Belmont Police Log, Feb. 5-23: Trespasser at library, car fire, bus speeding, threatening voicemail, road rage, drunk driver arrested during storm

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.

Thursday, Feb. 5

6:55 a.m.: Belmont Police responded to an active car fire at Hynes Collision Center on Flett Road. A red 2025 Toyota Corolla had flames in the trunk. The fire was extinguished and shortly after, Belmont Fire arrived and took over. The owner of Hynes Collision Center said an employee notified him of the fire in the trunk of the vehicle. An investigation by Belmont Fire found multiple fireworks in the trunk that caused the car to catch fire.

9:10 a.m.: A parking clerk reported almost being struck by an MBTA Bus while she was acting as a school crossing guard at the intersection of Concord Avenue and Underwood Street while she was attempting to guide and shield a young female student crossing the street. She believes the MBTA Bus was traveling at a speed greater than reasonable as she was escorting the student across the street. She shielded the student to avoid her from possibly being struck. She shouted and yelled in the direction of the MBTA bus while raising her arms to get the bus operator’s attention. The bus operator eventually applied his brakes coming to a stop just inside the white strip lines of the crosswalk. If the bus continued without stopping, she would have been struck by the right corner bumper and right-side mirror. She attempted to have a conversation with the bus operator who was initially hostile, closing his side window and continuing down Concord Avenue. As she was completing her assignment, the bus operator stopped again, and this time opened his driver’s side window expressing a sincere apology for his initial confrontational attitude. She wanted to document the potential safety concern involving pedestrian foot traffic at the crosswalk location where motorists appear to be speeding above the townwide speed limit of 25 miles per hour. Also, at this time of day, there is a solar glare at this particular section of Concord Avenue that can affect vehicle operators, and the road is a long straight away where motorists tend to increase their speeds.

Friday, Feb. 6

8:01 a.m.: The owner of Hair Now on Belmont Street reported a threatening voicemail. The day before a woman was walking her dog on the sidewalk and it went to the bathroom near the front door of the business. He spoke to the woman about it. She then followed him into the barber shop and proceeded to yell and curse at him. He believes she lives nearby. He placed a sign outside his business asking dog owners to not let the dogs go to the bathroom in front of the businesses. This morning, he found the sign ripped up at his doorstep. The voicemail from a man who told him to stop being such a “prick” to dog owners or “I’ll stop in for more than a haircut.” The Belmont Police officer called the man. He was apologetic and said he regretted leaving the message. He said he saw a post online that he was yelling at dog owners and got upset. He never intended to confront him and continuously apologized. He said he would call the shop owner and apologize for the voicemail.

3:43 p.m.: M & T Bank reported a suspicious person who attempted to cash a fraudulent check made out to himself for $2,491.60. He left his Massachusetts identification card at the scene and the check he attempted to cash. He appeared to be in a rush and said he was heading outside to smoke a cigarette. She observed him exit and go toward Belmont Center. The bank teller said he appeared to be nervous. She asked him if he was a customer of the bank and he said he was not. He told him he had to verify the check since he was not a customer. The check was an M & T bank check. He confirmed the check was fraudulent. The man will be summoned for forgery of a check and uttering a false check.

Saturday, Feb. 7

2:33 p.m.: A car crashed into a fire hydrant on School Street. The operator said he lost control because of the snow and crashed into the sidewalk, hitting the hydrant. He said his back hurt. Belmont Fire evaluated him and he declined treatment. The vehicle had extensive damage to the passenger side, including a large hole in the front passenger door. There appeared to be no damage to the fire hydrant.

Monday, Feb. 9

1:45 p.m.: Check fraud reported. A woman mailed a check in the mailbox in front of Star Market on Trapelo Road on Jan. 17, 2026, for $1,168.28. While reviewing his bank statement, her husband discovered the check was washed and made payable to someone else in the amount of $7,571.21, which was withdrawn from their account. He contacted Citizens Bank and the account will be closed.

Wednesday, Feb. 11

12:04 p.m.: An iPhone with a butterfly case was brought to the station. A man found it at Town Field.

6:03 p.m.: A man was found lying face down on the stoop of the apartment building at 229 Belmont St. A Belmont Police officer attempted to make contact with him and noticed a case of Heineken beer by his side. He slowly rolled over and attempted to sit up. The officer asked his name and where he lived. He did not answer. He asked if he was drinking today and he replied yes. He asked how much he drank and he responded, “enough.” A clinician arrived on the scene to assist and asked the man if he wanted to go to the hospital and he said yes. He was transported to the hospital due to intoxication.

Thursday, Feb. 12

9:29 p.m.: Road rage incident reported at Pleasant Street near Brighton Street involving an operator of a white Toyota Corolla brandishing a firearm towards another driver operating a black Chevy Silverado. Officers searched the area with negative results. The victim said he was following Waze and wasn’t exactly sure where he was. He observed the white Toyota in front of him. The car was traveling at a very slow rate of speed. He wasn’t sure what was going on but observed the operator flailing his arms and eventually coming to a full stop on Frontage Road 10 feet before the traffic light at Pleasant Street. As a result of the driver’s actions, he thought the driver was going to get out of his car and confront him. He decided to move his vehicle around the white Toyota and when he began to do that the Corolla sped up and attempted to prevent him from doing so. He slowed his vehicle and was slightly behind the Toyota. He then observed the white male lean forward as if reaching under his driver seat, then lean far to the right with his right hand on the passenger headrest. He observed the operator look and turn to the left as if he was looking to see where he was. Then his left arm outstretched and his left hand turned horizontally pointing towards a closed driver’s side window. He believes he was holding a black handgun. He was not sure if he saw the barrel of a gun, but it looked like it was. He eventually passed the Toyota and turned onto Simmons Avenue where he stopped to call the police. The Toyota turned onto Brighton Street heading toward Cambridge. Belmont Communications broadcasted the incident to surrounding cities and towns and was contacted by the Concord Police Department who provided them with similar incidents they responded to involving a man who works at Arsenal Yards in Watertown. Belmont Police spoke to the man who admitted being involved in a road rage incident while driving from him home in Concord to work. He said he was being tail gaited while exiting off of Route 2 on Frontage Road to Pleasant Street. He observed what he thought was an operator flailing their arms and yelling. His windows were rolled up, and he did not interact with the operator. When asked about the firearm, he denied doing so, stating he did not own one and perhaps it was mistaken for his black sunglass case. Officers confirmed he does not have an active license to carry. He gave officers consent to search his vehicle. A firearm was not located inside his vehicle. Due to this incident and previous incidents, a hearing for a request for Immediate Threat License Suspension/Revocation will be requested and a criminal complaint for disturbing the peace is being sought.

