Belmont Police Log, Sept. 15-20: Break-in on Elm Street, bicyclst struck, garden theft 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. 

Tuesday, Sept. 15

10:57 a.m.: A Belmont woman reported fraud. She said she was contacted by a real estate agent in Watertown. She is a building contractor and he wanted to tell her about a potential property for sale in Belmont. The real estate agent said he received a call from someone claiming to be the owner of a home for sale in Belmont. When they went to see the property, they met the real homeowner who said the property is not for sale and someone must have been posing as him. The woman provided the phone number for the call she received from the man who said he was selling the property. The area code is for Tampa, Florida. When the officer called, the man who answered the phone immediately hung up with the officer identified himself. 

Wednesday, Sept. 16

11:20 a.m.: A Belmont resident said he was scammed out of $12,000 from his bank account. His wife was trying to renew their New York Times subscription and someone posing as an employee of the company asked for access to their bank account to renew the subscription. The suspect stole $14,000 in total but he was able to get $2,000 back. The money was transferred to a JP Morgan bank account, but he has no other account information. He is in contact with his bank about the situation.

12:30 p.m.: A Belmont resident reported a compromised email involving the loss of airline miles. The victim said on July 1, his email was compromised when he opened a link that turned out to be part of a phishing scam. He was able to regain control of all his passwords and accounts besides one. The one account that was compromised was his American Airlines AAdvantage account. He was locked out due to the email address being changed. Once he was able to get back in, his 49,000 reward miles were gone. He contacted American Airlines AAdvantage and opened a claim with them. They requested he file a police report in order for them to further investigate. 

2:25 p.m.: A disturbance between two motorists at Butler Elementary School. A vehicle drove down White Street from the area of Beech Street at a high rate of speed and used profane language, then proceeded on Lexington Street towards Watertown at a high rate of speed. A Belmont resident was parked on White Street, loading her grandchildren into the car when the vehicle came down the hill at a high rate of speed. She motioned the driver to slow down and the operator parked illegally in the designated school bus drop off and pick up area in front of the school. He got out and made eye contact with the woman and shouted a profanity, then went inside the school. She finished loading her grandchildren and drove next to the other vehicle and took a picture of the license plate. As she was doing so, he came out of the main entrance to the Butler School with his son and shouted, “Go ahead, take a picture of my license plate. Call the police. I don’t care.” She got back into her car and began to pull out towards Sycamore Street. He deliberately pulled out in front of her, cutting her off and shouted a profanity at her as he began to head down Sycamore Street towards Watertown. The officer attempted to reach the operator of the vehicle, but was unsuccessful. A voicemail was left for him to call the police back. The school secretary at the Butler School confirmed the identity of the man who was picking up his son. She said he was upset because he is divorced from his son's mother and forgot it was his day to pick up his son. She also said she and another teacher advised the boy’s mother of the situation. The officer attempted to reach the boy’s mother but was unsuccessful and left her a voice message to call back. 

6:43 p.m.: A Belmont woman said she was notified at 3:30 a.m. this morning that her checking account had negative $349 in it. She was shocked to see this as she had seen approximately $10,000 in the account recently. She checked her online bank account and observed a pending charge for $9,500. She observed an electronic check of hers, which she immediately knew was fraudulent, written out for $9,500 to a person named Haziz Kone. She said she did not know anyone by that name. She recently put a check into the USPS mailbox near her home. She called the bank and spoke to the check fraud team . They were able to cancel the pending transaction and put a freeze on her account. No money was lost.

Thursday, Sept. 17

9:21 a.m.: A Kilburn Road resident reported property damage. A Waste Management garbage truck came down Clover Street the day before at 10:36 a.m. and got stuck making a turn at the corner of Kilburn Road. He watched the video from Kilburn Road showing the truck get stuck on the rocks on the front of his yard and then overturn a large rock and rip up the lawn and sprinkler system. He said that a male got out of the truck, looked at the damage, then drove away. Public Works said the driver filed a report with his company and Waste Management just called Public Works to see about getting the home owner’s information. The homeowners information was provided to PUblic Works. A copy of the video footage will also be provided.

12:53 p.m.: A motor vehicle accident on Concord Avenue near the Underwood Pool. The operator of the vehicle said he was traveling on Concord Avenue towards Belmont Center. Without warning he was side-swiped on his passenger side by an unknown white SUV. After the accident, the white SUV made a U-turn onto Concord Avenue and sped away. He was unable to get the license plate photo. He declined medical attention. There was damage to the tire well and front door of the passenger side. The other operator was located on Bow Road. She said she panicked when she side-swiped the other vehicle and attempted to drive to Belmont High School where she is a student. She lost control of the vehicle at the intersection of Concord AVenue and Myrtle Street striking a town tree on Myrtle Street at Concord Avenue. There was damage to the front end of the vehicle. She declined medical attention. She was unlicensed and only had a learner’s permit. She was issued a citation for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, leaving the scene of an accident and marked lanes violation. The tree warden was notified of the damage to the town tree. There was a passenger in the student’s vehicle who was also a BHS student. . The officer informed the principal and school secretary who both said they would have the school nurse evaluate the student who was the passenger. The officer also contacted the passenger's mother to advise her of the situation. 

