Crime & Safety

Police Log: Four Face Heroin Charges

Medford Police log, Friday, January, 14 to Monday, January, 17

Four people arrested on Martin Luther King Day face heroin-related charges.

Arlington residents Marissa Wheaton, 20, Thomas Reilly, 23 and John Carvalho, 22, and Andrew Amaral, no address given, were arrested at about 4:30 p.m. Monday at 282 Mystic Ave, according to police records.

Wheaton, Reilly and Carvalho are each charged being present where heroin is kept, and possession of a class A drug.  Amaral also faces those charges as well as outstanding warrants  for possession to distribute a class A drug, drug violation near school and distributing cocaine, according to police reports.

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Here's a look at some of the events from the police log:

Friday, Jan. 14

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  • 7:16 a.m., motor vehicle accident, Rivers Edge Drive
  • 8:21 a.m., motor vehicle accident, Mystic Valley Parkway
  • 9:39 a.m., motor vehicle accident, 142 Harvard Ave.
  • 11:04 a.m., vandalism, 25 Hall St.
  • 2:04 p.m., motor vehicle accident, 227 Forest St.
  • 3:32 p.m., larceny, 43 Water St.
  • 3:57 p.m., breaking and entering, 10 Fountain St.
  • 4:02 p.m., larceny, 21 Hicks Ave.
  • 4:25 p.m., vandalism, 200 Governors Ave.

Saturday, Jan. 15

  • ARREST: 1:24 a.m., 421 Salem St. Info: Guy Pantone, 54, 421 Salem St., disturbing the peace
  • 1:45 a.m., fight, 590 Fellsway (CVS)
  • 10:34 a.m., motor vehicle accident, Harvard Ave. and Jerome St.
  • 12:35 p.m., larceny from a motor vehicle, Spring St. and Hooker St.
  • 1:18 p.m., motor vehicle accident, Bonner Ave. and Main St.
  • 1:55 p.m., larceny, 8 Ninth St.
  • 5:35 p.m., shoplifting, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway (Kohls)
  • 5:49 p.m., motor vehicle accident, 10 Revere Beach Parkway
  • 9:31 p.m., motor vehicle accident, Jeremiah Circle and South Border Road
  • 9:56 p.m., unarmed robbery, 88 Light Guard Road

Sunday, Jan. 16

  • 12:05 a.m., assault, 43 Water St.
  • 2:17 a.m., fire, 17 Lund Road
  • 3:33 a.m., fight, 37 Hicks Ave. (Columbus School)
  • 11:33 a.m., motor vehicle accident, Mayberry Ave. and Willis Ave.
  • 6:03 p.m., fire, 85 Bowen Ave.
  • 7:42 p.m., motor vehicle accident, High St. and Winthrop St.
  • 9:41 p.m., motor vehicle accident, 134 Willis Ave.
  • 9:56 p.m., larceny, Fellsway and Fourth St.
  • 10:45 p.m., attempted robbery, Packard Ave.

Monday, Jan. 17

  • 9:45 a.m., vandalism, 217 Park St.
  • 2:13 p.m., breaking and entering, 238 Forest St.
  • 3:28 p.m., shoplifting, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway (Kohls)
  • ARREST: 3:28 p.m., 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway Info: Erika Vasquez Mata, 34, Chelsea, shoplifting by concealing merchandise
  • ARRESTS: 4:34 p.m., 282 Mystic Ave. Info: Marissa Wheaton, 20, Arlington, being present where heroin is kept, possession of a class A drug; Thomas Reilly, 23, Arlington, being present where heroin is kept, possession of a class A drug; Andrew Amaral, 22, no address provided, being present where heroin is kept, possession of a class A drug, outstanding warrants - possession to distribute a class A drug, drug violation near school, distributing cocaine; John Carvalho, 22, Arlington, being present where heroin is kept, possession of a class A drug
  • 5:51 p.m., larceny, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway
  • 6:47 p.m., breaking and entering, 200 Boston Ave.
  • 7:18 p.m., recovered motor vehicle, Hooker St.
  • 8:54 p.m., assault, 32 Almont St.
  • 11:07 p.m., car fire, Suffolk St.
  • ARREST: 11:21 p.m., 38 Thomas St. Info: Paul Apruzzese, 47, 38 Thomas St., assault and battery, violating an abuse prevention order

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