1:03 p.m.: A Belmont woman reported credit card fraud. She was purchasing a children’s brook from a We Chat group on QQ, a Chinese texting/calling app. An individual who she believes was part of the business instructed her to use the app Alipay to pay a phone bill as a “test” to make sure the transaction would go through. The individual told her she would be refunded. He then requested her credit card information to proceed with the refund. There was another request for a test transaction. She was told she would be refunded. Then she received an alert from Discover requesting her approval for a $10,000 transaction. The bookseller said it was a mistake and they were having trouble issuing the refund. The next day she found three transactions on her account that she didn’t make totaling $11,480.43. All her messages and calls on the QQ app have been deleted, and she no longer has access to them. She was advised to report the incident to the credit bureaus.

Saturday, Feb. 14

1:58 p.m.: A Claflin Street resident reported a check washed in the amount of $7,800. The check number was 1708, but he is still in possession of that check number and nothing has been written on it. His bank was able to reverse the withdrawal and give him back the money. He is worried someone has his identity. He rarely writes checks. He went inside the post office branch on Concord Avenue to mail the check for National Grid. The other check was for his taxes to the town of Belmont, which he brough inside Town Hall and handed to an employee. He is unsure how someone was able to create a check of his with his routing numbers and account number. He was advised to run a credit check through one of the major bureaus and see there are any other accounts in his name that he does not recognize. His account is frozen.

Wednesday, Feb. 18

6:52 p.m.: A Goden Street resident reported an individual throwing a Twisted Tea can out of their vehicle onto her property on Feb. 10 and Feb. 17. There is video surveillance footage on Feb. 10 at 9:45 p.m. showing the vehicle drive past her property with the headlights shut off and then a Twisted Tea can is thrown out of the vehicle onto her property. There is footage on Feb. 17^th at 9:48 p.m. showing the same thing.

Friday, Feb. 20

9:30 a.m.: The Belmont Public Library reported violation of a No Trespass Order. At 1:15 p.m. on Feb. 19, an individual with an active No Trespass Order at the Belmont Public Library deliberately violated it. He was served the No Trespass Order on April 26, 2019, and had not been seen at the library until Feb. 19, 2026. He went into the children’s room and asked for directions to a program happening at Morrissey Hall at 1:15 p.m. Library staff realized who she was and alerted the director. She repeatedly attempted to enter the program, insisting children love her and she would not do anything wrong, she would not bite any children or hurt anyone. The director approached her and heard her saying she was a victim of anti-straight discrimination and what was written in the No Trespass letter was not true. She accused the staff of talking about her. They told her to back away from the conversation. The staff told her multiple times she could not enter the children’s room or attend the program, and she kept replying she would not bite anyone. The director held up a copy of the No Trespass letter to her in front of his staff, and she kept saying it was all lies. He told her to either leave quietly or he would call the police. She refused so he took out his mobile phone and stepped outside the main entrance. She followed him and attempted to listen. She asked him to hang up the phone, and he said he would only do so if she left immediately. She became visibly agitated and left the library. She will be charged with trespassing.

Saturday, Feb. 21

3:26 p.m.: A Creeley Road resident reported suspicious activity. At 2:15 p.m. her husband was playing with their daughter in the fenced in yard. He heard the chain link fence gate open and observed an individual walk onto their property. The individual was about six feet tall, approximately 35-40 years old, wearing a black ski mask and orange vest. He was unable to make out the ethnicity of the individual. He asked him what he was doing and he said he was a neighbor before walking away through the yard out onto Flett Road. They have never seen the individual before and were concerned about his behavior.

Monday, Feb. 23

4:21 p.m.: A vehicle was observed partially on the sidewalk at 2 Leonard St. with a male operator appearing to be sleeping with his head slumped over the wheel. An empty can of Heineken and empty 200 ml bottle of Johnnie Walker Black were seen directly next to the driver’s side door in a pile of undisturbed snow. He told Captain Donahue the empty bottles outside the vehicle were not his. A strong odor of alcohol was emanating from the vehicle and the man’s breath. He appeared to just be waking up and seemed confused about how he got there. His speech was slurred and he had bloodshot, glassy eyes. Officers asked how many drinks he had today and he responded, “about seven.” He was instructed to exit his vehicle and was unsteady on his feet. Due to the snowstorm and blizzard conditions, a conducting a standardized field sobriety test on the roadway was unsafe. He was transported to the station to conduct tests. The vehicle was towed. After conducting the tests at the station, the man was arrested. Closed and empty cans of Heineken and a Johnny Walker Black bottle, approximately ¼ full were found inside the man’s vehicle. He was charged with alcohol in motor vehicle, possession of open container and operating under the influence.

Belmont Police responded to 12 mental health and seven domestic calls between Feb. 3 and Feb. 23.