Police Log: Watervale Road Home Search Leads to Arrest on Gun Charges

A Watervale Road man was arrested early Wednesday morning on gun charges after police conducted a search of his home, according to the police log.

Just before 6 a.m., police executed a search warrant at Joseph Chase's 109 Watervale Road home and subsequently arrested him on charges of possession of a firearm without a firearm identification card and improperly storing a firearm.

A police SWAT team was present in the North Medford neighborhood early Wednesday morning, according to Inside Medford (See Photos).

Here's a look at some of the events from the police log (Charges are alleged, not an indication of guilt. Events, locations and times are recorded as they appear in the Medford Police Department's public journal):

Monday, March 5

• 11:07 a.m., vandalism, 847 Fellway
• 11:50 a.m., larceny, 289 Elm St.

Tuesday, March 6

• 12:19 p.m., recovered motor vehicle, Foster Court
• ARREST: 3:08 p.m., 25 Brooks Park Info: Jonathan Mercer, 22, 25 Brooks Park, outstanding warrant
• 4:04 p.m., larceny, 307 Winthrop St.
• 4:24 p.m., shoplifting, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway (Kohls)
• 4:50 p.m., breaking and entering, 100 Lawrence St.
• 4:54 p.m., assault, 277 Middlesex Ave. (Randy's Car Wash)

Wednesday, March 7

• 5:54 a.m., search warrant executed, 109 Watervale Road
• ARREST: 5:54 a.m., 109 Watervale Road Info: Joseph Chase, 39, 109 Watervale Road, possession of a firearm without an FID card, improperly storing a firearm
  
• 10:14 a.m., vandalism, 25 Brooks Park
• 10:44 a.m., larceny, 255 Mystic Ave. (Harvard St. Garage)
• 10:49 a.m., shoplifting, 55 Riverside Ave. (CVS)
• 12:15 p.m., armed robbery, 501 High St.
• 2:23 p.m., larceny, 186 Harvard St.
• ARREST: 4:27 p.m., 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway Info: Christopher Cross, 20, distributing a class D drug, conspiracy to violate drug law
• 7:44 p.m., fight, Riverside Avenue
• 8:59 p.m., breaking and entering, 276 Main St.

Thursday, March 8

• 7:38 a.m., breaking and entering, 22 Harvard St.
• 11:02 a.m., vandalism, 3002 Mystic Valley Parkway (McGlynn School)
• 2:12 p.m., shoplifting, 218 Salem St.
• 5:33 p.m., shoplifting, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway (Kohls)
• 6:04 p.m., larceny, 141 Middlesex Ave.
• ARREST: 6:23 p.m., 31 Central Ave. Info: Frederick MacNeill, 51, 31 Central Ave., assault and battery, outstanding warrants