Police Log: Three Arrests in Winchester this Past Week

Monday, August 30, 2:18 a.m. – Police arrived at the Town Pantry along Main Street where they met with a woman who had called the Winchester PD. She informed them that around midnight her boyfriend, Junior Grandoit, physically assaulted her. She said that he physically assaulted her in their home after getting into a fight and then told her to drive him back to his home in Somerville.

As the two were in the car, Grandoit supposedly slapped and punched his girlfriend numerous times. She told police that Grandoit was driving the car recklessly, hitting a traffic island and a pole along Main Street. When the car turned onto Mystic Valley Parkway, the woman told police that Grandoit said he did not care what happened to him and he would hit her if she didn't keep quiet.

She began to look for her cell phone to dial 9-1-1, but Grandoit pulled the car off, grabbed her cell phone and threw it to the ground. They continued the drive into Somerville where they drove to his apartment.

The Somerville police arrested Grandoit and he was charged with malicious destruction of property, wanton destruction of property, intimidating a witness, operating to endanger and domestic assault and battery.

10:33 a.m. – Police arrived at Swan Road where a house alarm was going off. In the back of the house two screens were left on the side of the house and a window was opened. The police entered the house but saw nothing missing. When he returned home, the homeowner informed police that the window was closed when he left.

Tuesday, August 31, 6:13 a.m. ­– Police were called to Eaton Street where an unlocked motor vehicle was broken into. A pair of kids' $10 headphones and $2 in change was taken.

7:33 a.m. – When police arrived at Webster Street that someone broke into his car last night. Taken from the unlocked motor vehicle were two GPS units.

11:41 a.m. – While the Winchester officer was driving along Swanton Street he noticed a person he believed was Inaldo Nevarez. Nevarez had a warrant for his arrest from Somerville district court. The officer pulled the car over and arrested Nevarez for a default warrant issued by the Somerville courts for failure to pay court costs.

11:54 a.m. – Stephanie Fox continues to write bad checks in Winchester. She did it again last week, this time for the amount of $195.13. This is the third incident regarding Fox, whose account was closed last year.

A criminal summons was issued for Fox for forgery and uttering and larceny for under $250.

12:10 p.m. – Winchester police were patrolling South Border Road when they noticed a suspicious bike rider. When she passed the houses she would slow down to look around at the houses and the cars. The officer pulled Lisa Prosper aside to ask her some basic questions.

After being initially cooperative, the officer decided she was lying about some of her information – date of birth, social security number, middle initial. After the officer was able to decipher the truth, the Winchester PD informed the officer on the scene that there were warrants out for Prosper.

She was arrested for felony, larceny of over $250 and a misdemeanor, four counts of assault and battery and one count of assault.

11:10 p.m. – The Winchester police received a call from the Woburn Police Department informing them that they had found a Volkswagen Jetta. The Jetta was reported stolen last week. The car was found on Prospect Street in Woburn and had no noticeable damage.

11:34 p.m. –  Winchester police were called to the hospital for a reported assault. A Reading fireman informed police that he went to the home of an elderly man who was complaining of cramps. The son did not like the way the officer was treating his father. He said that the firefighter kept rolling his eyes when his father informed him of his ailments. The son also said that the firefighter told his father he was just using the Reading FD as a taxi service.

According to the fireman, he said that as soon as he entered the house, the son did not like how he was treating his father and made rude and insulting comments. The insulting comments apparently continued into the hospital and, according to the Reading fireman, after wheeling his father into the emergency room, the son got extremely mad and pushed the firefighter. The two then exchanged words and the son grabbed the firefighter's arm pulled him closer and put him in a headlock. The two wrestled around until security broke it up.