The Saugus Review

Man who filed for unemployment but was actually working all the while was charged with 22 counts of fraud and larceny over $250.

Gustavo Pina, 29, applied for unemployment benefits from the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development’s Division of Unemployment Assistance in June 2007 and began receiving benefits from August 2007 through January 2008.

For each week that Pina would collect unemployment benefits, authorities allege that he notifies the EOLWDDUA that he was not working every time he would collect benefits, but in truth, Pina was able to work and has always been available for work for which he earned$24,000 from.

From 2007 to 2008 Pina has managed to while collecting a total of $13,200 of fraudulent unemployment benefits, EOLWDDUA later found out.

A Suffolk County grand jury returned indictments against Pina on March 18 and he is scheduled to be arraigned on April 6 in Suffolk Superior Court.

Richard Carter of Saugus, MA was one of many Northshore residents who received a phone call from strangers claiming that their family members are held hostage and would be hurt and killed if they were not wired $1000 ransom. Carter contacted the Saugus Police department who found that his family members were safe.

Several such calls were made to different Northshore residents in the span of 24 hours.

The police were able to trace the calls to Puerto Rico.  Police Detective Lt. Ronald Giorgetti warn residents to be alert for such scam phone calls and to “call your local police department and let them investigate if it’s extortion.”

The case that was filed against WWE superstar Randy Orton on February 20, 2010 did not go through as the case was dropped by the court the following day. The courts stated that there was ‘no probable cause’ to lay charges and that there was insufficient material for the ‘spitting case’ to move forward.

This whole case started on January 12, 2010 when a 15-year old boy reported to the police that the wrestler assaulted the boy in the parking lot when he asked Orton for an autograph. According to the teenager, Orton spat gum on his face and called him names. The mother saw the incident happen and tried to confront Orton who reportedly replied ‘So sue me’.

Two individuals smashed the drive-thru window of a Dunkin Donut store along 86 Broadway on Valentine’s Day. Luckily two policemen who were on patrol nearby noticed the suspicious activity.

Anthony Dedominicis and Frank Joseph Faiella were arrested after they stole money from the Dunkin Donuts store they broke into. Dedominicis was charged with intention to commit a felony, nighttime breaking and entering, larceny from a building, malicious destruction of property, possession of a burglarious instrument, and conspiracy for nighttime breaking and entering; while Faiella was charged with intention to commit a felony nighttime breaking and entering, larceny from a building and conspiracy for nighttime breaking and entering.

The suspects were booked and arraigned at Lynn District Court on Feb.16, Tuesday.

Police observe that various crimes have been occurring in the past few months but have taken necessary measures to counter this.  Despite the fact that they have limited manpower these days Police Lt. Leonard Campanello lauds his officers for a job well done.

Police Lt. Campanello also said police patrols have been reinforced in several areas in order to prevent crime.

Last Sunday it was known that, Citizen’s Bank at 400 Lynn Fells Parkway was robbed by a woman who came in the bank at around 1:00 pm that day as an employee contacted the police after.

The woman, identified to look Hispanic or Middle Eastern, passed a note around that said “Do not do anything” and that someone was in the parking lot with a hostage and that the person had a gun.

The woman also reportedly told the teller that she was just being forced to do this.

As of now nothing is known of the woman or who was behind this yet, but the woman was identified as being Hispanic or Middle Eastern-looking, approximately 50 years old. She was also reported to be between 5-feet-1 to 5-feet-3 tall, with brown hair color and was said to be wearing black sunglasses, a red scarf, and a black winter coat with black gloves.

Wresting star Randy Orton allegedly spat gum at a teenager’s face and swore at him in the parking lot of Kowloon Restaurant last Friday night, January 8.

The incident was reported on January 12 to the Saugus Police Department by a 15-year-old boy claiming that Orton assaulted him. The wrestler had allegedly reacted angrily to the boy’s request for a photo, spitting gum at the boy and using a derogatory name at him.

The boy’s mother and another young man witnessed the incident, confirming the complainant’s allegations.

A hearing request has been filed by police for simple assault and battery. It will be determined by the clerk magistrate whether the report warrants a criminal complaint.

A masked man walked into Burger King at 1449 Broadway the night of January 11, robbed the place, and then forced the restaurant employees into the walk-in freezer.

The man, who was later identified as suspect John Rosenthal, came in with a knife at about 8 PM and ordered everyone to get down to the floor. He demanded money from the employees, then herded them all into the freezer before taking an undisclosed amount of money from the cash register. The restaurant didn’t have customers at the time.

Rosenthal was arrested the next morning (Tuesday, January 12) after a witness alerted the police. This incident is still under investigation.