Crime & Safety
Watertown Police Log: June 20 to June 26
Vandal hits NESN trailer, man steals gold chain from mall and boy's bike stolen from his front lawn.

Arrests
June 22, 1:19 a.m.: An officer patrolling on Main Street spotted a car with an inspection sticker violation, said Police Lt. Michael Lawn. The officer discovered the driver did not have a license. Roberto de Castro, 40, of 155 Galen St. in Watertown, was arrested on a charge of unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
June 22, 12:09 p.m.: Police stopped a Toyota Prism on Mt. Auburn Street for having an expired registration, Lawn said. Police discovered he last his license. Joseph A. Gagnepain, 31, of 30 Lincoln St. in Watertown, was arrested on a charge of driving with a suspended license.
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June 24, 6:03 p.m.: Police stopped the driver of a black Ford Expedition on Bates Road, Lawn said. The officer discovered the driver had an arrest warrant out in his name. Micheil L. Martorano, 25, of 20 West Hill Road in Mendon, was arrested on a warrant for a traffic violation out of Leominster District Court.
June 24, 8:20 a.m.: Police spotted three people on Moxley Field and they discovered one of them had an arrest warrant in his name, Lawn said. Joel Figueroa, 19, of 59 Philip Darch Road in Watertown, was arrested on a warrant for a minor in possession of alcohol from Waltham District Court.
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Incident
June 20, 1:47 p.m.: Someone put heavy scratch all the way around a 1997 Chevy Lumina that had been parked overnight at the Hellenic Cultural Center, Lawn said.
June 21, 2:38 p.m.: A woman put some Father’s Day cards with money inside in her mail box and later discovered they never made it to their destination, Lawn said.
June 21, 3:04 p.m.: A man came into Piercing Pagoda in the Arsenal Mall and asked to see a gold chain, which the store employee showed him, but did not allow him to hold, Lawn said. He came back about a short time later and asked to see it again. When the employee let him hold it he grabbed it and ran out of the mall. The 20-inch, 10 k gold chain is worth $760. The man is described as a skinny, white male who wore a white T-shirt and khakis.
June 22, 11:20 a.m.: A 2009 Honda van was broken into on Commonwealth Road and a GPS device was stolen from the unlocked vehicle, Lawn said.
June 22, 10:07 p.m.: The driver parked at the Mount Auburn Club and when he opened his door he knocked the car next to it, Lawn said. When he went in the club he was approached by an African-American man who asked him why the man hit his car. The first man told police he apologized and went to into the club. When he left the club he found a six-inch “X” scratched into the driver’s side door.
June 24, 3:54 p.m.: Someone broke the glass in a lamp in front of a home on Charles River Road, Lawn said, possibly using a B.B. gun.
June 24, 5:44 p.m.: A man who locked up his bicycle at the corner of Galen Street and Nonantum Road came back to find that someone had stolen his bike seat, Lawn said. This is the second time his seat has been stolen.
June 24, 8:44 p.m.: Someone wrote graffiti on the NESN trailer parked on Arsenal Street, Lawn said. The person also sprayed WD-40 lubricant on the trailer.
June 24, 10:24 p.m.: A boy left his bicycle on the front lawn of his home on Acton Street at 6 p.m., and when he went out to get it at 10 p.m. it was gone, Lawn said. The bicycle was a neon green BMX bike with a black and white seat and red pedals worth $500.
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