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.
Tuesday, Oct. 13
6:50 p.m.: A pedestrian was struck outside Ravello’s Italian Kitchen on Belmont Street. A woman was crossing the street in the crosswalk from Oxford Street to Ravello’s. While in the crosswalk, at just about the middle of the road, a vehicle struck her. It made contact with the back of her left leg around her ankle. Her ankle had visible abrasions. The vehicle did not stop and continued west down Belmont Street. She thought it was a dark-colored hatchback, but she was not sure. Belmont Fire arrived on the scene and evaluated her. She received minor treatment and her husband picked her up from the scene. While on the scene, the manager of Ravello’s informed the officer his business had footage of the accident. Footage was reviewed and showed a car slow down when the woman was half way across in the crosswalk, then pull to the right to turn onto Oxford Avenue. Another vehicle goes around the vehicle and drives past the woman, making contact with her. There is another individual in the crosswalk who helped the woman to the sidewalk and left the scene prior to the police arrival. The vehicle was a dark-colored sedan, but the license plate and model could not be determined. The vehicle turned right onto Marlboro Street and did not appear to stop or slow down at all, other than when it turned onto Marlboro Street.
Wednesday, Oct. 14
11:34 p.m.: A suspicious person was reported on Belmont Street. He was a white male in a gray hoodie walking alongside a woman’s residence. She saw him on her Ring security camera. When officers arrived they found the man they thought she saw and asked him what he was doing. He said he lives on the street and was out for a walk while smoking a cigarette. The police asked him if he was on the woman’s property and he said he was not. He was just out walking and should not have to explain himself. He did not have an identification on him but provided his name and date of birth. Belmont Communications ran the information on him and advised his license was suspended and he had several charges on his criminal history, but none pertaining to breaking and entering. Belmont Communications also advised he was not actively wanted. The man was advised that he was free to go and returned to his residence on the street. He later told the officers that there was a white male in a gray hoodie on a bicycle that came through the neighborhood while he was out for a walk. He tried to make conversation with him, but he did not respond and the man continued on. Officers did a walkthrough of the reporting party’s yard and observed the basement door on the left side of her house, where the driveway is, to be ajar. The woman said the basement door can sometimes come loose but should have been shut. The side basement door on the exterior of the home is the only way to access the basement. It is not accessible from inside the residence. A walk through of the basement was conducted. The woman said everything appeared in order and nothing appeared to be missing. Her back door and upper porch was secure. The downstairs unit is currently vacant and being renovated. She showed the officer a screenshot of the man in her driveway in front of her vehicle at 11:32 p.m. The man in the screenshot was not wearing the same thing as the man officers spoke to.
Thursday, Oct. 15
8:21 a.m.: A stop sign was spraypainted blue at the intersection of Munroe and Chilton Streets. Another stop sign in the same location was also vandalized recently.
Friday, Oct. 16
12:07 p.m.: Belmont Country Club reported suspicious activity. There were two incidents involving a man and woman entering the parking lot of the country club and filming/taking pictures. The first incident occurred on Oct. 2, 2026 and the second one occurred on Oct. 15, 2026. In both incidents the couple were filming and taking photos of the clubhouse and people on the golf course. Staff members approached them both times and told them to stop trespassing. Photos of the man and woman were provided. They appear to be a middle-aged Asian couple. The photo shows their vehicle license plate registered to a man in Lexington. The Lexington Police Department was contacted but did not have a phone number of the man on file.
Monday, Oct. 19
8:45 a.m.: Bank Fraud reported by a Belmont resident. Someone took $14,999.12 out of her checking account on Oct. 9, 2026. The money was transferred to an X Money account. She did not authorize the transfer and informed her bank it was a fraudulent transaction. The bank said they would investigate the incident and she needed to file a police report. She said the money would be returned to her account once the investigation was complete.
Tuesday, Oct. 20
7:45 a.m.: A two-vehicle crash in front of Dunkin’ on Church Street. A woman parked her vehicle in front of Dunkin’ in a parking space to get her coffee. After getting her coffee, she returned to her vehicle and while in the process of pulling out of her parking space, she struck the other vehicle, a pick-up truck that was traveling in the Northbound lane on Church Street. There was visible damage to her left front corner bumper, wheel well and under carriage. She said she did not see the vehicle as she left the parking space. She admitted it was her fault and that she didn’t look. She is currently driving unlicensed because she recently moved to Massachusetts and is having trouble obtaining a state license. Her Rhode Island registry shows her license status as inactive. A CJIS query revealed her Mass. drivers’ license was suspended due to an administrative issue or non-moving violation related to an out of state ticket or event. She admitted she should not have been driving. She was issued a citation for operating after suspension of a license. The other vehicle had visible damage along the right side (large dents and scratches along the right front driver's side door all the way down to the right wheel well.The woman was picked up by a man who said he was aware she did not have a valid driver’s license. He was informed he would be receiving a citation for permitting suspended operation of a motor vehicle. Waltham auto towed the woman’s vehicle.
