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Thursday, September 13, 2012

Why Did Waltham Man Try To Kill His Relatives?

Tewksbury Police forced to use stun gun to subdue suspect that tried to murder his family.

A Waltham man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly breaking into a Blease Drive in Tewksbury home early Wednesday morning and attacking family members with a knife. According to Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheehan, officers responded to 55 Blease Drive after getting a call reporting that Eathan Becker 25, of 181 College Farm Road, Waltham, had broken into the home through the basement and was engaged in a fight with residents. Officers responding to the address found evidence of the break-in and were informed Becker was armed with a knife. The officers discovered Becker in the living room fighting with two other residents of the home. According to Sheehan, Becker’s hands were covered in blood. The residents had managed to …

Saturday, August 25, 2012

OMGPD: Fleeing Burglar Cornered & Gun Found in Wall of Convicted Murderer's Former Home

Our weekly compilation of some of the more unusual police reports from around the Boston area. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

If these walls could talk ... ... they might reveal how a gun and ammo ended up hidden behind them. The new owners of a long-vacant home in Wayland were doing some remodeling when they pulled down a wall and found a gun, ammo and gun oil in a military ammunition box hanging from a hidden rafter. As it turns out, the home was once occupied by a man convicted in a 1990 murder: http://patch.com/A-xkqG   This one sounds like the plotline for a Rizzoli & Isles episode A couple accused of burglaries. A car chase. One of the alleged burglars, a Waltham man, escapes and flees. Residents, K-9 police units and air cover are called in. Said alleged burglar is cornered behind a washing machine by a former Tewksbury Board of Selectmen candidate: http…

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

Waltham Couple Held on Bail After Tewksbury Incident

Jonathan and Amanda Miller will return to court on Sept. 13.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Waltham Couple Held on Bail After Alleged Burglary

Jonathan and Amanda Miller will return to court on Sept. 13.

A Waltham couple charged with breaking into a Tewksbury home on Aug. 20 was ordered held on bail in Lowell District Court, according to the Lowell Sun.  Judge Elizabeth Cremens ordered Jonathan Miller, 29, held on $5,000 cash bail and his wife, Amanda Miller, 22, held on $500 cash bail, according to the Lowell Sun.  Police believe the couple broke into a Tewksbury home and that Jonathan Miller escaped from a police cruiser only to be captured a short time later. Cremens, during the court hearing, also revoked Jonathan Miller's bail on a seperate case in Lawrence District Court involving a charge of being present where heroin in kept, according to the Sun. Amanda Miller also has a seperate case with the same charge, the Sun wrote. According…

Tewksbury Man Captures Waltham Man Who Escaped Police [VIDEO]

Waltham man suspected in at least two burglaries had escaped from police cruiser.

A Waltham couple is scheduled to be arraigned in Lowell District Court Tuesday morning on a multitude of charges in connection with a house break on Shawsheen Street in Tewksbury on Monday morning. The arrests of Jonathan D. Miller, 29, and Amanda A. Miller, 22, both of 49 Derby St., Apt. 1, Waltham, came after a bizarre series of events that included a Tewksbury Police officer happening upon a car chase on Shawsheen Street and one of the suspects later escaping from a Tewksbury Police cruiser, only to be captured later by Compass Lane resident and former Board of Selectman candidate Robert Marcin. Tewksbury Police Chief Timothy Sheehan called the arrests and the subsequent recapture of Jonathan Miller a team effort between the Police …

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