Crime & Safety

Police Make Multiple Arrests in Melrose

The following information was supplied by the Melrose Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

[Editor's Note: The following information was supplied by the Melrose Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.]

The Melrose Police Department has an anonymous tip line: 781-665-TIPS (8477). To text a tip to the Melrose Police Department, text MELROSE to 847411 (TIP411). The tip line is sponsored by the Melrose Police and the Melrose Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition.

The following is a sampling of entries from the Melrose Police log:

Oct. 3

12:35 p.m.: Caller called to report a possible telephone cam.

2 p.m.: Felicia Road, report of suspicious activity. The caller reported seeing a suspicious vehicle. The vehicle was towed from the scene. A 33-year-old Revere woman was summonsed for unlicensed operation of a vehicle.

2:28 p.m.: A person visited the police station to report that their blue-green purse was taken from their vehicle while parked at Whole Foods. The purse also featured an angel on it, and the name "Lillian" was on the purse.

5:39 p.m.: Boston Rock Road, report of a motor vehicle accident.

8:54 p.m. Oct. 3, Melrose Police responded to the Lebanon Street area for a report of lewdness. A man allegedly exposed himself to people walking toward him while asking if he could speak to them.

Oct. 4

2:25 a.m.: Walgreens on Main Street, report of a shoplifter.

12:53 p.m.: Linden Road, report of a domestic disturbance. Philip Young,  54, of 60 Linden Road, Melrose, was arrested and charged with domestic assault and battery.

1:54 p.m.: Main Street at Kingsley Avenue, report of an accident. Doriedson Martins Medeiros, 43, of 16 Gardena St. Apt. #6, Brighton, was arrested and charged with unlicensed operation of a vehicle.

2:24 p.m.: First Street near Winthrop School, report of a past hit-and-run accident. 

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