Petty Crimes in A Small Town: The Police Beat of Maynard, MA

Inspired by our look at the “Back Talk” section of the Lowell (MA) Sun, frequent contributor Vicious Rumors returns with a sampling of amusingly banal items from the police log of his hometown, Maynard, Massachusetts. 

My investigation of the past four months of the Maynard Beacon-Villager (which also covers neighboring Stow) did not disappoint. Below are 23 of the best entries between January 1st and the most current issue of the newspaper. I’ve found that the style of writing has changed since the days when I used to follow along in print; back then, the sentences were written more fluidly, and names of those arrested were not withheld. But now the log seems to be published in the same shorthand that it was initially recorded in, which can make for some awkward and confusing sentences. I therefore cleaned up and edited where applicable. Also, specific officers are usually referred to as “S3″ or “S12″; I just changed the S to Officer to make it clearer.

Stow – Monday, Jan. 2, 1:41 p.m. Walk-in reporting that while on his deck New Year’s Eve, he observed a red and orange disc-like object which he could not identify fly over Stow towards Maynard. He was wondering if anyone reported seeing it. Officer 3 advised.

Stow – Thursday, Jan. 5, 1:57 a.m. Caller on No Name Road states there is a group of kids outside and one of them is her son. Officer 12 checked the house and surrounding area.

Maynard – Sunday, Jan. 8, 3:38 p.m. Acton Police reports they received call regarding kids doing bong hits in a motor vehicle, heading toward Maynard. Officers checking area.

Stow - Tuesday, Jan. 10, 8:43 p.m. Caller on No Name Road reports the neighbors are spying on her. Officer 10 advised son.

Maynard – Saturday. Jan. 14, 7:01 p.m. Caller on Roosevelt Street reports four orbs circling each other in the northeast sky. Car 36 responding to speak with caller. No orbs or UFOs, just high-powered lights, maybe from MCI Concord.

Stow – Friday, Jan. 20, 9:32 a.m. Caller reporting seeing a UFO last Saturday night. She is going to call the weather service to see if they received any reports. No reports of UFO sightings to police station for that night.

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Dad Fled Through The Bathroom Window

To the storied annals of wack criminals and poor parents, let us add another fetching banner

A 48-year-old father of a teenager apparently jumped out of a first-floor window when police broke up an alleged underage drinking party last week at his home in Hudson.

After a short foot chase, police captured Tim Vinciullo in woods behind his home on Seneca Drive on Friday night in the Central Massachusetts town. He has been charged with delivering alcohol to minors.

The details are pretty laughable.

Seems Vinciullo had a weakness for hosting teen drinking soirees at his abode, even as he risked his wife’s career as a high school track coach.

Then he ran from the house like a startled bird because the cops showed up!

It’s YOUR house, idiot! They already know where you live!

Hudson High School boys’ cross-country coach Kathy Vinciullo resigned yesterday, the same day her husband and son — a captain on her team — were accused in Marlboro District Court of throwing an underage drinking party at their home Friday night.

“She resigned for personal reasons,” Superintendent of Schools Stephen Dlott said yesterday. He did not comment further on the resignation.

Brian Vinciullo, a 17-year-old senior and track athlete at Hudson High School, is now subject to Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association procedures and disciplinary action based on the high school athletics program rules and regulations. Mr. Dlott declined to say whether Brian Vinciullo has already faced discipline based on his arrest Friday night.

The high school senior and his father, Tim Vinciullo, 48, were arrested Friday night at their home at 30 Seneca Drive, where police said six teenagers were drinking.

Tim Vinciullo jumped out a rear window of his house when he saw police coming to the door, according to Hudson Police Capt. David A. Stephens.

Police on patrol Friday night as part of a state alcohol enforcement grant were in the area of Seneca Drive, they reported, when they saw a teenage boy in the driveway area of 30 Seneca Drive.

According to Capt. Stephens, police had been to the same house within a week or so, warning the homeowners about underage drinking parties there.

“It appeared another party was going on,” Capt. Stephens said. “The homeowners had just been warned.”

Three plainclothes officers went back to the home and one of them saw Tim Vinciullo leave through a window, police said.

Police caught him in a wooded area not far from the home.

You might be inclined to mock Vinciullo’s belief that he could escape from the po-po on foot.

However, this is a guy married to a track coach, with a speedy son, and he himself is no slouch – a quick Google search reveals he tallied a respectable 19:33 5k in a recent Pilgrim Road Race!

It probably seemed like a good plan when he was climbing out the window with the Man hot on his trail, except for the fact that he’s pushing 50 and they already knew where he lived.

Frankly, Tim Vinciullo’s biggest faux pas was committing this amusingly idiotic crime with so sparse a Google track record.

Other than his racing history, the dude is practically a Googlenope.

Of course, that will all change now that every newspaper in Mass. is mocking his behavior.

Meanwhile, his son’s Facebook picture looks (when magnified) like it was taken during the midst of a classic Vinciullo booze fest:

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Let’s put this in perspective.

By comparison to the criminal sleaze who plied teenage cheerleaders with booze, a stripper pole and old man kisses in Bethehem, PA, Tim Vinciullo is practically an upstanding citizen.

However, when the Hudson cops’ “party patrol” has put a bullseye on your house as the epicenter of teen drinking in town, because you can’t put a lid on the cooler when your son and his posse are around – while your wife is employed in a position of responsibility with the same teens you let run wild – and when the moment of reckoning finally comes, you flee into the night…

…you, sir, have failed Parenting 101.

The Laziest Bigamist

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Charles Clemens Jr. lived in an Overland Park, KS apartment complex with his wife of two decades.

Apparently life got a little dull or what have you, because he then wooed a second middle-aged lady and married her – without divorcing or even informing his first wife.

Clemens then stole his elderly father’s ID – since they have the same name and all – and used the old man’s social security number to obtain a second apartment in the same complex where his unwitting first wife still turned down the covers for him!

Apparently Clemens was all about living a double life, but only on the most convenient of terms.

This audacious scheme apparently worked for a few years…

Then the second wife came a knocking on the first wife’s door!

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The KANSAS CITY STAR has the startling details:

Authorities allege that a 61-year-old Overland Park man was married simultaneously to two women who lived in the same apartment complex.

Charles L. Clemens Jr. made his first court appearance Wednesday, charged with bigamy and other felonies.

The case began in November when police were called to the apartment of his first wife on a domestic dispute, authorities said. They found Clemens with both women after being called by the second wife.

“She went over to the apartment and confronted him and also found out that he is married to the other woman,” said Johnson County Sheriff’s Deputy Tom Erickson.

After a long inquiry, police arrested Clemens this week.

He was married to his first wife for 22 years, Erickson said. Court records say the second marriage occurred in January 2006. Both women are in their 50s.

Clemens also faces an identity theft charge. Erickson said he allegedly used his father’s Social Security number to lease one of the apartments near 141st Street and Metcalf Avenue.

Clemens also was charged with pawning some of his second wife’s jewelry without permission and with stealing at least $1,000 from her.

You really have to feel sorry for the first wife here. The second wife is obviously intelligent and resourceful enough to figure out this guy’s game in a few short years. Meanwhile, Bride #1 has been falling for this rat’s schemes since the 80s.

Fight Bigamy
has duly noted its case in its dishonor roll of polyamorous pricks.

Not cool, Chuck Clem. A pox on both your houses.

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