Shoplifting Leads To Assault; Missing Woman's Car Found in Tewksbury

Two New Hampshire men are under arrest after allegedly stealing merchandise from Home Depot and leading police on a brief chase.

Lawrence J. Connolly, 29, 298 Pine St., Apt. 22B, Manchester, and Nathanial Davis, 38, 75 West Hancock St., Manchester, were taken into custody after several responded to just before 6 p.m. Thursday (April 12) for a report of two shoplifters who had fled the store.

Few details are available, but the men were caught, separately, a short time later. One was tracked down by the Tewksbury Police K-9 unit.

The men were each charged with assault and battery, as well as larceny in excess of $250. It is not clear who the men assaulted during the incident.

Missing woman's car found

Tewksbury Police officers on a routine patrol early Thursday (April 12) morning, ran the plate of a car parked in the lot . The plate came back as registered to a Chelmsford woman who had been reported missing in that town.

Officers checked with the motel records and found that the woman, whose name was not immediately released, had checked out of the motel on April 5, but had left her car in the lot.

Arrests:

James Robert Tambone, 20, 31 Debra Drive, Tewksbury, was arrested on April 12 and charged with being a minor in possession of alcohol and possession of a Class B substance with intent to distribute.

Thomas Ferraro, 36, 53 Pike St., was arrested on April 12 on two outstanding warrants.

Peter Leonard, 47, 149 Dunstable Road, Westford, was arrested on April 11 and charged with OUI-liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and a marked lanes violation.

Edward D. Wilson, 22, 15 Arbor Crest Terrace, Boston, was arrested on April 10 and charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.

Other incidents:

Police received a call at 9:41 a.m. on April 13 from someone at the Stephen Gould Co., 30 Commerce Way. The person reported that storm drains at the business had been stolen.

A resident of North Street called police on April 12 at around 7 a.m. and reported that her son's dirt bike had been stolen some time overnight.

Principal Lally from the high school called police on April 11 to report that one of her students was receiving threatening texts on her cell phone.

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