Saturday, Dec. 13
Alarms: 2
911 hang-ups: 3
Property checks: 7
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
9:01 a.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Beacon and Green streets.
11:01 a.m. An officer investigated a report of lost or found property on Atlantic Avenue and filed a report.
1:26 p.m. An officer investigated a report of lost or found property on Prospect Court and filed a report.
11:21 p.m. An officer investigated the report of a hit-and-run in the parking lot of the VFW on West Shore Drive. Upon his arrival, the officer found a man standing by his Ford Bronco, which had just been struck by somebody backing out of a parking spot adjacent to his. The Bronco’s right front bumper had been cracked from the collision. The officer then spoke to a witness who had managed to take a photo of the striking vehicle’s license plate. The witness said that the striking vehicle had backed up, struck the Bronco, sat there for about 10 seconds and then left the scene. The officer tried to call the striking vehicle’s owner but did not get an answer immediately.
Sunday, Dec. 14
Alarms: 3
911 hang-ups: 0
Property checks: 22
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:50 p.m. An officer was dispatched to investigate a report of vandalism to a car. He was met by a woman who explained that she believed someone had keyed her car, a white Mercedes. She began pointing out different areas of the car. The officer observed and photographed scuff marks on the rear driver side door, the rear left bumper, the rear passenger door and by the gas tank. The woman stated that she had noticed the key marks around 12:45 p.m. when she went out to clean the snow off her and her neighbor’s cars. The officer asked when she had used her vehicle before she noticed the marks, and she replied around noon the previous day. The officer drove around the woman’s building and another nearby one but could not locate any cameras.
1:13 p.m. An officer went to Atlantic Avenue to investigate a report of a vehicle hit-and-run involving property damage. He was met by a woman whose vehicle had been struck while parked, incurring damage to the front left bumper. The woman said that a witness had approached her and told her that the striking vehicle was a red Toyota Camry. The officer looked at the nearby storefronts but did not see any surveillance cameras on them.
5:34 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash reported on Beacon Street.
5:49 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash reported on Norman Street and Hines Court.
6:29 p.m. An officer was responding to a non-emergency call on Reed Street. The temperature was below freezing, it was snowing, and Reed Street had not yet been sanded. The officer was driving slowly, looking for house numbers, and then, as he put his vehicle in park, it began sliding backwards. The officer tried to put his vehicle back in gear but was unable to get the vehicle to stop before it struck a legally parked Jeep, causing damage to the Jeep’s front driver side and the cruiser’s passenger side. The officer called another officer to respond to the scene. The second officer observed that Reed Street, which is a steep hill, was covered in about an inch of packed snow. The street was so slippery that, in order to make his way down the hill to speak to the second officer, the first officer “actually slid the entire way down on his feet as if he were on skis,” according to the officer’s report. The first officer recounted how the accident had occurred, and the second officer observed tire impressions in the snow that were consistent with the first officer’s account. The officers made the Jeep’s owner aware of the damage to his vehicle, and he too commented on how slippery the street was, according to the officer’s report. The second officer asked the Department of Public Works to treat the street. Both vehicles remained driveable.
6:57 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a vehicle crash on Girdler Road.
7:53 p.m. A caller on Wyman Road reported having lost an Apple Watch.
8:17 p.m. Officers investigated a complaint related to a moving vehicle on Lafayette and Maple streets.
Monday, Dec. 15
Alarms: 2
911 hang-ups: 1
Property checks: 18
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
11:08 a.m. A wallet was found on Pleasant Street.
4:17 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Martin Street and filed a report.
4:42 p.m. A vehicle was towed after a traffic stop on Devereux Terrace.
5 p.m. An officer, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Humphrey Street.
Tuesday, Dec. 16
Alarms: 0
911 hang-ups: 1
Property checks: 4
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
7:41 a.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Pleasant Street and filed an accident report.
