The news made Waller's lawyer, Scott Reynolds, livid. He called the charges "bogus" and that the police are trying to get Waller -- who has been named a person of interest in the June 1 disappearance of his wife, Jacque -- into a room to interrogate him.
"The whole thing is a ruse," Reynolds said. "They're trying to get him confined so they can interrogate him."
Reynolds wondered how police knew Waller was in Malden on Friday. He was only there for the day visiting someone, which made Reynolds all the more suspicious.
"Is there a trace on his phone? Do they have a tracking device on his car?" Reynolds asked.
Reynolds also said that the officers in Malden refused to let him talk to his client. He also wondered why the stealing charge, an incident that allegedly took place more than a year ago, are just now surfacing.