Fitchburg man charged with filing false report

FITCHBURG » After reporting that his ex-wife and her boyfriend had committed an armed home invasion in May, an investigation learned the suspects were not involved and the man was charged with filing a false crime report, according to police and court documents.

Police said that between noon and 12:30 p.m. on May 28, Alexander Aulet, 37, of 292 Oak Hill Road, called 911 to report the invasion by a man and woman at his address.

When an officer interviewed the pair, who denied being involved, the ex-wife told the officer that Aulet had been causing her trouble after a change in their relationship and showed the officer some “vulgar” text messages she had received from Aulet.

The pair then told the officer that they had been shopping at the Market Basket and CVS Pharmacy in Leominster during the time of the alleged invasion and robbery.

The pair provided sales receipts from the two stores during the time of the robbery and the officer watched video surveillance from both stores where both were video recorded shopping, the officer reported.

When Aulet was confronted by the officer with the information, he said he was “set up.”

As a result, he was summonsed to court on a single charge of filing a false crime report and arraigned on Monday where he pleaded not guilty, according to court documents.

Aulet was released on personal recognizance and ordered to return to court on Nov. 19 for a pretrial hearing.

LEOMINSTER » Arraigned in August on four charges related to breaking into a pickup truck, a city man was arraigned again on Monday for eight additional charges related to two recent break ins, according to police and court documents.

Jeffrey G. Alajajian, 33, of Elm Street, was arrested on Aug. 28 for allegedly breaking into a pickup truck by smashing its window where it was parked on Jytek Drive and allegedly stealing a handgun and its magazine.

He is charged with felony breaking and entering, malicious damage to a motor vehicle, larceny of a firearm and possession of a burglarious instrument, police said.

When arraigned on those charges he was ordered held in lieu of a $5,000 cash bail or $50,000 surety bond, according to court documents.

He has been in custody at the Worcester County House of Correction since that arraignment.

While there, he was also charged with breaking into a vehicle on Aug. 9, police said.

Police said Alajajian broke into a car at the Wendy’s on Commercial Road and stole a wallet from one of the store’s employees containing her credit and debit cards, Social Security card, and state ID.

The victim later told police that someone had attempted to use her cards at the McDonalds on Mill Street but all attempts were declined.

An officer spoke to a McDonald’s employee who remembered a couple attempting to use several cards to purchase food and appeared to become nervous when the cards were declined.

When the officer learned Alajajian was in custody, he checked his booking photo and noticed that the face mask worn by the suspect in the Wendy’s theft and in McDonalds were the same. The sweatshirt Alajajian was wearing when arrested on Aug. 31 matched the description of what he was wearing when he was at the McDonalds, police said.

Alajajian and another woman were also captured on McDonalds’ video surveillance cameras attempting to purchase food, but the cards they attempted to use were declined, police said.

The officer spoke to Alajajian about the Wendy’s theft, but he refused to talk.

However, as a result, Alajajian was also charged with felony breaking and entering, larceny under $1,200, vandalizing property, attempt to commit a crime and receiving stolen property, according to court documents.

As the officer continued to investigate, he linked Alajajian to a motor vehicle break in, again on Jytek Drive, but a week earlier.

The victim said when she left work on Aug. 24, she found the window on her car was smashed and her purse had been stolen.

She later told police that two fraudulent purchases had been made at the Jungle Road Walmart for a combined $1,286.

When police checked on surveillance video at Walmart, the man who made the two purchases was wearing the same clothes Alajajian was wearing when he was arrested for the gun theft.

As a result, he was also charged with felony breaking and entering, credit card fraud over $1,200 and receiving stolen property under $1,200, according to court documents.

He will return to court on Oct. 21 for additional hearings on the charges and remains in custody.

The victim later told police that someone had attempted to use her cards at the McDonalds.