Belmont Police log, June 12-25: Chenery Upper Elementary parent issued a No Trespass Order after incident with principal and more

The following are excerpts from the Belmont Police log as made available by the Belmont Police Department. The log is public and available for review. All persons are presumed innocent until found guilty in a court of law. 

Friday, June 12

8:44 p.m.: A fire on White Street was investigated. The homeowner extinguished the fire at a grill and propane tank using a chemical fire extinguisher. The fire department finished extinguishing it and cooled the propane tank as re-ignition occurred.The grill was a Weber Genesis recently purchased at Home Depot. There was an audible leak from the back of the valve at the relief point on the tank and a heavy smell of gas detecting additives. The homeowner said he was lighting the grill he purchased last Friday for the first time. It was delivered assembled. After he lit the grill, he saw the woosh of gas lighting all three burner units and closed the lid. Several minutes later, flames shot out of the front of the grill and he grabbed the extinguishers from inside his house and directed them at the flame. He was unsure when or where he got the propane tank. It was determined the likely origin of the fire was the tip of the tank. The leak from the relief valve suggests a failure at the valve which was not detected by the owner until he closed the lid when the gas would have built in the cabinet. This ignited the gas at the tank level, which is when the visible flames shot out of the front of the grill, likely from the top of the cabinet placed on alignment.

Saturday, June 13

2 p.m.: A Belmont resident received a call from 803-563-4463 from an unknown male claiming to be a representative from the fraud department at Citizens Bank. He had an Indian accent and said his name was Andrew. Andrew told the woman fraudsters were currently attempting to make transactions on her Citizens Bank Account and that his department flagged the activity taking place in Las Vegas. He said the account was frozen and she would have to take immediate action by accessing her account to thwart potential theft. After accessing her account, Andrew told her the best way to secure her account was to transfer money into various digital payment services, specifically Venmo, Cash App and Chime. He was convincing and knew the last four digits of an old debit card. She was assured her money would ultimately be transferred back into her account. She attempted to transfer the money from her Citizens account into Venmo, but fortunately this transaction was denied. She was then advised to download both Cash App and Chime, which she did. The process was repeated after she received a fraudulent text from Shakira regarding the Chime App. A $500 transfer was attempted but after reviewing the transaction it does not appear it was successful. She believes this ordeal was fraudulent and blocked “Shakira” and deleted both Cash App and Chime. She contacted Citizens Ban to report the incident and was informed it was an apparent scam. She cancelled her current debit card and placed a fraud alert on her account. The Belmont Police ran a check on the phone number and it was inactive.

Sunday, June 14

10:08 p.m.: Star Market reported an upset customer. She attempted to check out with her items and was informed the store was closed and they would not check her out. She was shopping in the store prior to closing and no employee told her they would be closing and she did not hear any overhead announcement. She has had numerous issues with employees who she believes are racist and do not like her because she returned ground beef that was improperly refrozen by the store. The staff member checked her out. Once she was outside and loading her car. The employee said she has created numerous issues with employees and is known to most of them. She continually parks in the fire lane and accuses employees of harassing her when they tell her not to. Tonight, one of his employees got into an argument with her. During the argument, she threatened the employee, “if you keep acting like this, one day you’ll get your head cut off.” He will be reviewing issuing a Notice of Trespass with store leadership. 

Friday, June 19

10:01 a.m.: A Dalton Road resident reported a stolen motor vehicle license plate. Someone deliberately unscrewed and removed her Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles issued license plate located on the front o f her vehicle. The rear licence plate with up-to-date registration sticker was left untouched. She has no idea why the front plate was removed. Over the past week, she has driven to two locations, Orange Theory on Trapelo Road and Whole Foods Market at Alewife Brooke Parkway. 

12:54 p.m.: Suspicious packages on Oakley Road. There were two cardboard boxes. One was opened and the other was still taped shut. Both boxes were weathered and appeared old. The closed box had “explosives” printed on it. The homeowner said she became concerned about the packages so she called the police. She also learned two boxes were delivered to her home in Wellfleet that were not meant for her or her husband. The packages were delivered one month ago and are still sitting outside the Wellfleet home. Their house cleaner moved each box inside the house and notified her the boxes were inside. The packages were retrieved on June 14. One of the boxes was opened between Sunday and Wednesday. The contents of the opened box were primers, not ammunition. The second box had a package of muzzle loaders. The items were not dangerous and useless without a firearm. The contents of both packages were removed and taken into custody.

Saturday, June 20

7:30 a.m.: A Clifton Road resident reported a dog bite. She is a dog walker for residents on the street. She just returned when one of the two dogs was bitten in the neck by a dog running out of  a yard. She described the dog as a black shepherd type. She did not see bleeding on her dog, a brown lab mix, and believes the skin was not pierced. She described and pointed to the house the dog ran out of. Belmont police spoke to the home owner who acknowledged her dog ran out of the yard and bit another dog. She explained her nine-month-old dog was just trying to protect and is still in training.

3 p.m.: A Dean Street resident reported a stolen license plate. He was returning to his car in the Star Market parking lot and noticed his front plate missing. He believes it was taken while it was parked in his driveway overnight. He could not recall exactly when he last saw the plate but believes he would have noticed it missing soon after it was taken.

