Friday, Oct. 3
12:08 a.m. Officers responded to a disturbance on Pleasant Street.
9 a.m. A driver was given a verbal warning after a traffic stop on Tedesco Street.
9:59 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a minor vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Central Street.
5:37 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Broughton Road.
9:32 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Washington Street.
9:59 p.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Bubier Road.
Saturday, Oct. 4
9:31 a.m. A driver was given a citation after a traffic stop on Nahant Street.
11:27 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Intrepid Circle to investigate a report of a possible stolen vehicle. Upon his arrival, he was met by a man who said he had been letting his son use his dump truck on and off since 2022, and that over the past two weeks he had intensified his efforts to get his son to return the truck to no avail. The last time the man had seen the truck was approximately two weeks earlier on a job site in Providence, Rhode Island. When he had last spoken to his son earlier in the week, the son reported that he no longer had the truck and had no idea where it was. The officer informed him that, since the truck had not been stolen from Marblehead, the theft should be reported in Rhode Island, if that was the last place the son had possession of the vehicle.
3:19 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man who had a spot to tie up his 13-foot Boston Whaler on the floats at the State Street Landing. On Monday, he had gotten a call that his Whaler was resting on the rocks located half down the causeway. Then on Saturday, he got a call that his Whaler was loose again. This time, the Coast Guard found it off the back side of Children’s Island, filled with water and with the front seat and gas tank missing. Although he did not know exactly what was happening, the man said that it appeared that someone was intentionally untying his boat from its spot on the float, though he could not think of anyone with the motive to do that. The man told the officer that he would check with the harbormaster and surrounding businesses to see if there were any cameras that may have captured what was going on.
5:48 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the Tower School soccer field to investigate a report that a misbehaved child was riding his electric bike on the field and dragging around the school’s parking cones. The child was already gone by the time the officer arrived. The officer spoke with the caller who said that the child had been dragging around the white cones the school has in its dropoff circle across the field and down the street, and refused to stop when asked to by multiple adults. The child told the adults that he used to go to school there and
was talking back to them, telling them that if they called the police it would be threatening a child, according to the officer’s report. The officer did not see any damage to the field, and the cones had been put back where they belong.
Sunday, Oct. 5
3:10 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Brimblecomb Avenue.
4:01 p.m. An officer went to the parking lot of Miller’s Plaza on Pleasant Street to speak to a man who had discovered a long scratch down the driver’s side of his vehicle after getting a coffee at Starbucks, seemingly from having been “keyed.” The man could not rule out that the damage had occurred elsewhere in his travels. He said he was not aware of anyone who would want to damage his vehicle. The officer said that he would attempt to locate cameras in the area that might have captured the incident but knew from previous investigations that it was unlikely that there was any footage covering the part of the lot where the car was parked. The man said he planned to request a copy of the officer’s report for insurance purposes.
8:22 p.m. An officer began following a vehicle on Palmer Road and Tedesco Street after seeing it drive by with a non-functional passenger-side headlight. He then watched as it ran a “solid red light” at the intersection of Tedesco and Maple streets. After the officer approached the vehicle, the driver apologized, saying that he thought he had enough time to make it through the light before it changed. The officer then informed him about the issue with the headlight as well. Further investigation revealed that the man could not drive the vehicle legally. The officer-in-charge said the vehicle could be left legally parked until the man arranged for someone else to get the vehicle. The officer allowed him to retrieve his personal belongings from the vehicle and call a friend for a ride or a place to stay. He found a place to stay and then called a cab. While waiting for the cab, the man accidentally locked his keys and phone inside the vehicle. Although frustrated, the man left the area in the cab. While writing his report, the officer was then dispatched back to the area around 9:30 p.m. to investigate a report of two men trying to enter the vehicle. He arrived to see the vehicle traveling inbound on Humphrey Street near Charlotte Road, while the man he had pulled over earlier was walking down the center yellow line of the road. The officer activated his vehicle’s emergency lights and asked what they were doing. The man explained that his license and wallet had flown off the car while they were driving down the street, and he was trying to retrieve those items from the road. The man then left the area with his friend, a licensed driver, operating the vehicle.
Monday, Oct. 6
5:29 a.m. Officers investigated suspicious activity reported on Atlantic Avenue and Phillips Street.
10:40 a.m. An officer took a report of a past vehicle crash on Nahant Street.
3:11 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Lafayette and Maple streets.
4:28 p.m. An officer took a report over the phone from a Marblehead teacher who reported having received a series of five phone calls within the span of a half-hour. On the other end of the line, she heard screams and yelling from what sounded like female voices, possibly students. The caller or callers used “antagonistic language” and asked her why she was not talking but did not make any threats or use violent language. The officer advised her to block the number in her phone settings and not to answer any calls with no caller ID.
5:40 p.m. An officer took a report over the phone from a woman who had been walking on the bike path near Community Road when she noticed she was being followed closely by a man, which had made her uncomfortable. close and she felt uncomfortable. He continued to follow her after she turned onto Glendale Road but did not speak to her or try to touch her. The woman said she then faked like she was making a phone call, and the man stopped following her, instead walking into a house that was under construction. The woman said she was fine and just wanted the incident documented.
