By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to a Windsor Street location last Friday evening on reports of a motor vehicle accident with unknown injury.

Upon arrival, the officers observed a vehicle with significant damage and total airbag deployment, and a man, Lamont Sands, of Holbrook, pacing back and forth outside of it.

Sands told the officers that he was driving the vehicle westbound on South Street, and when he attempted to stop at the intersection of South Street and Windsor Street the vehicle would not stop and he struck the wall of the building straight ahead.

Sands reportedly told the officers that he was uninjured except for a small cut on his forehead and other small cuts on his knuckles from the airbag deployment.

While questioning Sands, dispatch advised the officers that the rental vehicle was reported stolen. Additional queries confirmed that it was reported stolen out of Lynn on April 23 by Enterprise Rental.

The officers asked Sands if he could show them the rental agreement, which he was able to provide. However, there was no end date listed on the paperwork to prove that he should still be in possession of the vehicle.

Sands was placed under arrest and transported to the station for booking on a charge of receiving a stolen motor vehicle.