POLICE LOGS: Man Threatens to 'Cut Legs Off' Ex-wife's Boyfriend

The following is an excerpt from the Woburn Police Department 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.

Featured Call of the Day

Jan. 26-

At 5:47 p.m. police responded to a resident who reported receiving threats from his girlfriend’s ex-husband. Caller reported that while she was speaking to the ex-husband he stated he would ‘chop off the legs’ of the caller and laughed about it. The caller’s girlfriend stated her ex-husband is a very violent person with past crimes while working as a police officer in Central America.

Other Incidents:

Jan. 25- 

At 10:42 a.m. police responded to a call on Granny Smith Lane for a report of someone throwing an orange at the caller’s house. Caller stated she saw a white male in his teens who lives in the neighborhood threw an orange at a different house. Police spoke to the teen who said it was an accident. Police informed the youth that if he had caused damage to the houses there would have been a criminal charge.

Jan. 26-

At 3:23 p.m. a caller reported that his $80 was stolen from his motor vehicle while it was parked at the YMCA on Lexington Street. Caller reported he had left his wallet in his vehicle while he was working out and that someone had removed his keys from his locker and opened the passenger door of his vehicle and took $80 out of his wallet that was in the center console. 

At 4:10 p.m. police stopped a vehicle on Harrison Avenue because an officer in a cruiser behind the vehicle could smell burnt marijuana. Police did a search of the vehicle with three youths inside and found multiple bags of marijuana and a grinder.  Police had the vehicle towed for safety reasons and gave the youths a ride home. The marijuana was destroyed.

Jan. 27

At 9:46 a.m. police issued a citation to a driver on Harrison Avenue  on a charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.

Jan. 28

At 4:04 p.m. a party came to the station to report his wallet was stolen on Jan. 25 from his vehicle that was parked at the Best Western Hotel.  Theft occurred between 9 p.m. and midnight. Credit cards were reported stolen.