1:10 p.m.: A Belmont resident reported his cryptocurrency account was hacked. He purchased approximately $2,500 worth of cryptocurrency back in 2017, which is now worth $24,476.04. He uploaded the cryptocurrency to Trezor, a crypto wallet program. Today, he noticed a transaction of all the cryptocurrency to an account. He was advised to contact his bank in case other financial information was compromised.
Thursday, Oct. 22
8:02 a.m.: A Broad Street resident reported her car and her husband’s car were rummaged through. She believed it occurred overnight. Nothing was stolen from the vehicles. She did not have camera footage.She was advised to call back if she realized anything was missing from either vehicle. It is not known if the vehicles were locked.
11:22 a.m.: A Belmont resident reported his glue and green Trek mountain bike was stolen from his front porch on Falmouth Street sometime before or on Oct. 8. It was purchased in the 1990s for $500. It had a lock on but he doesn’t believe he engaged the lock.
Friday, Oct. 23
1:37 p.m.: A Bartlett Avenue resident reported a motor vehicle accident. At 11:30 a.m. this morning she was traveling eastbound on Trapelo Road at Lexington Street in the left lane. Without warning, she collided with another vehicle, parallel to her in the right lane. She did not stop and exchange information with the other operator. She returned home and told her husband what happened. There were scratches and minor damage to the front passenger side of her vehicle. She declined medical attention and her husband said they would be filing with their insurance company. Officers were able to locate a working number of the owner of the other vehicle. The officer called and spoke to the man directly at 10:30 a.m. on Oct. 26, 2026. He said that at 11:30 a.m. on Oct. 23 he was traveling eastbound on Trapelo Road at Lexington Street in the right lane. The woman’s vehicle merged from the left lane into his lane, colliding with him. He was advised the owner of the vehicle that hit him would be filing with her insurance company and he said he would file with his insurance company.
Saturday, Oct. 24
10:04 a.m.: Watertown Police reported that while walking at 5:30 am., he observed open mail scattered on the gourd on Palfrey Street in Watertown. He believes the mail was taken from multiple mailboxes along Belmont Street, including the mailbox at Belmont Street and Trapelo Road. The mail was placed into the evidence locker.
Tuesday, Oct. 27
7:20 a.m.: A hit and run on Trapelo Road. The operator of a Tesla said his vehicle was struck by a gray Jeep Compass. His Tesla is equipped with multiple cameras that documented the incident. Officers watched the video and observed a Gray Jeep Compass rear-ending the Tesla, then proceeding Eastbound on Trapelo Road. The impact was significant enough that he did not believe the operator of the Jeep would not have known they hit his vehicle. There was minor damage to the Tesla’s rear passenger side taillight, which was slightly cracked. The operator of the Tesla said he was traveling in the eastbound lane on Trapelo Road, approaching the intersection at Pleasant Street and came to an abrupt stop due to the vehicle in front of him turning into his lane. After the vehicle stopped, he was rear-ended by the Jeep. He pulled to the side of the road and theJeep did not stop and continued eastbound on Trapelo Road. A video of the incident captured by his Tesla camera was provided. A CJIS query revealed the owner of the offending vehicle. Officers made several attempts to contact him and requested the Cambridge Police to respond to his apartment but the attempt to make contact was unsuccessful.
Thursday, Oct. 29
10:32 a.m.: A missing vehicle was reported by a Trapelo Road resident. Last night she spoke to an officer about a missing vehicle she thought they found at a tow yard in Boston. She found out it was not her vehicle and wanted to report her vehicle stolen again. It was last seen parked on Trapelo Road in front of Starbucks. She moved it around 4p.m. No one else had permission to drive her vehicle. It has prior front end damage and is Boston Cab with Azniv Inc, her company on the side of the vehicle. She called Toyota of Watertown where she purchased the car and made sure she was up to date on payments and they told her she was and they had not repossessed the vehicle. She said she spoke with state police as well as Boston Police to report the vehicle stolen. It was entered into CJIS.
Belmont Police responded to six mental health and three domestic calls and there were two arrests between Oct. 13 and Oct. 29, 2026.