Saturday, Oct. 25
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
8:21 p.m.: Officers were called to Crowninshield Road to investigate a report of an unidentified vehicle in a resident’s driveway. One of the officers spoke to the person with the vehicle, who identified himself as a friend of the person who had called police. At that point, the resident came out of his house and verified that he did, in fact, know the man but had just been unable to identify his vehicle in the dark, and he also appeared to be irritated that the man had come there unannounced, according to the officer’s report. The resident acknowledged that the man, who was from Swampscott, had been there before and was familiar with the neighborhood. The officer asked the Swampscott man what he had been doing, and the man showed the officer that he had just picked some wild mushrooms for cooking, which he had picked from the outer edge of a property on Davis Road near the entrance to the driveway. The officer believed the mushrooms were, in fact, growing wild and not in a vegetable garden. The officer told the man to return to his vehicle with the other officer while he spoke with the Davis Road homeowner, who found the man’s behavior “bizarre,” according to the officer’s report. The homeowner did not want anything done about the mushrooms but asked that the man be advised not to return to the property, which the officer did.
Sunday, Oct. 26
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
2:53 p.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Pleasant and Smith streets.
Monday, Oct. 27
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
1:24 a.m. An officer investigated a report that an Airbnb guest was throwing a party on Washington Street.
6:11 a.m. Officers investigated suspicious activity reported on Flint Street.
10:34 a.m. Officers investigated a disturbance on Nicholson Street and filed a report.
11:04 a.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Village Street and Heritage Way and filed a report.
1:24 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station with a real estate broker who had been clearing out a property on Lee Street and had placed items on the sidewalk to load up into his truck. After going back inside, he came out to find that three decorative wooden candleholders, which are designed to be placed in a nonfunctioning fireplace, were missing. The broker believed that someone might have taken them by mistake, believing they were free. He just asked that the incident be documented.
2:39 p.m. An officer responded to Mechanic Square to try to mediate a dispute between neighbors over the use of a leafblower. The complainant reported that her neighbor had been consistently using his leaf blower for long periods of time daily. When she had confronted him about blowing leaves onto her property, he responded by calling her a “b—-.” The woman did not care about being called a “b—-” and just wanted him to be more mindful of the noise her neighbor was creating with the leafblower. The officer then spoke with the man, who confirmed that he had called the woman a “b—-.” The officer advised him to avoid using offensive language in dealing with his neighbor in the future. The officer also suggested that, while the man had a right to clean his yard, he might want to be more mindful of how long he is running the leafblower, given how close together the homes in the neighborhood are.
Tuesday, Oct. 28
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
6:43 p.m. An officer took a report over the phone from the owner of a cleaning and landscaping service who reported that, the day before, one of her employees had taken some “luxury” blue towels and two sets of bed sheets to a local laundry center. When she went back later in the night to pick them up, the sheets and towels were missing. The caller had already contacted the owner of the laundry center, who planned to look for the items, and just wanted the incident documented.
7:16 p.m. A 49-year-old Marblehead man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, negligent driving and having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle after a crash on Lafayette Street.
Wednesday, Oct. 29
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
11:53 a.m. Officers investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Kenneth Road.
1:25 p.m. An officer spoke by phone with a woman who had grown uncomfortable with a person who expressed interest in buying a kitchen table she was selling on Facebook Marketplace. After settling on a price over text, the man said he would be sending her payment through Venmo in excess of the agreed-upon price and instructed her to send back the overage. At that point, the woman abandoned the transaction. The officer advised her to have no further contact with the man and to insist on cash for purchases through Facebook Marketplace.
Thursday, Oct. 30
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
2:53 a.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Community Road.
4:47 a.m. A report of a vehicle crash on Fort Sewall Lane proved to be unfounded.
Friday, Oct. 31
Vehicle stops, citations: 3
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
8:41 a.m. An officer spoke by phone with a woman who had been in an altercation with a man walking his dogs during school drop-off time. The woman explained that, as she was coming up the hill on Green Street, the sun was in her eyes, and she did not immediately see a man who was walking his dogs against traffic in the middle of her lane. She realized she had startled the man and pulled up next to him and rolled down her window to explain and to apologize; however, the man began to yell at her about her driving. The woman said that the man did not threaten her but that she found his demeanor intimidating. The officer explained that the man, feeling badly about having yelled at the driver, had already called the station to report the incident as well. The officer said he would document what the woman had told him and advised her that it would be best to avoid any further contact with the man and to document any future incidents.
9:29 a.m. An officer went to Vine Street to speak with a woman who had just found a plastic bag containing an unknown white substance on her front porch. She said that it did not belong to anyone in the home and that she did not know what it was or where it came from. The officer took the item from the woman and told her that the police would dispose of it for her. Once back at the station, the officer showed the item to a detective who then had him properly dispose of the item.
10 a.m. An officer investigated the report of a vehicle crash on Smith and Pleasant streets.
3:28 p.m. Officers investigated a disturbance on Broughton Road.
4:41 p.m. An officer took a report at the police station from a man who believed that some items had been stolen overnight from his unlocked vehicle, which was parked in his driveway on Clifton Avenue. Among the items missing were three pairs of designer sunglasses in the respective cases.
6 p.m. An officer went to Garden Road to speak with a woman who had just encountered a former neighbor, who had driven by her outside a local convenience store. The man yelled something at her, but she could not make it out. However, immediately after getting home, she heard a loud engine revving outside of her house and looked out to see that it was the same man. The woman said she had no idea why he was doing this and that she had never had a problem with him but wanted the incident documented, just in case. She was advised to call the police if he returned.
9:22 p.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Lafayette and Maple streets.
9:42 p.m. Officers investigated the report of a disturbance on West Shore Drive and Calumet Lane.
9:54 p.m. An officer investigated the report of a disturbance on Pleasant Street.
10:31 p.m. An officer investigated the report of a disturbance on Guernsey and Linden streets.
10:33 p.m. Officers restored the peace after a disturbance on Willow Road.
