Road Rage, OUI: Wellesley Police Log

June 4

10:08 a.m. - Officer Lindelof spoke with a man at the police station regarding graffiti that had been discovered in the area of the Rocky Ledges. The man stated that graffiti was spray painted on a rock in the Rocky Ledges and he wanted to make the police aware of it prior to removing the graffiti. There are no suspects.

2:13 p.m. - Officer Cunningham spoke with a person about identity theft. The report is incomplete at this time and no further information is available.

7:53 p.m. - Officer DeBernardi was dispatched to Granite Street at Crown Ridge for a report of a man who appeared to be unconscious in a motor vehicle. Cataldo Ambulance had been dispatched to the call as well and arrived prior to the officers. A medic from Cataldo Ambulance found the operator was asleep in the driver’s seat with the vehicle in drive. The medic placed the car in park and removed the keys from the vehicle to ensure the safety of those present. Officers spoke with the operator, 35-year-old Phillip Christensen of Framingham, and observed that his eyes were glassy and bloodshot, his speech was slurred and he was unsure how he got to the intersection of Granite Street and Crown Ridge. While speaking with him, officers could detect an odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the vehicle and his person. Christensen initially agreed to take some reasonable tests of balance and coordination, but upon exiting the vehicle declined to take them. Christensen was unsteady on his feet and had to lean on the vehicle to maintain his balance. He was taken into custody and charged with operating under the influence of liquor (second offense), negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and possession of open container of alcohol inside a motor vehicle.

11:15 p.m. - Officer Fritts spoke with a man at the police station regarding a lost or stolen cell phone. The man stated that he had taken an Uber home at 3 a.m. on June 3 and shortly after getting out of the Uber realized that he did not have his cell phone and thought he had left it in the Uber. He contacted the Uber driver who advised him he had several other fares after him and that none of the passengers indicated they had located a cell phone in the vehicle. The phone was not actively on and Officer Fritts was unable to successfully track the phone with the "Find My iPhone" application.

June 6

9:46 a.m. Officer DeBernardi spoke with a woman at the police station who stated earlier in the morning she had been involved in a road rage incident with another vehicle on Washington Street near Laurel Avenue. She stated that she inadvertently cut off a blue Ford pickup truck and the driver began driving very aggressively and was weaving in and out of traffic behind her. She stated the male driver exited the vehicle on Washington Street near Cliff Road and began yelling at her. She wanted to make the police aware of the incident in case there were similar incidents that occurred with the same vehicle operator.

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