7:53 p.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Atlantic Avenue.
Tuesday, Oct. 7
4:02 a.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Ocean Avenue.
7:05 a.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Atlantic Avenue.
11:51 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Bessom Street and filed a report.
1:07 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Amherst Road.
1:56 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man who had someone try to open up a Chase credit card in his name, which he had learned upon receiving a letter from the company. The man had already reported the issue to the credit agencies.
1:57 p.m. An officer spoke with a woman who had received a letter from Transunion, which she felt was a scam. The letter requested her Social Security number and date of birth. The woman had contacted Cyber Scout and gave them her name and phone number and also answered three security questions and was nervous that the information could be used against her. She asked for a police report so that she could get an extension on her credit monitoring.
6:37 p.m. An officer investigated a report that a bus had struck a fence on Knollwood Road.
8:17 p.m. An officer spoke at the station with a woman who earlier in the day had received an email, purportedly from antivirus software company McAfee, related to an alleged $249.99 invoice for a subscription. The woman had called the “support” phone number provided, and the representative asked for her account number and the routing number for her bank to process a “refund.” The sum of $25,000 was then wired into the woman’s account, which she had verified by looking at an app on her phone. The representative then told her she would need to refund “the company” by sending it gift cards. She had purchased and sent $1,500 worth at the CVS in Marblehead and Walgreens in Swampscott before going to a meeting and learning that she was being scammed. She was joined at the station by her husband, and they were advised to contact their bank to inform them about the situation. The officer also planned to share the information with detectives.
8:22 p.m. An officer went to West Shore Drive to speak to a woman who had received a phone call earlier in the evening from someone who allegedly worked for Citibank, who told her that she had a $900 eBay charge on her credit card that seemed out of character for her. She stated that the caller knew her personal information, and they asked her verifying questions about her Social Security number. At this point, she became skeptical of the caller and did not give them any more personal information. She then called Citibank and confirmed there had been no $900 charge from eBay on her account. The woman had frozen her credit, and the officer advised her to request that the company issue her a new card with a different number and to continue to monitor the account for any suspicious activity.
8:42 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the Rip Tide Lounge on Pleasant Street to speak to a bartender who reported that a patron had been causing issues and had spat at her before leaving and heading towards Village Plaza. The bartender told the officer that the man had ordered two Bud Lights and then began asking if he could buy the entire bar a round of shots, a request that the bartender declined. The patron continued to ask the bartender if he could buy shots and seemed intoxicated, so she asked him to leave, which he started to do before beginning to talk to people again. The bartender then asked him again to leave, which caused him to slam his beer down
and head towards the back exit through the kitchen and staff area before stopping and beginning to mutter to himself. The bartender again tried to get him to leave, which caused them to attempt to spit at the bartender, though he missed. He then exited out the back door, looped around the building and went up Pleasant Street. The bartender had not seen this patron before and could only get the last four digits of his Visa card from his receipt and not his name. The bartender did not have immediate access to the establishment’s cameras. She was advised to call the police if the man returned.
Wednesday, Oct. 8
2:27 a.m. An officer was dispatched to 7-Eleven to investigate a report of a stolen vehicle. He was met by a woman who said she had allowed a couple to borrow her car “for approximately 20 minutes” around midnight, but they had yet to return it. She had been texting the man since 1 a.m. with no response. At approximately 2:40 a.m., the officer noticed the female half of the couple to whom the car had been lent walking towards 7-Eleven. She told him that her husband and his friend had crashed into a parked car while driving in Lynn and were trying to determine whether the car was still drivable or needed to be towed. At approximately 3 a.m., the car was brought back to the 7-Eleven parking lot with damage to the left front bumper, and the owner said she planned to get it towed from there.
11:02 a.m. An officer spoke with a man who did not immediately realize that he had left his wallet at a workout facility on Tioga Way on Sunday. Yesterday, he had discovered someone had used a debit card in the wallet to make a $105 purchase on Amazon. When he had last seen the wallet, it contained two bank cards, his foreign driver’s license and $700 in cash. He had already canceled both of the bank cards and just wanted the incident documented. The officer said he would share the information with detectives.
1:57 p.m. A disaster drill was conducted on Lafayette Street.
Thursday, Oct. 9
11:40 a.m. Officers assisted with a disabled vehicle on Ocean and Atlantic avenues.
1:58 p.m. An officer spoke with a man who had received a letter in the mail the day before from Citibank, confirming that “his” account had been opened. Having not applied for the card, he contacted Citibank’s fraud department and had it canceled and also contacted all three credit bureaus to place a freeze or fraud alert on his credit. He had also contacted his bank and financial advisor to make them aware of the incident. The officer advised him to report the incident through IdentityTheft.gov as well.
5:13 p.m. An officer spoke with a woman who came into the station to file a fraud report. She explained that she had received a call from a rude guy with an accent who was very persistent, so she gave him her Venmo account before realizing it was a scam. A sum of $1,500 had been withdrawn through Venmo before she was able to notify her bank to stop all activity on her account. The officer advised her to contact the Venmo fraud department and gave her the names and phone numbers of the three credit bureaus to flag her accounts.
