Monday, May 21, 2012
No one injured in Albert Avenue fire that started in the kitchen.
Belmont Fire Department personnel made quick work of a kitchen fire at 67 Albert Avenue about 10:30 a.m. Sunday morning. The fire, which is believed to have been ignited by grease, caused extensive damage to the one-and-a-half story ranch-style home. The handicapped occupant was able to escape from the house without injury, but the home health aide was treated by Armstrong EMS at the scene for smoke inhalation. She refused transport to the hospital. Stay tuned to Belmont Patch for details as they become available.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Scary alarm May 6 – Just before 11 a.m., Engine 2, Rescue 1 and a command car were sent for a possible medical emergency involving natural gas leaking in a house on Dalton Road. The arriving companies quickly performed a check of the basement, first floor and second floor using a pair of the department's gas detection equipment which displayed normal readings on each level. The smoke detectors – which prompted the call – are hard-wired throughout the structure and the residential CO detectors were audibly indicating no carbon monoxide in the building. Separate battery-operated CO detectors were not sounding and indicated a normal environment. The incident was determined to be a carbon monoxide alarm that had gone off for no reason. …
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Belmont Fire Deptartment Headquarters
299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wet roadway contributes to two vehicle mishap at 7:50 a.m.
Wet roads contributed to a two-vehicle accident between a car and a motorcycle at approximately 7:50 a.m. on Common Street, snarling morning rush hour traffic in and out of Belmont Center. A motorcyclist was taken on a back brace by Watertown Fire Rescue to an area hospital after the man was initially treated by Belmont Fire crews who responded to a call from Belmont Police. The accident victim appeared conscious and communicating with Fire Department personnel. The driver of the car, which was stopped directly across from the motorcycle in the outbound lane, did not appeared injured. Initial reports suggest that the heavy early morning rain caused either visibility or handling problems that led to the high-powered cycle spilling onto the …
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39 Common St, Belmont, MA
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Reports supplied by the Belmont Police Department does not indicate a conviction.
Remote control fraud May 4 – A little before 2 p.m., a Broad Street resident called the police to say that a caller attempted to have her provide information about her computer account that would have allowed him to have remote access to her personal computer. She hung up on the man. Not that kind of party May 4 – It was Friday night just after 8 p.m., when a call came into the station from a resident who said it appeared that a good number of teens were partying in a Bay State Road residency. When an officer arrived at the house, a teenage girl answered the door. Apparently, she had some friends over while her mom was away on an out-of-state trip. When the officer asked what sort of party was going on, the teen said it wasn't the …
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Belmont Police Department
460 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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Tuesday, May 8, 2012
The incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
Before the rains came April 30 – Just before 1 p.m., Engine 2 was sent to Blanchard Road and Concord Avenue for a small brush-and-grass fire. It was extinguished by the personnel at the scene. Scenario 1: Someone locks themselves out of their house ... May 3 – At 4:05 p.m., the fire crew from Engine 2 was sent to a Concord Avenue address after a nanny locked herself out of a second floor apartment. Not only were her keys inside the unit, so was the one-year-old baby girl she was taking of. Firefighters placed a ladder outside the second-story living room window and saw that the child did not appear injured or in any danger. Rather then knock in a door or smash a window, the fire crew decided to wait the 10 minutes for the landlord to …
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Belmont Fire Deptartment Headquarters
299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
The Belmont Police report the man robbed the Star K gas station and fled on foot with an undetermined amount of money.
The Belmont Police Department and Massachusetts State Police are investigating a robbery at the Star K gas station this evening, Sunday May 6. According to Belmont Police, a white man, of average height and build and wearing a black hoodie and sweat pants, entered the station at about 6 p.m. this evening and attempted to get behind the counter. A female clerk resisted the man's attempt to get to the register and the man pulled a handgun and fired a single shot, police said. The clerk was not injured but she was taken to a local hospital for evaluation. Police say the man grabbed an undetermined amount of money before fleeing on foot. Belmont Police officers are currently investigating the scene and searching for the suspect. The …
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Star K
368 Pleasant St, Belmont, MA
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Thursday, May 3, 2012
The widow of James Algeri, retired Belmont firefighter killed in an accident in Florida in April, seeking to thank two women who stopped to help her shortly after the tragic event.
James Algeri was a Belmont firefighter who worked in the old Waverley Station until he retired a few years back. After hanging up the hose and helmet, Algeri and his wife, Mary, lived in the Highland Lakes community of Palm Harbor, Florida for part of the year and in Massachusetts the rest of the year. On the morning of April 18, Algeri was killed when he walked into the path of a Solar Sanitation garbage truck, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Algeri's widow is now hoping to reconnect with two women who stopped to help her shortly after the accident. Mary LaPierre, a longtime friend of the Algeri family, says two women stopped to help Mary Algeri shortly after the accident. LaPierre wrote to Palm Harbor Patch asking if it could …
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Incidents reported by the Belmont Police Department does not indicate a conviction.
Fraud prevented April 28 – The system worked! A Winn Street man said that someone attempted to open a PayPal and a Bill Me Later account under his name and address. But both companies denied "his" request because each company's fraud alert flagged the applications for the lack of their ability to identify his personal information. The resident has no idea who would do this. Nervous wreak April 29 – It was very early on a quiet Sunday morning around Belmont Police Headquarters on the corner of Concord Avenue and Pleasant Street. Then, at a quarter past three, someone informed officers that they were needed for a hit and run that just occurred. Such a request is not unusual but the location was: the Police Station's own parking lot! A green…
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Belmont Police Department
460 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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Monday, April 30, 2012
Incidents and emergencies handled by the Belmont Fire Department.
The flue is what now? April 23 – At 12:47 p.m., Engine 1, Ladder 1 and a command car were dispatched to a two-family on Gilbert Road for reports that alarms were sounding in house due to some smoke incident. On arrival, the crew from Engine 1 investigated and found that smoke was indeed inside the house. That condition usually happens when someone builds a fire and forgets to open the fireplace flue. A firefighter opened the flue and the dwelling was ventilated. Gas in Waverley April 25 – At 2:41 p.m., Engine 2 was sent to the corner of Church Street and Trapelo Road for what the fire department is calling an "ongoing issue": an outdoor gas leak. When they crews arrived, they smelled an odor of natural gas in the street and readings from …
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Belmont Fire Deptartment Headquarters
299 Trapelo Rd, Belmont, MA
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Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Incidents reported by the Belmont Police Department do not indicate a conviction.
Pill party? Nope April 20 – Just after noon, a concerned resident of Beech Street called after hearing a man and woman on the street arguing about "selling pills." Police found the pair at Beech and Trapelo, asked a few questions and let the pair go on their way. Belmont couple hurt in motorcycle accident April 20 – A Belmont couple where seriously injured after their motorcycle was hit by a Honda Accord around 6:47 p.m. at the intersection of Belmont and Common streets. Watertown Police assisted Belmont Fire Rescue and Police to assist the husband and wife after they were thrown to the pavement in the accident. The pair was taken to Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston with arm and leg injures. The driver, a Belmont resident, was no …
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Belmont Police Department
460 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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Merlyn Liberty
7:49 am on Thursday, May 3, 2012
Best Police Blotter summary I've read in a long time! I laughed. I cried. I laughed some more. Well done! more ›