8:34 a.m. Officers investigated a report that a truck had taken down a pole, which was now snapped in half on Smith and Pleasant streets. The officers confirmed the report, photographing the snapped pole, which was causing the wires to hang low and creating a hazard. A witness then came forward to say that a large white box truck with an orange cab and no markings had struck the pole. A description of the vehicle was put out to other officers, but no one was able to locate the vehicle. A short while later, Verizon arrived on scene and started working to fix the pole. An officer later followed a lead, possibly identifying the truck, getting from a dispatcher the name of a driver who had been in the area. However, the driver said he had not hit anything with his truck and sent the officer photos of his truck, which did not seem to have any damage to it. The officer was later able to make contact by phone with a witness who had been driving several vehicles behind the box truck, which he had observed trying to go around a vehicle that was waiting to turn left and strike the pole.
8:45 a.m. A caller on Village Street reported having received annoying phone calls.
11:30 a.m. An officer spoke by phone with a woman who reported a possible past breaking-and-entering to her home. She said that she had last been home at 4 a.m. the previous Saturday, when she was picked up by an airport shuttle. She had armed her security system and received a confirmation text that the system was on. When she returned home about an hour earlier on Tuesday, she noticed that when she opened her door, the security system did not “beep,” which made her believe someone had entered her home. She reported that around $10,000 in cash and some memorabilia picture items were missing. The officer asked if there were any signs of forced entry, and she said there were not. The woman reported that there were no cameras on her property, that nobody knows her security code and that she lives alone. She had reported the incident to the security system company as well. The woman called the police station again around 12:35 p.m. and reported that the security company was reporting that it was a “faulty system failure.” She said she would be filing a claim with the security company and just wanted a police report on file.
12:15 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Devereux Street and filed a report.
1:02 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Devereux Street and filed a report.
1:31 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Ocean Avenue and filed a report.
2:38 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Lafayette Street and filed a report.
Wednesday, Dec. 17
Alarms: 3
911 hang-ups: 2
Property checks: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
10:40 a.m. A vehicle crash was reported on Atlantic Avenue.
12:27 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Devereux Street and filed a report.
1:47 p.m. An officer investigated the report of a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and filed a report.
3:12 p.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Front Street.
3:27 p.m. A complaint about a moving vehicle on Ocean Avenue proved to be unfounded.
7:08 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Rowland Street and filed a report.
Thursday, Dec. 18
Alarms: 0
911 hang-ups: 0
Property checks: 7
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
9:11 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Pond Street.
9:44 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Broughton Road and filed a report.
10:53 a.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman who was in an ongoing dispute with a landscaping company over whether a fall cleanup had been done on her property. In the ensuing text message conversation, the landscaper threatened to return to the woman’s property to empty a dump truck full of leaves, claiming that he had recently done the same thing with another “tough customer” who “sure is regretting she didn’t pay me.” The woman reiterated that she had sent the landscaper photographs that proved that the leaves in her yard had not been picked up. She also warned the landscaper that, if he did dump leaves on her property, her security cameras would document it. The officer asked the woman if there was any chance she could be mistaken about the work being done, and she said no. He recommended that she issue a no-trespass notice to the landscaper, and she agreed. The officer later attempted to speak with the landscaper, but after about 30 seconds the landscaper interrupted him. The officer told the landscaper that he was being verbally” no trespassed” and that entering the woman’s property could lead to his arrest. The landscaper said that he was not going to spread the leaves but would have one of his workers do it for him. The officer tried to tell the landscaper that they were also not allowed on the property, but the landscaper hung up the phone. The officer told the woman that he would document the incident and advised her to have no further contact with the landscaper or his company. He also advised her to let the Police Department know if anything else happened.
11:36 a.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Victoria Lane.
1:21 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Beverly Avenue and filed a report.
1:47 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Village Street and filed a report.
9:10 p.m. Officers were dispatched to Intrepid Circle to investigate a resident’s report of an unknown man pounding on her door. Upon their arrival, there was no man at the door at that address. They were met at the front door by the woman who had called the police, who explained that it had been her neighbor who had been knocking at the door. She showed the officer video from a Ring camera of a man ringing the doorbell for approximately 10 minutes. The woman explained that she had just moved to Intrepid Circle and had found the neighbors loud. She had been leaving notes on their door about the noise. The officers then went next door, where the neighbor explained that he had been ringing on the doorbell because he wanted to speak with his new neighbor about the notes. The officers asked the man not to ring the doorbell anymore.
