SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The man who lived at a home where three women were found dead last week had an extensive history with the Springfield police department, according to documents released Friday afternoon.
Stewart Weldon, who now faces kidnapping and assault charges, was charged with resisting arrested and disorderly conduct all the way back in 2002 by the Springfield Police Department.
Weldon has not been charged in connection to the three women found dead at his home last week, but is facing kidnapping and assault charges from two separate victims. Weldon was hit with a litany of charges on May 27, but those were far from his first violent incidents involving Springfield police, documents show.
In all, Weldon has been charged with 68 offenses in the past 15 years by the Springfield Police Department. The charges, which include at least nine counts of resisting arrest stem from 16 total arrests.
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Along with those charges, which were disclosed as part of the department’s record of interactions with Weldon, he has been charged with assaulting a Springfield Police officer at least five times in just the last five years.
In October, he was charged with four counts of assault with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a police officer, breach of peace while armed, resisting arrest, failure to stop for an officer and reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
According to documents, Weldon has faced similar sets of charges in 2015, 2010, 2008 and 2003.
In addition to Weldon's personal history with the Springfield Police Department, documents also detail officers' attempts to make contact with him at 1333 Page Boulevard -- the home where three women were found dead last week and the home where he lived.
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Police say officers have been called to Weldon’s home four times and, ‘there were no indications from neighbors, victims or family members that there was a situation [or] any reason to investigate this person or this home.”
In February, police showed up at the home and say Weldon ran out the back door, leading officers on a chase that ended in two blown tires on a police cruiser.
According to documents, that was the last interaction with Weldon before Springfield Police Officers say they saved a woman’s life during a traffic stop and ultimately located three women’s bodies at the home last week.
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