Freetown man accused of deliberately dropping screws on roadway for weeks, infuriating drivers and city employees

A Freetown man is being accused of deliberately dispersing screws alongside well-traveled sections of South Essential Avenue within the city’s Assonet Village for the previous few weeks.

“Because of this, automobiles touring alongside this part have sustained broken tires and [the] city’s freeway division has spent a substantial amount of time eradicating screws from the roadway,” Freetown police famous in a launch.

Peter Vasconcellos, 56, who resides inside a piece of the roadway the place the screws have been positioned, was arrested Tuesday round 4:45 p.m. and charged with operation of a automobile after license revoked, operation of a automobile with revoked registration, and uninsured operation.

As police have been taking stock of his automotive, they allegedly discovered screws within the driver’s door compartment and an open field of screws behind the middle console, which they are saying match the kind of screws recovered from the roadway.

Charles Macomber, Freetown’s freeway surveyor, instructed WPRI-TV that city employees have needed to decide up at the least 100 screws in that space on daily basis for the previous few weeks.

“The final three weeks, seven days per week, we’ve got been plagued with screws,” Macomber instructed the tv station. “I’ve acquired a five-gallon bucket on the store that’s most likely half full.”

Every week, roughly 50 tires with screws in them have proven up at PJ’s Tire in Assonet, Jamie Levasseur, who works on the store, instructed WBZ-TV, including, “Individuals are mad.”

An investigation stays ongoing. Police are asking anybody whose automobile tires sustained injury whereas driving alongside this path to contact detectives at 508-763-4017.