Disgruntled Spouses, Playground Fire, Thrown Apples, and More: Wellesley Police Logs

WELLESLEY— The following is from the Wellesley Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction. And all suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Monday, Aug. 7

Police were dispatched to the Wellesley Recycling and Disposal Facility for a report of an altercation that had occurred between two men. Both indicated that the situation had escalated and it would not happen again.

A man reported an identity theft issue, indicating that on July 5, 2017 he received notification that 4 iPhones were sold and shipped to Mesa, Arizona using his identity. He had contacted the company and explained he hadn’t ordered the phones and they advised he would not be responsible for any charges. He later received another notification from the company and they indicated that they would resolve the issue. Police spoke with the cell phone company to investigate further and they advised that the reporting party needed to file a report with their fraud division for them to provide the department with any additional information.

Shaquanda Nieves was arrested after an officer noticed an expired registration on her car. She had an active warrant issued by Chelsea District Court. Nieves was taken into custody.

Tuesday, Aug. 8

A woman reported she received a collection notice from Zales for purchases made on a credit card that was opened in 2013 with a billing address in New Jersey. She had formerly resided in New Jersey and indicated that it could have been someone she resided with at the time that had opened the account. She did not have any contact information for that person. She had contacted Zales and advised them that she had never opened a credit account with them or purchased items from their store.

Wednesday, Aug. 9

An officer was dispatched, along with the Wellesley Fire Department, to a business on Washington Street in The Hills for a report of a fire in a dumpster behind the building.The fire was extinguished the fire. A contractor working inside one of the businesses indicated he was not sure how the fire had started.

An officer was dispatched around 8:00p.m. to a playground onBarton Road for a report of a strong odor of fire. The person who reported stated that a group of kids had lit a fire on one of the playground structures and it had damaged the structure. The fire had been extinguished and appeared to have been set using some leaves and brush. The Wellesley Fire Department responded and assured the fire was completely extinguished. Video surveillance of the area showed several youth went to the playground, gathered materials, set the fire and all ran off in different directions. The incident is under investigation.

Thursday, Aug. 10

A man reported road rage damage to his vehicle. He said he merged onto Worcester Street at Center Street in Newton and a vehicle started sounding its horn excessively at him. When the vehicles both stopped at the traffic light on Worcester Street at Route 128 the male operator of the vehicle that had sounded its horn pulled up next to him and cursed at him and threw an apple at his vehicle. The vehicle, a Mercury sedan took the ramp onto 128 North and the reporting party followed the vehicle and took a photograph of the vehicle’s registration number using his cellular phone. The driver allegedly verbally threatened him. Officers are investigating.

According to two employees at an area business, a former employee's spouse stood outside of a building for 45 minutes on Aug. 9. The reporting party stated that the former employee was terminated in March and had demanded money when she was terminated and made threats to take the company down. The company was aware that the former employee had been searching their website recently and her husband had sent a mass email with a request to join him on LinkedIn. The company did not want police to speak to the former employee, but wanted the incident documented in case there were any issues in the future.

Friday, Aug. 11

An officer spoke with a woman who stated that in July her child and a neighbor’s child were attending a camp program together and her neighbor’s child was asked to leave the camp as a result of some behavioral issues. She stated that the neighbor made a statement to the camp program director which she felt was a threat towards her and wanted it documented in case any issues arose in the future.

An officer was dispatched to the area of Worcester Street near Wellesley Fire Headquarters for an erratic operator in a brown Chevrolet Tahoe that was unable to maintain its lane of travel and had possibly struck the guardrail., which the driver ended up doing in front of an officer. Angela Villamil failed 4 field sobriety tests and was taken into custody. She was later released on personal recognizance.

Saturday, Aug. 12

Police were dispatched to Wellesley Square Post office for a report of a three-year-old child being left unattended in a vehicle. He spoke with the child’s parent who had been in the post office for approximately 10 minutes and advised that it was not appropriate to leave a small child unattended in a motor vehicle and that he would be reporting the incident to the Department of Children and Families.

Sunday, Aug. 13

Police responded to a car crash on Worchester Street, and observed a Chevrolet sedan had hit a guardrail and had extensive front end damage. Driver Shandon Adderley indicated he was trying to avoid another car that was speeding on Worcester Street and he struck the guardrail. A witness indicated Adderley drove from Longfellow Road onto the access road and then struck the guardrail. Adderly failed a field sobriety test and was taken into custody, and was later released on personal recognizance.