Public safety report: Idling car stolen and involved in serious car crash

A car that was stolen while the owner was warming the engine was involved in a serious crash on Main Street.

On Jan. 28 at 9:24 p.m., police responded to a crash on Main Street. A car that was stopped on Main Street waiting to make a left onto Stow Street was struck by a moving car. The impact caused the moving car to flip over, trapping the driver inside. 

An Eversource worker and people on the street worked together to remove the car’s windshield in an effort to extract the driver. Responding officers, assisted by the Eversource worker, successfully removed the trapped woman from the car. 

Both drivers involved in the crash were transported to a local hospital, and both vehicles were towed.

Upon further investigation, police discovered that the overturned vehicle was stolen, allegedly by the woman driving it. The vehicle’s owner told police that she had started the car to warm up the engine and went back inside her house for approximately 10 minutes. The car was stolen during that time. 

Police arrested Pierce Osgood, 29, a homeless woman from Concord, N.H., and charged her with receiving a stolen motor vehicle, unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, marked lanes violation and furnishing false identification to the police.

A summary of additional police and fire activity from Jan. 21 to Jan. 27 is as follows:

On Jan. 21 at 9:17 p.m., police responded to Valley View Road where the reporting party had encountered a female with a shaved head and a black eye who reportedly said, “I’m trying to get help, I know this is a bad hour.” Police were unable to locate the woman.

On Jan. 22 at 10:29 a.m., police responded to a stolen license plate report on Oakley Lane. The reporting party said he had moved away from Massachusetts in 2022 and left his vehicle at his former residence. Recently, he began receiving toll bills from MassDOT and therefore believed his plates were stolen. His license plate number was flagged as a stolen plate due to this concern.

On Jan. 23 at 8:26 p.m., police responded to a Main Street business where the reporting party stated that an air compressor was missing. The business is under construction and while checking on the property, the owner noticed that one of the doors was unlocked and could not locate the key to that door. Investigation of this larceny is ongoing.

On Jan. 24 at 12:10 p.m., police and fire responded to reports of a possible building collapse at the Meadow Green Nursing Home at 45 Woburn St. Upon arrival, responding crews determined there was a broken hot water pipe that was damaging ceiling tiles. Firefighters shut off water and electricity to the area, and the building maintenance department handled repairs.

On Jan. 24 at around 9 p.m., police observed two men walk toward each other and perform a hand-to-hand exchange in the parking lot of Gordon’s Liquors on Main Street. Officers reportedly recognized one of the men as a known drug distributor and identified the other man as 28-year-old Cole Stanley of Waltham. While officers were attempting to investigate, Stanley screamed at the officers, asking “Are you done causing problems in these streets? Are you done murdering people?” Additionally, Stanley raised his fist at officers. Due to this outburst, Stanley was arrested for disorderly conduct and obstruction of justice.

On Jan. 25 police responded to reports of a suspicious man at an Ellison Park residence. The reporting party observed a strange man walking backward toward the reporting party’s front door, ringing the doorbell and then getting into a van with a ladder on the roof and driving away. Police were unable to locate the vehicle or the man in the area.

On Jan. 27 at 2:08 p.m., police responded to reports of a homeless woman going door to door asking for money on Cross Street. Officers located the woman and advised her to stop. This event is connected to a string of similar calls to police last week.

On Jan. 27 at 4:07 p.m., police responded to a report of a suspicious incident on Cushing Street. Upon arrival, officers spoke to a woman who stated that a man in a silver Honda had driven past her with his genitals exposed as he engaged in lewd conduct. Police were able to locate the vehicle and spoke to the man inside, identified as 29-year-old Malachi Scott of Dorchester. Police arrested Scott for open and gross lewdness.

All information was obtained from spokespeople with the Waltham Police and Fire departments, the publicly available police blotter and police reports available at Waltham District Court.