Public Safety Report: Jewish Family & Children’s Service receive ‘bizarre and offensive’ emails

A series of emails received by Jewish Family & Children’s Service in Waltham garnered police attention this week.

On May 14 at 1:58 p.m., police responded to the organization’s offices at 1430 Main St. According to the police report, the organization had received “bizarre and offensive” emails talking about various political topics. None of the emails had to do with religion. 

Police were able to contact the sender of the emails, who said he felt the emails were a good way to protest current political events in the world. While it isn’t illegal to send these emails, JFCS wanted to make police aware of the activity because of the nature of their content.

Additional recent police and fire activity

On May 14 at 1:22 p.m., police responded to Barbara Road, where a caller reported that six rose bushes were missing from the caller’s property. Police investigated upon arrival but did not find any recently disturbed ground that would indicate the bushes were stolen.

On May 14 at 7:16 p.m., police responded to Garden Circle, where a car and electric scooter had made contact. The car was pulling out of a parking lot and struck the electric scooter and its operator. The scooter operator was taken to a local hospital with injuries that were not considered life threatening.

On May 16 at 6:55 a.m., police responded to reports of a suspicious incident at Wilson’s Diner on Main Street. A caller reported seeing a person carrying several backpacks put one on the ground and beat it with a stick. Officers located and spoke to the backpack owner, who said the bag was beaten to drive off a bee that wouldn’t fly away.

On May 16 at 9:27 p.m., police responded to the intersection of Crescent and Moody streets. According to the police report, a car had been turning onto Moody Street when a cyclist came up on one side of the car, attempting to beat the vehicle across the intersection. The car ended up making contact with the cyclist. Upon investigation, the cyclist was found to be at fault. The cyclist was taken to a local hospital for injuries sustained in the collision.

On May 17 at 4:55 p.m., police responded to the intersection of Dale and Lexington streets, where a car had reportedly made contact with a motorcycle. According to the police report, the motorcycle had turned out of the Domino’s parking lot onto the street and was rear-ended by a car that had the right-of-way. The motorcycle operator sustained scratches to both arms. Officers investigated but were unable to determine who was at fault.

On May 18 at 4:34 a.m., fire crews responded to reports of a fire at 50 Christopher Road. Upon arrival, crews discovered a pile of clothes and paper towel debris under a plugged-in curling iron had ignited. The fire was extinguished with a water can, and the building was ventilated. There were no injuries.

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.