Crime & Safety
Gas Station Brawl Leads to Assault Charges
The following information was supplied by the Tewksbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Dispatch received a call for a fight at Super Petroleum on Main Street on Friday, May 24, at 10:17 a.m.
Police received a second call from one of the parties involved and they said the other party took off a vehicle.
Officers located and arrested David A. Avery, 49, of 34 Lanaka Road. Avery was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and two counts each of assault and battery and assault with a dangerous weapon.
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Woman Faces Sixth Shoplifting Charge
Wal-Mart loss prevention reported a woman in custody for shoplifting on Thursday, May 23, at 6:45 p.m.
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Shirley M. Tanner, 49, was arrested and charged with shoplifting by concealing, sixth offense.
Additional Incidents:
On Thursday, May 23, at 4:09 p.m. multiple callers reported a motor vehicle accident on South Street at Salem Road. Edivaldo Alcantara, 39, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and charged with unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
On Friday, May 24, at 11:20 a.m. a car was sent to North Billerica Road to speak with a caller about an unwanted party after the person reported that a man was threatening her. Police arrested Alice O’Connell, 82, and charged her with domestic assault and battery and threatening to commit a crime.
On Friday, May 24, at 6:23 p.m. police received a call from Motel 6 reporting that someone broke into a vehicle overnight.
On Friday, May 24, at 6:30 p.m. a 911 caller on Leicester Street reported that his house was broken into, and that he knows the suspect.
On Friday, May 24, at 10:23 p.m. officers arrived at Motel 6 to serve a warrant. Charissa Pickering, 40, of 133 Liberty Street, Lowell, was arrested on three outstanding warrants for larceny and charged with being a fugitive from justice on a court warrant.
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