Two Men Arrested for Stealing Car and Red Sox Shirts

A stolen car found in Watertown linked two men to a shoplifting incident in Framingham.

On March 20, a car was towed from a parking lot on Waverley Avenue, and it ws discovered that the car had been stolen from the Double Tree Hotel on Washington Street in Boston, said Watertown Police Lt. Michael Lawn.

Police checked the car and discovered the car was caught on video of two men who were wanted for taking several Red Sox shirts from the Target store in Framingham.

After linking the car to the suspect, police went to Waverley Avenue on March 21 to arrest John J. Sallesa Jr., 43, of 55 Waverley Ave. Apt. 301, in connection to the stolen car, Lawn said. 

When they got there, they discovered another man, Robert W. O'Keefe, 44, of 27 Garden St. in Chelsea, who was wanted on a probation warrant from Lynn District Court.

Framingham Police will also seek shoplifting charges against O'Keefe, Lawn said.