Dedham Police Log: Car Left Unoccupied and Locked on State Highway Lane

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Friday, Feb. 6

8:13 p.m

A shoplifting was reported at the Dedham Best Buy. A woman was walking around the store and placing DVDs/video games in her pocketbook. Camera footage showed the woman browsing the DVD section and bending down multiple times and shielding herself from the cameras. Every time she stood back up she placed her pocketbook, which was a large black bag, onto her shoulder. It appeared to be bulging from having too many items inside. The cameras showed she went into the store restroom and staff thought she might have been removing security tags and taking some pieces of merchandise out of their boxes. When the woman left the bathroom she went over to customer service to ask how she could pre-order merchandise. She was stopped by police after exiting the store. A check of her purse revealed 10 DVDs and video games at a product sell price total of $260. She was warned that if she returned to Best Buy she could be subject to arrest. She was also told she will be receiving a criminal complaint.

Saturday, Feb. 7

1:56 a.m.

Malicious damage was reported at Kikuyama on 350 Washington St. A patron was leaving the establishment with a beer in his hands and an employee told him he couldn’t leave with the beer. The patron then threw the beer bottle at one of the glass doors in the lobby, causing the window to crack. A witness said he confronted the patron and then the patron punched him in the face before leaving the scene. The patron was not identified as a regular at the establishment.

1:08 p.m.

A car nearby the Wilson Mountain entrance was parked in the roadway. The vehicle was parked in a way that disallowed cars behind it from getting around the vehicle. An officer discovered the car was unoccupied and locked. There were no calls placed to dispatch about the car being disabled or why it was parked in that location. Common St. is a public way in Dedham and also the state highway of Rt. 135. The car took up about half of the southbound lane. It was towed and impounded.