7:43 p.m.: An Uber driver drove off with the property of a woman on Bright Road. She was driven from Dartmouth Street in Boston to her home in Belmont. Upon arriving, she exited the Uber and asked the driver if he could open the trunk. He replied that he could, but then drove off with the property remaining in the vehicle. She yelled and made several attempts to get the driver’s attention as he drove off but was unable to stop him. The officer attempted to make contact with the driver but was unable to find a working phone number. She was unsure if he intentionally drove off with the property or made a mistake. The items left in the Uber included a MacBook Pro she estimated to be valued at $1,300, along with a few hundred dollars’ worth of miscellaneous gold jewelry in her suitcase, makeup, a hairdryer and clothes. She filed a claim with Uber immediately and Uber reported a claim was initiated. She was advised to continue to communicate with Uber and advise the police of any updates. 

Friday, Sept. 18

1a.m.: A male party who said he was a driver for Lyft, picked up a male in Belmont and dropped him off at an address in Somerville. After he dropped him off, he noticed damage to his right side mirror. He remembered glass breaking during the ride and believes his passenger may have thrown a glass bottle out the window, hitting his right side mirror. There is no further information available on the passenger on the Lyft app after the ride ended. He was advised to contact Lyft. 

11:33 a.m.: A Beech Street resident reported an unidentified woman taking items from his garden on several occasions. She was wearing a white baseball cap and black backpack, taking what he suspects are chives from his garden. He has video footage showing this person taking something from the garden. The first incident happened in June, then in August and most recently on Sept. 15. It usually happens between 5:30 and 6:30 a.m. They are uncomfortable with the incidents, which is why they decided to report it. They do not know who the woman is. He said he would email the video footage at his earliest convenience.

4:05 p.m.: A Belmont store reported shoplifting. The employee said a male came into the store who he believed stole some dog treats. He is described as a black male, approximately mid to late teens to early 20s, wearing a gray sweatshirt, black pants and white and blue sneakers and wearing a black backpack. Security camera footage shows the male entering the store and walking around a few aisles before stopping and grabbing two tubes of Cod Skins, valued at $17.99 each. He continued to look around the store before slowly crouching down and removing his backpack. There was a display shelf of items partially blocking the camera view of the male once he crouched down. He appeared to be rummaging around with the backpack, but it is unclear what he was doing as the view is partially blocked. He stands up carrying the two tubes of treats and walks to the back of the store, poaching and looking at the employee behind the counter at the front of the store. He then walks down the hallway where the bathroom is located. The hallway does not have a camera covering that area of the store. The employee went to look for the male to see if he needed assistance. He was unable to locate him and realized he was in the bathroom. He noticed a bag of dog treats on the floor where the male was crouched down with the backpack. He picked them up when the male emerged from the bathroom and questioned him if he needed assistance. He said he bought them at Pet Smart in Fresh Pond, Cambridge. He did not observe the price tag from his store on the bag and gave the bag of treats back to the male. He left the store without purchasing anything. The security footage shows the male walk into the bathroom holding the two tubes of treats and emerge without them in his hands. The treats were not in the bathroom. There were three on the shelf earlier in the day and now there was only one. The store is going out of business at the end of the month and he is not concerned about the missing items because everything is being sold at a significant discount. He was upset by the theft and wanted to report it. 

6:25 p.m.: An Elm Street resident reported a break-in. They left their house at 2:30 p.m. and returned at 4:30 p.m. Both the front and side door were locked when they returned. There was a small amount of dirt on the floor in the dining room and living room. At 6 p.m., they observed one of the screen panels on the screened in porch was damaged. Another small amount of dirt was observed on the stairs leading to the second floor. Upon checking their bedroom, one of the homeowners observed a gold coiled necklace she kept on top of the dresser was missing. She had just worn it the week before and always kept it on the same perfume bottle on top of the dresser.  The top drawer of her dresser was slightly ajar and she never keeps it slightly ajar. When she opened it, several small purses she kept tucked neatly to the side were moved on top of her clothes. She never keeps them like that. Nothing was stored in the bags and nothing else appeared to be missing from the drawer including a small stack of $1 bills. The necklace was 25 years old and purchased in South Africa. She believes the value was approximately $1,500. 

Saturday, Sept. 19

9:20 a.m.: A bicyclist collided with a motor vehicle on Concord Avenue. The bicyclist was complaining of neck pain so the officer began rendering aid and holding his head in C-Spine position. The cyclist was incoherent and unable to provide basic information. The operator of the motor vehicle said she was traveling westbound on upper Concord Avenue at the bend when the bicyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed and appeared to lose control, crossing the double yellow line into her lane of travel and collided with the side of her vehicle causing moderate damage to the driver’s side. A witness said the bicyclist was traveling at a high rate of speed and lost control, crossing into the opposite lane of travel and colliding with the vehicle. Belmont Fire and Rescue transported the male bicyclist to Mass General Hospital. The bicycle was brought back to the station for safe keeping. 

Sunday, Sept. 20

10:25 a.m.: A noise complaint about a church. Officers arrived on the scene and activated the decibel meter. Readings were in the 54-55 range as the officer approached the property. The caller asked the officer to stand in the backyard near the property line as that is where the noise was the loudest. The readings on the meter ranged from 57-63. Lt. Daley was notified by email per the roll call directive. 

Belmont Police responded to eight mental health calls Sept. 14-20, 2026.