Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Victim was kidnapped at Motel 6 on Dec. 26.
Tewksbury Police have apprehended a second suspect in connection with a carjacking/kidnapping that took place on the day after Christmas. Tayla Spencer, 18, of 16 Fowler St, Dorchester, is charged with Kidnapping, Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Armed Robbery, Carjacking and Conspiracy. According to Police Chief Timothy Sheehan, Spencer was arrested on Jan. 21 in Boston after the Tewksbury Police Department obtained an arrest warrant for her. The arrest was made with the assistance from the Boston Police Department. The arrest is in connection with an incident that took place on Dec. 26. Officers responded to the Motel 6 for a report of a person being kidnapped and forced into their vehicle. The victim told police he escaped in …
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Friday, January 4, 2013
Victim escaped in Lowell, suspect arrested in Roxbury.
A 23-year-old man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly carjacking a man at knifepoint in the parking lot of Motel 6. Jeffrey Venter of Boston, no know address, was arrested in Roxbury on Jan. 1 with the help of the Boston Police Department. Tewksbury Police had obtained an arrest warrant on Ventner, charging him with Kidnapping, Armed Assault with Intent to Murder, Carjacking, Armed Robbery, Assault with a Dangerous Weapon and Assault and Battery. According to Tewksbury Police, the incident began on Dec. 26, when officers responded to the Motel 6, 95 Main St., after receiving a report about a man being kidnapped and forced into a vehicle by another man. The victim reportedly escaped the vehicle in Lowell and managed to call …
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Thursday, December 27, 2012
The following information was supplied by the Tewksbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A motel room a the Motel 6 on Route 38 was being investigated as a possible crime scene after a man claimed he had been kidnapped and held there. On Wednesday, around 9:30 a.m., Lowell Police called their Tewksbury counterparts to report they had a man who claimed he had been kidnapped from Dorchester, held for a time in a room at the Motel 6 and later carjacked in Lowell. Tewksbury Police_ took the claim seriously, bringing in a CSI unit to scour the motel room. The victim was brought back to Tewksbury Police Headquarters and a report was filed. The investigation is ongoing. Officers find evidence of homeless encampment On Wednesday, Dec. 26, Tewksbury Police received a call from an employee of B&M Railroad, reporting something suspicious…
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Thursday, September 13, 2012
Police are able to track down the owner of the tan Ford Taurus who told a 10-year-old he was looking for a lost dog.
Tewksbury Police investigators successfully tracked down the driver of a tan Ford Taurus who approached a 10-year-old girl Friday evening claiming to be looking for a lost dog. The incident took place near Green Street and the girl and her father reported it to police on Saturday. According to Police Chief Timothy Sheehan, the investigation revealed that the man was, in fact, looking for a dog that was owned by a relative and had been last seen in the Silver Lake area. The case has now been closed, said Sheehan. According to information in the Tewksbury Police log, the incident took place between 6:30 and 7 p.m. on Sept. 7. According to the original police log entry, the girl told police that the man approached her in his vehicle, said he …
Saturday, June 9, 2012
Anthony McNeil has been found alive and unharmed.
The biological sister of Anthony McNeil has been arrested in connection with the Tewksbury teen's disappearance this week. Elenie M. Vazquez, 22, of 82 Brick Kiln Road, Apt. 203, Chelmsford, has been charged with misleading a police officer during an investigation and with custodial kidnapping. Anthony, 14, was reported missing by his father, Dennis McNeil, Thursday, June 7, at around 8:30 p.m. Anthony had called his father at work that afternoon and told him he was walking to the Livingston Street fields and that he could be picked up at 5:30 p.m. Dennis McNeil made several trips to the fields between 5:30 and 8:30 without being able to locate Anthony before finally calling the police. On Friday, police released a photo and a description …
Thursday, February 9, 2012
Suspect arrested arraigned on attempted murder, kidnapping charges.
A Woburn man was held on $50,000 bail last night after being arrested and charged with attempted murder. Thomas Ponte, 41, of 75 Elm St., was arrested and charged with attempted murder, armed kidnapping with serious bodily injury, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (three counts), intimidation of a witness, larceny under $250 and malicious destruction of property over $250. The victim in the case is a Tewksbury woman, whom Ponte allegedly kidnapped and and assaulted over two days. In Woburn District Court Wednesday afternoon, Ponte was represented by a public defender, but loudly remarked that he would be "hiring my own lawyer." While listening to the charges, Ponte appeared shocked and shook his head. While leaving the courtroom…
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
The following information was supplied by the Tewksbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
A pair of Tewksbury teens are facing multiple felony charges after allegedly forcing their way into a Catamount Road home an assaulting one of the residents with a hammer and a metal crowbar. Alex Smith, 18, of 91 Germano Drive, and Ray Tremlett, 18, of 3 Tomahawk Drive, were arrested Friday (Oct. 28) and charged with armed home invasion, kidnapping, assault & battery with a dangerous weapon, and assault with intent to rob. According to Tewksbury Police records, the incident began Friday morning, just before 2 a.m., when Dispatch received a call from a resident on Catamount Road. The man said that two men had knocked on his door and then forced their way into the house. According to the man, the intruders wore ski masks and attacked his 21…
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The following information was supplied by the Tewksbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction."
A Lowell man is facing multiple felony charges after allegedly holding a woman against her will and assaulting her in a Tewksbury motel. Cory Convey, 25, of 82 Walker St., was arrested at 5 a.m. Tuesday at Motel 6 and was charged with assault and battery, kidnapping, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct and intimidating a witness. According to the police report, the incident began when a clerk from Motel 6 called, saying he had received a call from Room 218. According to the clerk, it sounded like a female was calling for help, but that a hand or something else was covering her mouth, muffling her voice. Officers responded to the scene and found Convey and the alleged victim. According to the police report, officers had to subdue Convey is…
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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Victim beaten, $20,000 stolen in Motel 6 Incident
Three men are in custody facing multiple felony charges, after a brutal armed robbery/home invasion on Thursday. Brandon Dorrington 24 of 45 Bowler St., Lynn, Jared Dorrington, 18, of 9 Sterling Place, Chelmsford and Brady Yanosick, 18, of 4 Riverhurst Road Apt. 235, Billerica, were arrested Saturday at their residences by detectives from the Tewksbury Criminal Bureau, according to Chief Timothy Sheehan. "My detectives worked round the clock to bring these perpetrators to justice," said Sheehan. "I am very proud of their commitment to their community and the law enforcement profession. This is a true testament to the dedication and work ethic of my personnel." The arrests stem from an incident that took place Thursday at Motel 6. Police …
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Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Man charged after domestic dispute.
A Billerica man is facing attempted murder, kidnapping, breaking and entering and assault charges after he allegedly tried to strangle his girlfriend in their apartment Tuesday. On Tuesday at 9:21 p.m., the Tewksbury Police Department responded to a Pike Street apartment for a report of a domestic assault in progress. Police located the victim hiding in another apartment. Officers observed what appeared to be red strangulation marks on the victim’s neck and that her face was red and swollen, police said. Police arrested Ronald Raymond, 23, 8 Hugh's Lane, Billerica, and charged him with attempted murder by strangulation, kidnapping, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery, and breaking and entering nighttime with …
sandra
8:18 pm on Wednesday, January 30, 2013
No, not a class thing at all. But you put a run down cheap hotel in town, its not going to attract the best people.I wouldn't stay at any of those two places even if you paid me. And Cecil, last I recall freedom of speech allows me to say what's on my mind. And no this town isn't perfect, clearly that's why were going back and forth right now. You know as well as I know those 2 places are just … more ›