Waltham Arrest Log, Jan. 19 - 20: DUI, Shoplifting Arrests
The following information was supplied by the Waltham Police department. It does not indicate a conviction.
Saturday, Jan. 19
Charles McKenna, 24, of Belmont, arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol (first offense) and leaving the scene of property damage.
Jamie Sanchez, 33, of 46 Exchange St., arrested and charged with shoplifting.
Philip DiDuca, 62, of Newton, arrested and charged with a marked lanes violation and driving with a suspended license.
Rogelio Cruz, 37, of 16 Chestnut St., arrested and charged with larceny from a person.
Michael LaPointe, 35, homeless, arrested on warrant charges for driving with a suspended license, speeding, driving an uninsured motor vehicle and driving with a suspended registration.
Sunday, Jan. 20
Anthony Taranto, 27, of 78 Harvard St., arrested and charged with car break-in offenses.
Tina
7:56 pm on Friday, January 25, 2013
According to the Waltham News Tribune's police blotter, Rogelio Cruz was arrested for allegedly snatching a woman's handbag from a shopping cart at the Hannaford market. She was bending over to look at an item on a lower shelf.
To keep this from happening to you, wear a purse with a cross-body strap. If you don't have one with that type of strap, carry your handbag over your wrist at all times while shopping. I am guilty of placing my pocketbook in the kiddie seat of the cart when shopping, but I will never do that again. It just takes a second for a thief to strike!