At approximately 10:30 PM on August 11 Watertown Police officers responded to reports of a loud party. When officers arrived they observed multiple youth under the age of 21 inside the residence along with a substantial quantity of alcoholic beverages. Two adults that lived in the residence will be summoned to court for furnishing alcoholic beverages to a person under 21. Furnishing can be defined as a person knowingly or intentionally allowing a person under 21 years to posses alcohol on the property owned or controlled by them. The owner of the residence is also being summoned to court for maintaining a disorderly household. All underage persons were turned over to their parents.

Another alert citizen witnessing suspicious activity called the Watertown Police in a timely fashion. On Friday May 2, 2008 at approximately 1236 hours an alert resident of Franklin Street reported a suspicious person on the street. This suspicious person was seen ringing the doorbell to a house and after getting no answer this person then climbed through a window off the front porch. The alert citizen then called Watertown Police and provided a detailed description of the events.

The information was broadcast to all Watertown Police units and within moments of the broadcast an officer working a private detail and Police Chief Deveau were on location and established a perimeter to prevent the escape of the suspect. Other units arrived within minutes and the suspect was ordered out of the house and subsequently placed under arrest.

Neighbors watching out for each other and reporting suspicious activity to the Police make the Town of Watertown a safer community to live in. Citizens are urged to contact the Police and report suspicious activity in their neighborhood.

At approximately 1212 hours on Thursday May 1, 2008 an alert Patten Street resident notified Watertown Police of suspicious activity. This alert citizen had observed two individuals walking down the street, a short time later these same two individuals were observed walking on the street again but this time they were carry bags. They threw these bags into a vehicle and left the area. The alert witness was able to then call the Watertown Police and provide both a description of these suspicious individuals and the vehicle license plate number. A patrol car was dispatched to the address and discovered a residence had in fact been broken into.

Police dispatchers relayed the witnesses information to surrounding communities over an area wide Police radio channel. Within minutes of this information being broadcast a Belmont Police detective located the suspect vehicle. This vehicle was followed into Arlington and with the assistance of Arlington Police the vehicle was detained. Subsequent investigation by Watertown Police lead to the identification and arrest of these two individuals and the recovery of items stolen from a residence on Patten Street.

Citizens are urged to call the Watertown Police and report suspicious behavior.

On Friday April 25th at approximately 2 pm a robbery was reported at the Watertown Savings Bank at 739 Main St. Suspect is described as a white male in his 30’s. He was described as being approximately 5-10, 160 lbs, with short dark hair, wearing a black T-shirt and pants. A note was passed and no weapon was shown.

Anyone having any information on the identity of this suspect is asked to contact Detective Michael Munger at 617-972-6500 or the Officer in Charge at 617-972-6507 or submit a crime tip using the link on the top right of the sidebar.

On his way home from work on Tuesday April 15, 2008 Sergeant Joseph Deignan observed two males struggling with a heavy object on the DCR bike path near the Hartz-Mason building.  He stopped and identified himself and questioned these men and requested additional assistance for other police units. As a result of his investigation along with Officers Joseph Reynolds and Robert Kelly these two men were subsequently arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny from a building, possession of burglarious tools and trespassing. The heavy object these men were dragging away was identified as brass and worth approximately $4000.00 and had been removed from the Hartz-Mason building.

On Saturday 1/5/08, Watertown Police arrested Paul Cote, a former resident of watertown was arrested for the the bank robbery at Belmont Savings Bank.