank and reported the same. Officer Grover spoke with the man and said he would do a report.

9:45 a.m. – Animal Control officer Jennifer Shaw radioed to the station to report she was enroute to 8 Belknap Rd. to remove a skunk from a garden fence there. Baby skunk was struck in the garden fence and Shaw removed the skunk.

10:40 a.m. – Animal Control officer Shaw responded to call about a large turtle in the middle of Brook Street. Shaw reported turtle was gone on arrival.

11:52 a.m. – Desk officer David Kuhn called from the Millis Police Department to request mutual aid by Medfield ambulance at the Millis High School off of Spring Street for an injured worker there. Patient was transported to Milford Hospital.

12:01 p.m. – Sergeant Wilhelmi reported he was out on Park Street with a minor motor vehicle crash. He helped the two with paper work.

1:13 p.m. – Officer Larz Anderson reported he was out doing traffic enforcement in the area of 149 North Street and issued one citation.

1:14 p.m. – Sergeant Wilhelmi reported he was out doing radar on Hartford Street and issued no citations.

1:40 p.m. – Fire alarm was sounded for mutual aid to Norfolk. Norfolk County Control radioed the station to request mutual aid by the Medfield Fire Department for a working fire at Norfolk  Doctor office building at 27 Clark Street in Norfolk.

5:41 p.m. – Caller reported a small dog running in and out of traffic on Cross Street. Officer responded and reported dog was gone on arrival.

6:52 p.m. – Female caller reported a loose dog on Route 27 near Dale Street. Animal Control responded.

7:11 p.m. – Caller reported a solicitor in area going door to door, wearing a white and blue t-shirt, jeans and sneakers. He was described as a white male in his 20s and was heading towards Granite Street. Officer Cave checked the area and spoke with Brian Hibshman Jr. of Indiana and told him he needed a permit to solicit.

7:55 p.m. – Resident reported dirt bikes in the pits behind Wheelock School. Officer Cave responded and reported bikes were gone on arrival.

Friday, July 8:

6:11 a.m. – Officer reported he was out on Hartford Street doing radar and issued two citations.

7:24 p.m. – Caller reported a young man soliciting magazines and books. No permit was issued and officer notified but reported man was gone on arrival.

11:24 p.m. – Caller reported power was out on Stagecoach Road and that she had notified NSTAR. Officer Pellegrini dispatched and was checking the area. He reported there were lights on in the other houses and he was clear.

For questions about this blotter, e-mail jeremie.smith@patch.com


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