Crime & Safety

POLICE LOG: Man Charged with Attempted Murder Over Holiday Weekend

An excerpt from the Woburn Police Department's Nov. 23-28 police log.

The following is an excerpt from the  log. Please note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log.

Nov. 23 -

  • At 2:44 p.m., police responded to a report of a past breaking and entering on Albert Street. According to the reporting party, someone entered the vacant dwelling on the night of Nov. 21, allegedly breaking the cellar window.
  • At 3:05 p.m., a Woburn man reported his car vandalized while parked in a lot on Walnut Street. According to police, the man's car was spray-painted black on a headlight, the front bumper, hood and side panel.

 

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Nov. 24 -

  • At 8:44 am., Wegner Lopes DeOlivera, 30, of 155M New Boston St. Apt. #133, was arrested and charged on an outstanding warrant from Chelsea District Court.
  • At 12:28 p.m., Christopher Fennelly, 27, of 7 Maywood Lane Apt. #313 was arrested and charged on an outstanding warrant after a employee reported Fennelly was found in the courthouse.
  • At 12:30 p.m., police and fire responded to a report of a three-car car accident on Cambridge Road. According to police, the cars did not sustain major damage, but the occupants of one car were taken to the hospital for evaluation.
  • At 4:26 p.m., police placed a Woburn man in protective custody after receiving a report of a male lying on the sidewalk at Merrimac and Dartmouth streets. According to police, when officers arrived, the man was slurring his words and smelled of alcohol. Woburn Fire responded to the scene and found the man uninjured. Officers reported placing the man under protective custody due to his intoxication levels.
  • At 5 p.m., Joseph R. Cheever, 47, of 11 Wade Ave. Apt. #1, was arrested and charged with disturbing the peace. Police were called to his Wade Avenue home after receiving reports of a man screaming and swearing. According to police, neighbors reported hearing the sound of breaking glass in the area and seeing items being thrown out of the window.
  • At 7:34 p.m., police responded to a report of an unarmed robbery at the on Main Street. According to police, officers investigated and determined that the emergency was a domestic disturbance in the parking lot of the hotel.

Nov. 25 -

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  • At 11:57 a.m., Woburn Police placed a Lowell man in protective custody after receiving a report of an intoxicated man sitting outside a New Boston Street business. According to police, the man was intoxicated and had no way to return to his Lowell home.
  • At 9:21 p.m., police filed a summons with for a Stoneham man for operating while under the influence of liquor second offense, after police and fire responded to a report of a two-car accident at Washington Street and Montvale Avenue. According to the officer's report, the Stoneham man's car crossed the yellow line in the road, crashing into another vehicle. Witnesses allege that the Stoneham man put his car into reverse after the accident and exited the car while a passenger fled the scene on foot. According to police, the man was taken to Lahey Clinic for evaluation.

Nov. 26 -

  • At 6:35 a.m., police responded to a report of a minor car accident at Lexington Street and Cambridge Road. No injuries were reported.
  • At 8:15 p.m., Andrew S. Ozelius, 30, of 48 Central Ave. Apt. #2 in Everett was arrested and charged with operating while under the influence of liquor second offense. Police responded to a report of an erratic driver on Montvale Avenue who had allegedly ran two red lights. Police found the car stopped at Montvale Avenue and Prospect Street with Ozelius still inside. According to police, the Everett man failed field sobriety tests.
  • At 8:19 p.m., a employee reported receiving harassing phone calls at the Main Street restaurant.
  • At 9:40 a.m., police and fire responded to a report of a truck fire at 89 Winn St. When public safety officials arrived, they found a tractor trailer on fire in the Murray's Towing parking lot. According to the responding officer, the fire appeared to be contained to the cab area. The officer also noted in his report that the truck's engine was "trying to turn over while the fire was burning." A police detective and the Fire Department's arson investigator were called to the scene. Later, a state Fire Marshal's Office investigator also responded to Murray's Towing and took custody of the truck for further investigation. According to police, there was a truck fire in the same location approximately one month ago.

Nov. 27 –

  • At 2:33 a.m., Matthew S. McCaffrey, 27, of 12 Wright St., was arrested and charged with operating while under the influence of liquor second offense, marked lanes violation, operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle after license suspension. According to police, McCaffrey was arrested after an officer observed his vehicle crossing the double yellow line and "travelling at a fairly high rate of speed" on Montvale Avenue and Vernon Street. Police conducted sobriety tests, all of which McCaffrey failed according to officers.
  • At 3:25 a.m., Stephon Fisher, 21, of 919 Blue Hill Ave. Apt. #2 in Dorchester, was arrested and charged on an outstanding warrant for assault and battery. According to police, officers discovered Fisher's outstanding warrant when responding to a report of a disturbance involving a firearm in the area of Rumford Park and Hall Street. Police searched Fisher for weapons and did not find any.
  • At 4:58 a.m., an officer conducting a routine check on Conn Street discovered a vehicle with two windows smashed open. When police notified the owner of the vehicle, the man told officers he parked his car on Conn Street at approximately 10 p.m. the night before. According to police, an iPod and GPS device were stolen from the vehicle.
  • At 10:27 a.m., Michael Lee Valliere, 36, of 4 Park Drive Ext. was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery at the request of Chelmsford Police regarding a domestic incident in that town earlier in the day.
  • At 10:51 a.m., police responded to a report of a window damaged by a BB gun on Curtis Road.
  • At 1:32 p.m., a Beverly woman was summonsed to Woburn District Court after a employee reported an incident of shoplifting at the Washington Street department store. According to police, the woman allegedly took the price tag off of a bracelet, placed the item on her wrist and later concealed the bracelet on her person while in a fitting room.
  • At 1:34 p.m., a Montvale Avenue man reported being harassed by a former girlfriend.
  • At 3:58 p.m., police and fire responded to a report of an accident at Prospect and High streets. According to police, the driver of one vehicle was attempting to make a left-hand turn onto Prospect Street, struck another vehicle, struck the curb and continued until the car hit a building at Prospect and High streets and stopped. Police reports state the driver was experiencing "medical issues which appear to have contributed to the crash." The driver was transported to the hospital.
  • At 5:50 p.m., police responded to a report of money missing from a safe inside an Albert Street home.
  • At 8:28 p.m., Mark Shane Pasquarello, 37, of 23 Burlington St. Apt. #3, was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery, attempted murder and failure to stop for police. According to police, officers responded to a report of a domestic dispute on Burlington Road. Upon arrival, officers pursued a possible suspect fleeing the scene in a motor vehicle. According to the accident report, Pasquarello lost control of his car at Cannon Road and Burlington Street and drove into an embankment "at a high rate of speed." During the police investigation, officers learned that Pasquarello allegedly pushed, punched and strangled the victim.
  • At 11:50 p.m., Maria Amila Coelho, 50, of 385 Main St. Apt. 1, was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery after police responded to an abandoned 911 call.

Nov. 28 -

  • At 2:24 a.m., police responded to a domestic dispute on Warren Avenue.
  • At 4:50 p.m., a 16-year-old Burlington resident was arrested and charged with shoplifting by asportation after police received a report of juveniles shoplifting at on Washington Street.
  • At 8:19 p.m., an Edgehill Road resident reported her mountain bike missing from her porch.


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