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Police: Drug deal ends in car crash at a softball field

Cops say Roslindale man had 41 grams of cocaine
By Edward B. Colby
STAFF WRITER

After a hand-to-hand drug deal and car chase that ended at the middle school softball field, a 24-year-old Roslindale man was arrested last Saturday on cocaine trafficking charges, police said. At 5:55 p.m., last Saturday, Officer Kevin Mahoney was in an unmarked car, monitoring traffic where drug activity had been recently reported. During this time, Mahoney saw a brown, older-model Nissan Maxima pass him, Nedder said. Mahoney started to follow the slow-moving Maxima later identified as a 2000 model and after running its license plate and speaking with other officers, Mahoney discovered that the owner had been involved in some other drug investigations, Nedder said. The Maxima entered the parking lot of the Dedham Hilton, where Mahoney saw an individual approach the side of the car and participate in a hand-to-hand drug deal, Nedder said. Both people left the parking lot, and Mahoney asked for marked cruisers to stop both vehicles, Nedder said. One officer pulled behind the Maxima with his blue lights flashing, and the car stopped just before leaving Allied Drive,

though the officer noticed the suspect did not take his foot off the pedal, Nedder said. When the officer put his cruiser into park, the suspect drove off, he added. In the ensuing chase, police followed the driver, later identified as John Jimenez, of 8 Kittredge St. Apt. 9 in Roslindale, as he went north on Rte. 128, then immediately exited onto Providence Highway heading into Dedham, Nedder said. Lt. Detective Francis Bielawski tried to stop the Maxima on Elm Street, but Jimenez drove up on the sidewalk to avoid his car, and tried to push Bielawskis car out of his way as he went around it, according to Nedder. The pursuit continued on East and Jefferson streets, among others, before Jimenez drove back onto a sidewalk on Whiting Avenue to avoid Bielawskis car again, Nedder said. After that maneuver at Abbott Road, Jimenez came off the sidewalk and back onto Whiting Avenue, followed by Officer John Barrett, Nedder said. Jimenez hit Barretts cruiser, then lost control of the Maxima, which jumped over the curb on the opposite side of the street and went through the fence surrounding the softball field, he said. The car came to rest in the fence and got hung up on the wall with

its wheels spinning, Nedder added. About 20 feet of the fence and 15 feet of the stone wall were damaged, according to the police log. But the chase was not over. Jimenez ran from his car, but officers quickly caught up to him, Nedder said. Jimenez resisted arrest and during the struggle, Barrett noticed that he was holding a tennis ball-sized bag of white powder in his right hand, which he threw, Nedder said. Jimenez continued to hold several smaller baggies of white powder in his hand, he added. Police found bags containing 41 grams of cocaine worth about $3200 with John Jimenez, of 8 Kittredge St. Apt. 9 in Roslindale said Lt. Robert Nedder. Besides the drug offense, Jimenez was also charged with possession of a Class B drug in a school zone, reckless driving, failure to stop for police, resisting arrest, and two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, to wit motor vehicle, Nedder said. The Roslindale man had not yet been arraigned in Dedham District Court as of 12:30 p.m. Monday, Nedder said. Dedham Transcript staff writer Edward B. Colby can be reached at 781-433-8336 or ecolby@cnc.com.

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Dedham High School graduates, Jenny Crisp, right, and Claudia Abou-Hamad, are fundraising for the upcoming Avon Walk for Breast Cancer.

Friends walk for a cure

Dedham High grads fundraising for Avon Walk for Breast Cancer
By Andrea Salisbury
STAFF WRITER

Want to give?
Online: www.avonwalk.org and search for the Two Breast Friends team Facebook: Support Jenny and Claud in the AVON WALK FOR BREAST CANCER

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Progressives eye Needham woman for Lynchs seat

I think shed do a great job. She has lots Harmony Wu supporters are of energy, shes very hoping the Needham activist intelligent and has could do what they feel Rep. Stephen Lynch, a Democrat, great values. She has failed to do: support pro- works very hard.
GATEHOUSE NEWS SERVICE

By Steven Ryan

gressive ideals. An organized group has formed to encourage Wu, who held a leadership role in the Needham for Obama group, to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. The movement began after Lynch made it clear that he would not support the national health-care bill that eventually passed. Wu has pulled papers for a potential run, and the group said it is working to receive enough signatures to put her on the ballot. But Wu, who has never held a political office aside from Town Meeting, has yet to decide if she will run. People are trying to get me to campaign, Wu said. I am considering if I want to be a candidate. There are some serious questions to related to what this means to me personally and my family. The support for a run for a U.S. Representative seat in the 9th Congressional District, which includes Needham and Lynchs residence in South Boston, stemmed from frustration with Lynchs position against the national health-care bill that went before the House earlier this week, Wu said. Ive been working for a year to get Congress to pass a good health-care bill, Wu said. Weve

