No, young Jasper wasn t under arrest.
Wellesley Police Chief Jack Pilecki and several day shift officers had stopped by the 6-year-old s Suffolk Road house to surprise him with a big thank you.
Jasper is a kindergartner in Sarah Bracken s class at St. Joseph School in Needham. As part of a school project, the children wrote small notes of thanks to familiar figures around town. Jasper s thanks went to the police, the firefighters, the Recycling and Disposal Facility, the postal carrier, and medical workers. He and his dad, Daniel Apicella, then walked to the post office to mail them. (Since the notes were so short, Daniel included a note of explanation for the recipients.)