Dedham Police: Scooter Situation at Dedham Mall

Saturday, Nov. 8

At 5:33 p.m., a woman came into the Dedham police station stating she had been involved in a hit-and-run in the DSW parking lot at the Dedham Mall. The woman said an older man, possibly 70 years old, driving a motorized scooter hit the front passenger door of her vehicle. The man didn’t fall off the scooter, but the front wheel did become wedged under the woman’s vehicle. She said she asked him to wait while she called for an ambulance to check him, but the scooter driver said he wasn’t hurt and was in a rush to finish his shopping. He then rode away.

At 6:12 p.m., a vehicle flipped over after hitting a fire hydrant protective beam on Great Meadow Road.

At 8 p.m., an officer working a detail at the Dedham Mall received a report that Sears loss prevention officers were chasing two male shoplifters. The suspects fled from Sears in opposite directions and neither was immediately found. Later, after viewing security video at Sears, the Dedham police officer spotted one of the suspects in the parking lot at the mall. The officer arrested Daniel Stephen Blinn after Sears personnel also positively identified him.

Sunday, Nov. 9

At 2 p.m., a caller reported the passenger windows of his vehicle had been smashed.

At 5:52 p.m., a woman reported that her purse containing her ID and credit cards had been stolen while she sat at the bar at T.G.I.Friday’s.

At 7:19 p.m., a caller said he witnessed a car hit the side of a residence. He said the driver was using the residence’s driveway to turn around. The caller saw the driver step out of the car and saw the car begin to slowly roll before striking the residence. The driver then returned to his vehicle and drove off. An officer and the homeowner didn’t spot any damage to the residence. A short time later, the suspect’s vehicle was spotted. The suspect said he knew the car had rolled into some bushes, but not that it might have struck a building. He said he stepped out of the car to look for an item in the vehicle and forgot to put it in park. He was advised to always exchange information following any kind of motor vehicle accident.