Crime & Safety
Needham Police Log: Rash of Car Breaks, and More
The following information was supplied by the Needham Police Department. Any charges mentioned do not indicate a conviction.

Wednesday, Oct. 2
- A Richdale Road resident reported that a Garmin GPS was taken from their vehicle, along with $30 in cash, during a breaking-and-entering incident involving two cars. Police took a report at about 8:30 a.m., and will investigate the incident.Β
- Central Avenue and Oxbow Road, 3:15 p.m., personal injury crash reported involving a car and a motorcycle. The motorcyclist was taken to Beth Israel Needham with minor, non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the car was cited for failing to yield to oncoming traffic.Β
- A Greendale Avenue resident reported that, sometime overnight, her vehicle was broken into and some items were taken. She contacted police at about 3:15 p.m.
- 4 p.m., police respond to Nevada Street, where a resident reported that, sometime overnight, two unlocked vehicles in the driveway were broken into. A wallet, a camera, a GPS and gift cards worth aboutΒ $520 were taken. Police are investigating the matter.Β
- Graffiti reported in the Hillside Elementary School parking lot at around noon.Β
- Two-car crash reported near the intersectionΒ of Greendale Avenue and Highgate Street. At around 4:30 p.m., police learned thatΒ the driver of one of the vehicles, a 27-year-old Taunton man, was driving on a suspended license. He was summonsed to Dedham District Court for driving on a suspended license and failing to use care while turning.Β
- Rolling Lane, 5 p.m., called to report a handful of harassing phone calls they had received. Police advised the homeownerΒ on how to proceed.Β
- 5:15 p.m., police pulled over a driver of a vehicle at the intersection of Great Plain Avenue and Marked Tree Road. THe driver, a 42-year-old man from West Wareham was cited for driving after a revocation of insurance, and will be summonsed to Dedham Court.
The above information was supplied by the Needham Police Department. Any charges mentioned do not indicate a conviction.
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