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West Boylston police arrested a suspected car thief who is alleged to have crashed a stolen car early Wednesday morning, according to a post on the department’s Facebook page.
West Boylston Police Department on Facebook
The ordeal started when a Kia stolen Tuesday morning in Providence crashed into a pole on Thomas Street in West Boylston.
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The car was not occupied, but West Boylston police, with assistance from the Mass. State Police K-9 Unit and police from Holding, Sterling and Boylston, found the suspect in Sterling and arrested him.
West Boylston Police Department on Facebook
Domingo F. Ortega, age 35, of Providence, was charged with using a motor vehicle without authority, negligent operation, leaving the scene of a property accident, and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle.
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