The Region: Somerville Man Allegedly Brandished Shotgun Over Stolen Turtle; OUI Arrest After Arlington Rollover

A 23-year-old Arlington man was arrested Thursday by State Police for operating under the influence after an . John A. Carvalho, of Crosby Street, allegedly crashed his mother’s car while drunk at about 2 a.m. on Mystic Valley Parkway, at Hayes Street in Arlington, and then fled the scene before emergency personnel arrived. Arlington Police soon located Carvalho in another vehicle near his home. Carvalho had called a woman for a ride, and police were able to focus the search for Carvalho from the scene to his home, as he left his cell phone behind in his mother’s car, which helped police identify him as the possible driver. -John Waller

A man was stabbed three times during an altercation on Upham Street in Malden around 9:00 p.m. Wednesday night, though word of the man's condition and the status of the suspects was not immediately available early Thursday. Police sought two suspects in connection with the attack, with one reportedly wearing a dark Northface brand jacket and red hat. Both were seen fleeing up Ferry Street. -Chris Caesar

It's an image you'd expect to see in a Hollywood depiction of 1950s Appalachia, not one you'd associate with Holland Street in Somerville, between Davis and Teele squares, on a Thursday afternoon: A man sitting on his porch, "stroking" a shotgun, a handgun stuffed into his waistband, accusing his upstairs neighbors of stealing his pet turtle. But that's exactly what happened at about 3:15 p.m. on July 26 at 142 Holland St., according to allegations in a Somerville police report. According to one of the victim's accounts in the police report, she and her boyfriend were coming home when they noticed Seth Roberts, 31, on the front porch. He told them someone took his turtle, his "baby" whom he saw hatch, and he asked how they'd like it if someone took their baby, the report says. -Chris Orchard

: A Wakefield athlete made national history on Thursday morning when she defeated Gemma Gibbons of Great Britain to win the gold medal in the women's half-heavyweight judo competition at the 2012 Olympics in London. Harrison, 22, who is originally from Middleton, Ohio, currently lives in Marblehead and trains at  in Wakefield, is a two-time national champion and won the world championship in 2010.  Harrison was ranked number four in the world as she entered into this year's Olympics. She faced Abigal Joo of Hungary in the quarterfinals, and Mayra Aguiar of Brazil in the semifinals. Aguiar was ranked number one heading into the Olympics. "It's been years and years of hard work," she said during a previous interview with MSNBC. -Sara Jacobi

: West Wyoming Market will close after 14 years in Melrose as owner John Hashem pursues a new career, Hashem said in an email to Melrose Patch this week. Calling those 14 years in business "beautiful" and having met "many customers and wonderful people in Melrose," Hashem said the store will close in two weeks. "The City Hall employees have nothing short but wonderful to me and my family, and they continue to be," he said. "Some of these customers have long gone, some stayed, and some became my friends. Today's announcement marks the end of an era and the beginning of a new one." -Daniel DeMaina