Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
The sheriff's officer was pressuring an inmate for money and drugs and conducted a drug transaction with an undercover state trooper, according to the district attorney's office.
Police chased the man into Cambridge and found him hiding behind a bush.
Also this week, three cars broken into and Lexington man faces OUI charge.
The man was spotted speeding down Main Street.
Victims said the man pulled a knife after he became upset because they were talking too loudly in the early hours of Sept. 8.
The following information was supplied by the Newton Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Also this week, a man busted on an OUI, a stolen car is found and a construction worker stole from the job site.
The following information was supplied by the Needham Police Department. Any charges mentioned do not indicate a conviction.
The man may have been responsible for breaking into up to 15 home in town earlier this year.
The man and woman tried to take items from the Pleasant Street store.
Oxygen tanks used at a summer camp reported stolen; gas station broken into.
New national study indicates that drug and alcohol use during the school day is a bigger problem than previously thought.
Police charged a Watertown man with stealing six bikes.
Bryon Lashus, 32, of Watertown, is facing serious assault charges.
The 32 youngsters from Watertown spend a week learning from police officers, firefighters, sheriff's office personnel and others.
The Watertown children got an inside look at how the Police Department works during the Sheriff's Youth Public Safety Academy.
Also this week, a woman tried to take items from Marshalls and a Mercedes SUV broken into.
Police detected an odor of alcohol on the Watertown woman's breath when she was pulled over.
Jewelry was taken from the home in the robbery.
Watertown Police Chief Edward Deveau and State Sen. Will Brownsberger stand behind Sheriff Peter Koutoujian's proposal to build a jail in Billerica.
Also this week, woman tries to steal more than $500 in items from Target, someone attempted to cash stolen checks.
The man got angry because the store would not sell him cigarettes.
Fire burns home at 131 Boylston St.
Neighboring towns providing mutual aid for three alarm fire.
Woman left wallet on the counter at Gap; car broken into in a parking garage.
Clerk saw a man leaving Watertown's Arsenal Mall store with a bag full or bras.
The 88-year old woman was in a wheelchair when a hit-and-run driver struck her in November. Police seek leads in the case.
Two shoplifters arrested at Marshall's and two cars stolen only to turn up undamaged.
Watertown Fire Department spent five hours at the scene.
Suspect has three library cards, checked out 140 items and never returned them.
Police discovered the driver and passenger had taken the vehicle without permission.
Two suspects spotted on Poplar Street around midnight on Dec. 11. Cars broken into were in Watertown and Belmont.
Man took items, put them in cart and tried to return them for a refund, but when refused stole the items.
Officer served a restraining order improperly and then lied to his superiors about it.
Man has struck twice at the Main Street CVS Pharmacy.
Enbattled Sheriff apparently committed suicide in Wells, Maine.