Public safety report: Porsche stolen from crossfit studio parking lot recovered in Attleboro

A Porsche Cayenne was recovered in Attleboro after being stolen from a crossfit studio parking lot in Waltham.

On Nov. 29 at 9:08 a.m., police responded to CrossFit TILT at 40 Jones Road to reports of a stolen car. The Cayenne had been taken from the parking lot while the owner was in a crossfit class. The owner had left the key fob in the car, as well as a phone which the perpetrator tossed out of the car window near the intersection of Jones Road and Main Street. The phone hitting the ground had sent a car crash alert to the police station, who responded to the area of 1396 Main St. at 8:41 a.m. but did not find anything indicating there had been an accident. An additional car in the TILT parking lot was broken into as well.

The owner of the Porsche was able to track their car to Attleboro, where local police located the car sitting unoccupied. The matter is still under investigation.

A summary of police and fire department activity from Nov. 26 to Dec. 1 is as follows:

On Nov. 26 at 4:06 p.m., police responded to Barnes Street to reports of a car that was broken into. An unknown male was sitting in the reporting party’s car and was holding loose change in his hands. When confronted by the car’s owner, the male stated that his mom had kicked him out of the house and he was homeless. The male left with the loose change. Officers were unable to locate him.

On Nov. 26 at 6:27 p.m., police responded to reports of a larceny on Grove Street. The reporting party had received a text message stating that the sender was a friend of a friend offering to sell her some clothes. The reporting party agreed to purchase the clothes, which were supposed to be dropped off at her house after she sent the seller $450 on CashApp. The reporting party sent the money and then realized that it was a scam. The matter is still under investigation.

On Nov. 27 at 12:22 a.m., police and fire responded to the Fernald property at 200 Trapelo Road. The security guard on duty reported electrical wiring tied across a road inside the property to block traffic. Police and fire secured the scene.

On Nov. 27 at 11:19 a.m., police responded to the Lazazzaro Playground. A Little Free Library box on the property had been vandalized for the second time in a matter of weeks. On this occasion, the plexiglass was broken on the front of the box. Someone had left a note saying they had observed who did the damage and provided a partial license plate. Police were unable to match the plate to a vehicle.

On Nov. 29 at 5:01 p.m., police responded to reports of a larceny on Colonial Avenue. A man using a leafblower to clear his lawn set down the leafblower briefly, and in a matter of minutes it was gone. The man saw a person walking a dog in the area prior to the leafblower disappearing, but did not recognize the person. The next day, the man spotted the dogwalker again and followed them home where the man discovered his leafblower sitting in the dogwalker’s yard. When an officer went to the dogwalker’s house to inquire about the incident, the dogwalker explained that since the man had set the leafblower between his driveway and the curb, they had thought the man was getting rid of it and brought it home. When it didn’t start, the dogwalker assumed that the man discarded the leafblower because it didn’t work anymore. The officer returned the leafblower to the original owner and no charges were filed.

On Dec. 1 at 10:19 a.m., police responded to the Dunkin Donuts at 859 Main St. where a truck belonging to the City of Waltham had rear-ended another vehicle. No injuries were reported. There was minor damage to both vehicles. The operator of the truck was cited with failing to use care as per city ordinance.

On Dec. 1 at 3:31 p.m., police responded to a residence on Bither Avenue to reports of credit card fraud. In November, the reporting party had gone to Pro-Tech Fuel at 205 Willow St. and handed a debit card to the gas pump attendant to pay for the gas the reporting party had purchased. The gas pump attendant never returned the debit card, and the reporting party did not notice right away. During the Thanksgiving holiday, the reporting party got a notification that his debit card had been used in Waltham 22 times. A total of $345 was spent fraudulently on his debit card. The matter is still under investigation.

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.