Police Log
Monday, 3/6
Joshua LaPage, 33, 1193 Saratoga, East Boston, was arrested for shoplifting.
Tuesday, 3/7
Carl Estrella, 44, 15 Congress Ave., Chelsea, was arrested on warrants.
Wednesday, 3/8
Rigoberto Ramirez, 38, 23 Eleanor St., Chelsea, was arrested on warrants.
Erica Salvati, 35, 11 Dean St., Everett, was arrested on a warrant.
Thursday, 3/9
Lamont Boswell, 31, 850 Broad St., E. Weymouth, MA was arrested for distribution of Class B drug, conspiracy to violate drug law.
Jose Rivera, 31, 855 Broadway, Chelsea, was arrested for possessing Class B drug, conspiracy to violate drug law.
Francis Stephenson, 57, 147 Summit Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for trespassing.
Friday, 3/10
Mercedes Orellana-Portillo, 34, 33 Chelsea St., East Boston, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor, marked lanes violation, reckless operation of motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle unlicensed.
Ramon Pagan, 55, 444 Harrison Ave., Boston, was arrested for trespassing drinking/possessing open alcoholic beverage in public.
Saturday, 3/11
Edwin Ibanez, 28, 589 Broadway, Chelsea, was arrested for larceny from person.
Mario Urrutia, 42, 62 Cook Ave., Chelsea, was arrested for operating under the influence of luqior.
Sunday, 3/12
Osman Barilla, 31, 23 Guam Rd., Chelsea, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor, unlicensed operation of motor vehicle, reckless operation of motor vehicle, leaving scene of property damage.
Charolin Rodriguez, 33, 67 Marlborough St., Chelsea, was arrested for disorderly conduct.
POLICE Briefs By Seth Daniel and Paul Koolloian
DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENT
On March 12, at 4:48 a.m., Officers were advised that a hit and run had just taken place outside of 166 Spencer Ave. Officers were further advised that the reporting party was following the suspect. Officers were able to locate the suspect’s motor vehicle on Guam Road. Officers made contact with the male operator, who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. After further investigation, subject was placed into custody.
Osman Barilla, 31, of 23 Guam Rd., was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, unlicensed operation, reckless operation, and leaving the scene of property damage.
BELLINGHAM SQUARE ARRESTS
Chelsea Police conducting surveillance in the Square as part of an ongoing effort to reduce drug dealing there arrested two men on Thursday, March 9.
Around 1 p.m., detectives made observations and developed probable cause to place both subjects under arrest for illegal possession and distribution of drugs.
Lamont Boswell, 31, of East Weymouth, was charged with distribution of a Class B drug (subsequent offense) and conspiracy.
Jose Rivera, 31, 855 Broadway, was charged with possession of a Class B drug and conspiracy.
EVERETT MAN INDICTED
An Everett man has been indicted for motor vehicle homicide in the hit-and-run crash that killed Marco Salguero-Cruz in Chelsea last year.
A Suffolk County grand jury last week returned indictments charging Jose Daniel Arevalo, 34, with motor vehicle homicide while operating under the influence of alcohol and leaving the scene of an accident causing death. The indictments stem from the June 4, 2016, crash that claimed Salguero-Cruz’s life. Arevalo has been held in lieu of bail since his arrest in Texas on Dec. 2. A date for his Superior Court arraignment has not yet been scheduled.
According to prosecutors, Salguero-Cruz was struck by a silver Toyota Camry on the night of June 4, 2016, in the area of Washington Street in Chelsea. He died of his injuries at Massachusetts General Hospital, and the operator of the car fled the scene.
During the course of an investigation, Chelsea Police detectives and State Police detectives assigned to Conley’s office recovered video from multiple cameras capturing the vehicle involved in the crash occurred. Previously-deleted footage from a private security camera was recovered and enhanced with the assistance of Conley’s Forensic Multimedia Lab and the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Digital Evidence Lab, revealing clear images of the driver allegedly involved in the fatal hit-and-run.
The images were released to the media and the public in November, and a person familiar with Arevalo contacted investigators after recognizing him in the images. Investigators were also able to independently identify Arevalo through witness statements, social media, and Registry of Motor Vehicles records, prosecutors said.
Prosecutors said that Arevalo fled to El Salvador two days after the crash but later returned to the United States. He was taken into custody in Texas on Dec. 2 and returned to Massachusetts for arraignment in Chelsea District Court on Dec. 12.
ARRESTED FOR DRUNK DRIVING
On March 11, at 7:25 p.m., officers were dispatched to 26 Gerrish Ave. for a report of a vehicle that had collided with another vehicle, which was parked and unoccupied. Upon arrival, officers located the male operator who appeared to be under the influence of alcohol. After further investigation, subject was placed custody into custody for OUI.
Mario Urrutia, 42, of 62 Cook Ave., was charged with operating under the influence of alcohol.