Crime & Safety
Man Arrested After Lying About Name to Officer
The following reports were provided by the Wellesley Police Department. Charges where mentioned do not indicate a conviction.
On Saturday, Aug. 3, Officer Kevin Brooks was conducting traffic enforcement at the Wellesley Fire Department headquarters on Route 9 when he witnessed a vehicle drive by without a front license plate.
Brooks checked the number from the rear license plate and determined that the registration had been revoked due to a lack of insurance.
After stopping the vehicle Brooks spoke to the driver who handed over the registration of the vehicle but said he did not have his license on him.
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Dennis Nicholas Walch, 31, of 1 Sherwood St., Dedham, was placed under arrest. While taking an inventory of the vehicle a second officer found two small baggies with what was determined to be cocaine in them.
Walch denied that the drugs belonged to him.
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While being booked at the station Walch admitted that he had provided a false name to the officer that stopped him.
Walch was charged with possession of a class B substance, operating with a suspended license, providing a false name to police and a license plate violation.
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