7:55 p.m.: A collision on Oxford Avenue between a gray Ford pickup truck and a parked car. A resident on the street observed a man get out of the truck and pour out what he believed to be alcohol. A woman arrived on the scene after the accident. She said she was driving northbound on Oxford Avenue when she collided with the parked vehicle. Belmont Police explained to the man in the car that a witness saw him exit the driver’s seat after the crash. He denied he was driving. His eyes were glassy and bloodshot and there was a strong odor of alcohol. He said he had only had two White Claw seltzers at 7:30 p.m. He agreed to a field sobriety test. Before starting the test, officers conducted a horizontal gaze nystagmus test. He said he wasn’t wearing contacts. He was not able to follow a pen with his eyes. There was nystagmus at maximum deviation in both eyes. A walk and turn test was also conducted. At the sixth step, he began to lose balance and stepped off to the left with his left foot. After pivoting and taking another nine steps, he was not walking heel to toe and lost balance multiple times. The woman eventually admitted he was operating the vehicle. He agreed to do a portable breathalyzer test. He blew a .203% BAC. He was arrested for operating under the influence. During a vehicle inventory, an opened White Claw seltzer was found in the center console cupholder as well as an empty White Claw can on the floor of the passenger side. There was an opened case of White Claw seltzers and Michelob Ultra beer in the backseat. There were two additional empty White Claw cans in the bed of the truck. He was charged with OUI liquor, second offence and license suspended for OUI. He also has an open DUI case against him in Rhode Island.
 

Monday, June 22

8:02 p.m.: Officers responded to a motor vehicle break-in in progress in the area of Holden Road and Slade Street. A white male, 5-feet-2-inches with black hair and a blue hoodie was observed inside a car. He was last seen walking Northbound on Slade Street towards Upland Road and may have ducked into another person’s driveway up the road. Officers were unable to find someone matching the description. A resident on Holden Road said a man was inside her car and when confronted he was said he was trying to get out of the rain. Her sister-in-law took a video of the male. Officers were able to identify him. He had a history of breaking and entering into vehicles in Belmont and was recently released from Billerica House of Corrections in March. On Nov. 2, 2025, he was arrested for breaking into a motor vehicle in Belmont. He was also recently summoned by an officer for attempting to commit a crime. Officers were unable to locate him. The K9 was also unable to locate him. A video of the woman’s husband confronting the man was shown. A criminal complaint for breaking and entering a vehicle/boat at nighttime for felony will be issued. 

Tuesday, June 23

7:43 a.m.: The secretary of the principal at Chenery Upper Elementary School reported an incident that happened in the parking lot between the principal and a parent of a student. The principal was visibly shaken up. She said she was driving to work and got to the intersection of Oakley Road and Washington Street. She stopped at the stop sign and proceeded to take a left hand turn from Washington Street onto Oakley Road. As she was making the turn, children were at the crosswalk so she stopped to let them go. While she was waiting for the children to cross, the vehicle behind her honked the horn. After the children crossed, she continued traveling on Oakley Road and took a right turn into the Chenery parking lot. The vehicle traveling behind her pulled into the parking lot. She knew the operator wasn’t a staff member and the vehicle shouldn’t be parking in the lot. She stopped her vehicle near the cafeteria and got out of the car to approach the car behind her. As she was approaching the vehicle, the vehicle started to pull out and drive. It made contact with her, but then stopped once she put her arms out to defend herself. She exchanged words with the operator that she was not allowed to drop off inside the lot as it is meant for buses and staff members only. She returned to her vehicle and there was no further incident. She provided the license plate. She felt the vehicle drove purposely towards her. Officers pulled camera footage and observed the woman dropping off her daughter and continuing to drive. As the principal walked to the car, the woman started to drive. It appears she was trying to go around the principal’s vehicle. It appears when the principal put her hands out, the woman’s mirror made contact with her hand. It does  not appear there was intent by the woman to purposely drive at the principal. The officer left the woman a voicemail explaining the reason for the call and asking if she could explain the incident from her point of view. She said she did honk at the principal because she felt she waited too long for the kids to get to the crosswalk and thought there was enough time to go before the kids got to the crosswalk. She pulled into the parking lot even though she knew she was not supposed to. Her daughter missed the bus and wanted to get there on time. She was also running behind schedule and that’s why she used the lot. She said she saw the principal coming towards her but didn’t want to talk. She knew she was going to tell her she couldn't be in the parking lot. She started to drive but the principal approached her vehicle, which prevented her from going anywhere. They exchanged words, but after that there was no further issue and she left the parking lot. She said when the principal put her hands out, she hit her mirror. She said there was no damage to the vehicle. The police officer informed the superintendent and principal about the conversation with the parent. The principal said she was going to the hospital because her wrist was swollen and she wanted to get it looked at. She also wanted to seek charges. The video was shared with the police department’s prosecutor who does not believe there was any intent to pursue charges. The school department will be issuing a No Trespass Order.

3:13 p.m.: A Belmont woman said she was a victim of a scam. She provided her social security number to a man who was posing as an employee of Microsoft. She works for a business in Cambridge that recently closed for good. She received an email stating there was an outstanding balance of $600 for an item purchased and they would credit her $500 to clear up the discrepancy. She received confirmation in an email but it was for a $5,000 credit. The male party claiming to be a Microsoft employee notified her they wanted payment for $5,000 to rectify the mix-up and she could do that with gift cards. She phoned the number provided to her and spoke to a man who obtained her social security number. She then realized the incident was false. She reported the incident to her bank and they advised her to stop all her credit and debit cards. She deleted all the correspondence. Her bank advised her the steps to follow to report her Social Security number compromised. 

Thursday, June 25

7:15 p.m.: A Belmont resident reported he parked his car in the parking lot of Dunkin Donuts on Trapelo Road at 10:45 a.m. this morning. A vehicle baked into his car causing damage and left without stopping. He provided the license plate but there were negative results for a vehicle with that registration. He believes it was driven by an elderly white woman. The accident caused a deep scratch on the driver side rear bumper. Officers requested video surveillance footage from two cameras in the parking lot of the business. The manager will provide.

Belmont Police responded to seven mental health and eight domestic calls June 12-25, 2026.