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Police Step Into Confusing Family Jewelry Argument

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The following information came from the Westford Police Department.

Sept. 9, 1:30 p.m. – An officer was summoned by Westford Academy officials after discovering that a student had just been caught returning to school grounds with an alleged half full bottle of tequila.

The student had been caught in December 2014 with a comparable offense and as part of an open case on that matter, a stipulation was set that the student not be involved in any alcohol related incidents until Feb. 2016

After hearing her rights, the student explained to the officer that she found the tequila in her older sister’s room and poured it into a water bottle. She recalled the stipulation, but said she required the tequila.

A citation was issued against the student and the alcohol was confiscated.

Sept. 11, 9:15 p.m. – Outside of Westford House of Pizza, police were required after reports of six skateboarders making noise.

An officer advised the skateboarders of the complaint and they agreed to quiet down until they could get rides, which they said would arrive momentarily.

Sept. 13, 2:06 p.m. – One resident on Russell’s Way called police after what he described as almost daily calls from an automated number.

He said he would call Comcast to block the number, but wanted the incident documented.

Sept. 17, 4:55 p.m. – An incident involving two sisters and a mother required police intervention.

The first sister said she had been getting calls from the second sister about jewelry stolen by their mother.

Police had dealt with the incident in during another call in June, but the officer dispatched to this incident found it difficult to follow the facts and details that had occurred.

When asked, the first sister could not provide a phone number for the second sister as the second sister frequently makes calls from a friend’s house.

Initially, the officer was led to believe that the jewelry had been stored at the mother’s house for safekeeping due to a ownership misunderstanding, but then the first sister accused the other two of thievery.

At this point, the officer went back to the station to read the June report in more detail. In that report, the first sister accused her son and ex-boyfriend for the theft, but as he was reading the report, the officer received a call indicating that a “stepsister” had stolen the mother’s jewelry.

Then, another daughter of an unspecified ex-husband to one of the family members called. This daughter said that she was being paid to clean one of the family member’s homes and jewelry boxes continually went missing.

This daughter didn’t want to press charges, but wanted the items returned. Although it is unclear from the report, she appeared to blame the first sister of frequently making false reports to police due to her personality.

The officer then called an unspecified member of the family to see if they had acquired the jewelry by mistake. That member of the family indicated she owned the jewelry and would bring it to the police for verification.

The officer again asked for the family member to just look and see if any jewelry she had did not belong to her.

Four days later, all the jewelry was back in the possession of its rightful owners. The jewelry was approximately $300 in value.

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