Newton Police: Woman Charged After Allegedly Stealing Co-Worker's Clutch, Having Pills, Gun in Her Car at Bertucci's

A Randolph woman is facing charges after allegedly stealing a co-worker’s clutch and hiding the contents in the ceiling of the bathroom at Bertucci’s in Newton.

On May 25, shortly after 1 a.m., police responded to Bertucci’s on Centre Street, where a manager reported that an employee had her clutch stolen from her purse. The purse was under the serving station, which isn’t accessible to the general public, so the manager believed an employee had stolen it.

The manager asked all employees for permission to search them and their bags for the missing clutch. They weren’t able to locate it, so the manager called police.

Driving toward her, police saw her walk back into Bertucci’s. An officer found the clutch in the trash barrel. The clutch had been emptied.

Searching the car in the lot, police found a plastic straw that was cut short, which is indicative of paraphernalia for snorting narcotics. Also found on the seat was a small baggie with clover designs on that contained two pills believed to be Prozac, and another pill folded in a sticky note that police believed to be Suboxon, as well as three undisclosed pills that were broken up.

Underneath the seat, an officer found a Remington .223 caliber rifle on the floor board.

A customer at Bertucci’s said she saw a female server placing something in the ceiling tiles in the bathroom. There was only one server in the bathroom during this time. Police found a health card and an ID in the ceiling.

Tatyana Viktor Bylum, 21, 57 Tiffany Drive, Randolph, was arrested and charged with larceny from a building, illegal possession of ammunition, possession of a Class B substance, possession of a class E substance.

Also on May 25, police responded to Carlton Road for a report of a past breaking and entering. The resident said that sometime between Friday night and Sunday evening someone entered his home and took his computer tower. Nothing else was taken and there was nothing to indicate forced entry.