Crime & Safety
Elderly Woman's Purse Stolen While Grocery Shopping
An excerpt from the WPD police log. The following arrest information was supplied by the Woburn Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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.
Featured Incident
On Monday, Jan. 6, at about 10:38 a.m., dispatch received a call from a Medford resident who said her purse was stolen while at Market Basket in Woburn.
The elderly woman said while shopping she noticed that her purse was missing from the carriage. She went to the service desk, and was able to speak with the manager who said that the purse had been returned by the time she reached the desk.
Upon further inspection, however, the woman said she found that she was missing her credit card, social security card, and medicare card.
The manager said he was able to locate surveillance video of the incident.
Additional Incident
On Monday, Jan. 6, police were called to Westgate Drive on a report of slashed tires on a motor vehicle.
Police were met by the reporting party, who said that someone slashed her two driver's side tires on her Toyota Rav 4.
The woman had the vehicle towed, and it cost her $400 to have the tires fixed.
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