Bike Theft Brings Down Two Men Who Earlier Robbed a Watertown Convience Store

Two men were arrested for breaking into a convenience store but the crime that got them nabbed was a bicycle theft from Watertown High School.

Daniel Reilly, 18, of 14 Green St. in Watertown and Wayne C. Blackwell, 30, of 1427 Blue Hill Ave. in Boston were arrested on July 25 for allegedly breaking into the store, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

The owner of Bus Stop Market on Galen Street called police at 4:27 a.m. on July 25 after someone broke a window in the store and stole a small, unspecified amount of money, Lawn said.

“Someone broke the front window and a video shows at 3:37 a.m. a white male and a black male entered the store with a baseball bat and a duffel bag,” Lawn said. “They took a small amount of money and fled.”

Later in the day, a 14-year-old Watertown boy reported that his Haro BMX bike has been stolen after he locked it up outside the gym entrance of Watertown High School, Lawn said. Reilly is a familiar face to police, Lawn said, and he was spotted in the area from which the bike has been taken.

“An officer had seen Reilly on the bike riding near the high school,” Lawn said.

Police went to Reilly’s home on Green Street and found the bike and other items, Lawn said.

Reilly was arrested on two counts of larceny of items worth more than $250 and nighttime breaking and entering, and Blackwell was arrested on one charge of larceny of items worth more than $250 and nighttime breaking and entering, Lawn said.