Saturday, Nov. 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
11:59 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue.
4:50 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the parking lot of Crosby’s Market to investigate a hit-and-run crash. The owner of a parked vehicle had come out of the store to find damage to the passenger side front and rear doors, possibly by a white vehicle, given paint that was transferred. No one had left a note, and no witnesses identified themselves immediately. The officer determined that the parking lot does not have security cameras that would have recorded the incident. The officer advised the vehicle owner to contact his insurance company.
9:09 p.m. An officer investigated a disturbance on Pleasant Street.
10:50 p.m. An officer went to Atlantic Avenue to meet another officer who had located the stop sign and road sign belonging to Clifton Avenue propped up against the building’s dumpster. In the officer’s estimation, someone had clearly removed the entire sign from the ground and placed it there.
10:50 p.m. An officer went to Pilgrim Road to investigate a report of vandalism to a vehicle. Upon his arrival, a man came running out of the house and yelled at the officer to, “Go down there; they are down there.” Confused, the officer asked him to clarify. The man replied, “Go down there and do your f—ing job.” Once again, the officer asked him to clarify, and the man explained that he was referring to a group of kids who were drinking down the street. Becoming belligerent, the man demanded the officer arrest the kids. As the officer was returning to his cruiser, the man took off his jacket, spiked it on the ground and began challenging the officer to a fight, asking, “Do you want to go, boy?” The officer told him to calm down, but the man started to approach the officer. The officer put out his left hand and told him to get back, but he continued moving towards the officer until a woman came out of the house and was able to calm the man down and convince him to come back into the house with her.
Sunday, Nov. 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
Monday, Nov. 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
6:19 a.m. An officer met a man who had shot a video of a man who appeared to be dumping a mattress on Roundhouse Road. The officer recognized the man in the video and knew he worked nearby. The officer reached out to the man who explained that he was planning on taking the mattress to the transfer station when it opened but needed his truck to move other items in the meantime. The man then returned to Roundhouse Road and removed the mattress in the officer’s presence.
Tuesday, Nov. 4
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
7:55 a.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Roosevelt Avenue and Elm Street.
11:24 a.m. A downed tree or branch was reported on Pickwick and Brook roads.
Wednesday, Nov. 5
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 4
10:38 a.m. An officer spoke by phone with a woman who thought she may have fallen for a financial scam. She had attempted to apply online for life insurance and was contacted by an agent, who asked for her name, date of birth, Social Security number, address and bank information, all of which she had provided. A few days later, she received a letter from Americo Insurance, notifying her that her insurance application had been denied because the agent no longer worked for the company. The woman had already contacted her bank, which had closed her account before any fraudulent transactions had been made.
Thursday, Nov. 6
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
4:17 a.m. A downed tree or branch was reported on Leggs Hill Road and Tedesco Street.
7:28 a.m. A vehicle crash was reported on Green Street and Alexander Circle.
10:40 a.m. A vehicle was towed after a crash on Dartmouth Road.
11:12 a.m. Annoying phone calls were reported on Harbor Avenue.
2:55 p.m. An officer investigated a neighbor dispute on Arthur Avenue and filed a report.
4:15 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with the owner of a painting company who had written an employee a check for $402.20 back on Oct. 28. Earlier in the day, he noticed that another check, for $902.20, had been cashed and withdrawn from his account. The man said he did not write the check nor did he know the name of the person to whom it had been written. His employee had denied any knowledge of the second check. At this point, he just wanted a police report so that he could get reimbursed through his bank. The man also provided the officer with two phone numbers to contact his employee, but a language barrier prevented the officer from communicating with the person who answered both phones. The officer planned to share the information with detectives.
Friday, Nov. 7
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
7:55 a.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Evans Road and filed a report.
Saturday, Nov. 8
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
11:25 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Humphrey Street and Thompson Road and filed a report.
Sunday, Nov. 9
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
9:16 a.m. Officers assisted a citizen on Mechanic Square and filed a report.
10:34 a.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Smith Street.