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been in contact with Lynch as constituents and I met with him in his office, and it was clear he was setting himself up to vote No. Wu also felt Lynchs office failed to articulate the reason for his vote. With this feeling that were not able to get through with this Congressman on this vital issue, the idea of if hes not going to do it, someone should, developed, Wu said. People mobilized around the idea of challenging Lynch for not supporting progressive values they hold. A Facebook page entitled Draft Harmony Wu has popped up, and there was a push to collect signatures for a potential run in South Boston. As of Wednesday, she has not collected enough signatures. Whether I decide to do it myself or not, this progressive feeling, this momentum, shows there could be serious contenders for Lynch, Wu said. Im honored and stunned at the energy. Wu, who was an instructor at Emerson College and published a book on media and culture, was the campaign manager for Needham Selectman Moe Han-

del when he ran for the vacated seat last year. He feels Wu would be a viable candidate. I think shed do a great job, Handel said. She has lots of energy, shes very intelligent and has great values. She works very hard. Sarah Compton, who has worked on several campaigns, including being President Barack Obamas field director in Massachusetts, said word got out very quickly when Wu pulled papers and the Facebook page soon went up. Compton is among the people who are organizing an effort to support a potential run. Harmony is a highly respected activist in her district and across the state for her Obama work and the healthcare campaign, Compton said. (The effort) is an acknowledgement of their respect for Harmony. Compton said the Facebook group has received volumes and volumes of e-mails from people who want to help. The group has a link to donate to a potential campaign on the Facebook page. Money is coming in and people are asking how they can contribute, Compton said. Were doing anything we can to support Harmony and her decision-making process. We hope she decides to do this. Phil Dunkelbarger, an independent who ran against Lynch as a Democrat in 2006, and Keith Lepor, a Republican, have already announced their candidacies for Lynchs seat.

Jenny Crisp and Claudia Abou-Hamad will spend two days in May walking 39 miles as two breast friends. The Dedham High graduates said coming up with a team name was easy. Theyve been friends since middle school. We were trying to get other people on our team but no one was really committing, Crisp, 21, said. So we decided to just be Two Breast Friends. In their hot pink shirts, the friends will hit the streets of Boston in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer on May 15 to 16. The walk, which starts and ends at UMass-Boston, requires every participant to raise $1,800. As a team, Crisp and Abou-Hamad said they are almost halfway there. While they have until the start of the event to fundraise, Abou-Hamad said it is important they get enough cash because if we dont raise it, we cant walk. And walking is something the friends are determined to do. Crisp, a nursing major at St. Josephs College in Maine, has a personal reason for participating in the Avon Walk. Her aunt, 1977 Dedham High graduate Linda Rando-Stuart,

found a lump in her breast last year. I always wanted to do a breast cancer walk because you hear about it the most, Crisp said. Now that it is in my family, I wanted to do it more. Crisp said her aunt has undergone surgery, many months of chemotherapy and radiation treatment to remove the lump. She has lost all the hair on her head, eyelashes and eyebrows, Crisp wrote in her fundraising letter. Rando-Stuart is a hairdresser. One of her prize possessions is her hair and it was awful to see her lose it all. She looked more beautiful than ever, though, in all the different types of wigs she wore. Throughout all of this she never lost her spirit once. She took this diagnosis head-on. Abou-Hamad, an education major at Bridgewater State College, said through the walk, she is hoping to teach women her age about breast cancer.

I dont think there is enough awareness for people our age, Abou-Hamad, 21, said. We are trying to bring awareness to them and once we participate in the walk we will know a lot more. In addition to screenings, treatment, support services and research, the funds raised through the Avon walk go toward education, according to its Web site. Nationwide, the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer raised more than $265 million from 2003 through 2008, according to a press release. With close to 180,000 women in the United States diagnosed with breast cancer, the Two Breast Friends say now is the time to find a cure. You just dont know when you are going to get it, Crisp said. No one thought my aunt was going to get it and then a lump just randomly showed up. To donate to the Dedham team, visit www.avonwalk.org and search for the Two Breast Friends team, or find their fan page, Support Jenny and Claud in the AVON WALK FOR BREAST CANCER, on Facebook. Dedham Transcript editor Andrea Salisbury can be reached at asalisbu@cnc.com or 781-433-8322.

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