friday july 13 - Southbridge Evening News

www.webstertimes.net Friday, July 13, 2012
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A day at the beach at Buffumville Lake
A couple fishermen waded into the water, waiting patiently for a bite.
Caden Marotta, 7, of Dudley, Jeselyn Rodriguez, 11, of Southbridge, and Jahdei Franceschi, 11, of Worcester, took a break from swimming
to mug for the camera.
CHARLTON — Many locals celebrated the nation’s birthday at the beach this year, spending the sunny Fourth of
July at Buffumville Lake. From grilling and lounging to fishing and swimming, the lake was the perfect spot to cool
off and rejoice.
Evanie Rodriguez, 8, of Southbridge, at work on the perfect
sand sculpture.
Oxford natives Eddienel Ortiz, 8, Ariel Ramos, 3, and Angel Santos, 10,
picnicked with their families.
A pair of kayakers take to the lake last Wednesday afternoon.
Above, A dad shows his son what he found underwater. At left, Kids had just
as much fun out of the water as they did cooling off in it on July 4.
AMANDA COLLINS PHOTOS
The beach at Buffumville Lake was packed with people taking in the sun and celebrating
the Fourth of July last week.
Suspect in Webster armed robbery still unknown
VANDALS
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as an armed robbery at 76 East
Main St., the located of One
Solution Wireless.
According to Shaw the employee
on scene reported to police that
they had been “pistol whipped
while two suspects made off with
an undisclosed amount of product
and cash.”
The employee gave police a
description of “two males,” both
“white, [and] one wearing a white
T-shirt, shorts, and having a tattoo
of three skulls on the right side of
his neck. He was about 6 foot, with
a medium build. The other had a
black T-shirt on and jeans. He was
about 5’10” with a medium build.”
The report went onto say both
suspects were reported to have
“been on foot [and] in the Park
Avenue/Second Island [Road]
area.”
As of Monday, July 9, no further
information was available from
police.
Shaw said residents who have
additional information should call
Courtesy photos
The charred remains of a Pine Ridge Country Club golf cart can be seen on the green.
Country club General Manager Ken Duquette urging residents to come forward with
any information they might have about the Thursday, July 5, vandalism to the course.
Detective Gordon Wentworth or
Officer Robert Larochelle at 508-943-
1212. He said tips may also reported
to the department at www.websterpolice.com.
ALLEGED BANK ROBBER
APPREHENDED IN MILLBURY
Half a day after the Auburn
Police Department released a photo
of an alleged bank robbery suspect,
a local resident matching the image
was brought into custody on previous
chargers.
Medway resident Todd P.
Mitchell, 35, of 120B Village St., was
brought into custody by Millbury
police and was charged with armed
robbery. According to Auburn
police Mitchell was changed with
the crime in Worcester Central
District Court on Tuesday, July 3,
by Auburn police detectives.
“The majority of the stolen currency
was recovered by Auburn
detectives,” according to Auburn
police.
According to Detective Sgt.
Jeffrey A. Lourie on Monday, July 2,
officers responded to a call at
approximately 10 a.m., from an
employee at the Bank of America
located on 376 Southbridge St.,
which reported that they had been
robbed.
“The suspect was described as a
white male wearing a faded Bruins
baseball hat, jeans and flip-flop type
footwear. The male was further
described as being approximately 6
feet tall and weighing approximately
220 pounds. The suspect was
described as having a ‘lazy eye,”
according to Lourie. “The perpetrator
handed a bank teller a note
demanding money and verbally
threatened that he had a weapon.”
Lourie went onto say that later in
the evening Auburn police had
received an anonymous tip at
approximately 8:40 p.m., “that a
man matching the description of
the Bank of America robbery suspect
was in the town of Millbury.
The Millbury Police Department
were contacted and located the
male.”
He said Mitchell was then arrested
“on an unrelated warrant.”
Lourie said he was said to be wearing
the same clothes, which were
seen in the surveillance photos.
Joy Richard may be reached at
508-909-4129 or by email at
jrichard@stonebridgepress.com.