11:25 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Washington Street and filed a report.
11:41 a.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Broughton Road and filed a report.
1:28 p.m. Officers investigated the report of a lost watch on West Shore Drive and filed a report.
6:46 p.m. A 43-year-old Chelsea man was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol and negligent driving after a vehicle crash on Washington Street.
Monday, Nov. 10
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
6:53 a.m. Officers investigated a disturbance on Roundhouse Road.
12:25 p.m. A lost wallet was reported on Atlantic Avenue.
8:51 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Pleasant Street.
Tuesday, Nov. 11
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
10:51 a.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Countryside Lane and filed a report.
12:35 p.m. An officer went to Dennett Road to speak with a couple after the man fell victim to a scam in which the man gave two Target gift cards for $200 each and one Apple gift card for $500 to a man he had met after the man had called him at home the day before. The officer advised the woman to speak to their bank, to have their computer “wiped” and to contact the credit companies to explore credit monitoring.
12:38 p.m. A past vehicle crash was reported on Sandie Lane.
2:29 p.m. An officer went to Endicott Avenue to speak to a man about the theft of a package containing two Polo shirts valued at $95 each. The officer found a home with a Ring camera nearby, but the resident explained that it was not working. The officer told the man that a police report would be on file in case he needed it to request a refund. The officer also planned to share the information with detectives.
Wednesday, Nov. 12
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:50 p.m. Officers responded to the scene of a two-vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street. The driver of the first vehicle said she was driving outbound on Atlantic Avenue behind a mail truck, which had turned right onto Smith Street, when a vehicle turning left out of Smith Street struck the right side of her vehicle. The driver of the striking vehicle stated that as the mail truck turned right, she had entered Atlantic Avenue and was already in the middle of the intersection, which should have prompted the driver of the other vehicle to stop, but she just kept coming. The driver of the second vehicle stated that she had tried to stop but was unable to avoid striking the first vehicle.
Thursday, Nov. 13
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
7:59 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the intersection of Pleasant and Devereux streets to investigate a two-vehicle crash. The officer spoke to the drivers involved in the accident, along with a crossing guard. While speaking with one of the drivers, he expressed concern that a Devereux Street resident had given the crossing guard bad information related to the accident. The officer spoke with the resident, and she was unable to give the officer an accurate description of the accident, so he did not incorporate her information into the accident report. While on scene, the officer observed a camera on the side of a Deveraux Street home, which was facing the intersection. He spoke at the door with the homeowner and his son and later received a radio transmission from a dispatcher that another member of the family had come into the police station lobby with footage of the accident. The woman initially had difficulty sending the officer the video by email due to the size of the file, but the officer eventually received her video, along with a video sent by one of the drivers involved in the accident.
12:58 p.m. A downed tree branch was reported on Jersey Street.
1:54 p.m. An officer spoke with a woman whose GrubHub account had been “hacked” resulting in three fraudulent orders being placed. All of the food was to be delivered to the same address in Framingham, which appeared to be an apartment building. The woman had been able to work with GrubHub to get the account secured. The food charges were for $14, $46 and $44, though the second order had been stopped before delivery. The officer advised her to contact the credit agencies as well.
9:54 p.m. An officer went to speak to a man who had been “antagonized” by a man he did not know as he was leaving Maddie’s Sail Loft. The man said that the other man had asked to wear his hat, and when he declined, the other man became agitated and aggressive and threatened to fight him. The man said he had just kept walking. The officer asked the man if he was able to get home safely, and the man replied that he had an Uber en route.
Friday, Nov. 14
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
9:52 a.m. An officer went to Garden Road to speak to residents about an incident that had occurred 10 days earlier in which an Amazon delivery vehicle backed into a retaining wall valued at $12,000. A neighbor who witnessed the accident reported that the driver had gotten out and attempted to fix the retaining wall prior to leaving. The residents had submitted a claim to Amazon, which in turn had requested a police report.
3:23 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a minor vehicle crash on Pleasant Street.
