Friday, Jan. 9
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
8 a.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Selman and Front streets.
11:09 a.m. A no-trespass order was served on Ocean Avenue.
3:07 p.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Higgins Road.
6:08 p.m. Officers were unable to locate suspicious activity reported on Franklin and Front streets.
Saturday, Jan. 10
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
7:39 a.m. A disabled vehicle was reported on Barnard Street.
2:05 p.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Laurel Court.
2:10 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint related to a moving vehicle on Village Street.
3:40 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Broughton Road.
6:29 p.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Ocean Avenue.
9:03 p.m. An officer rendered services after general information was provided on Lee Street.
9:06 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Intrepid Circle.
11:04 p.m. A general complaint proved to be unfounded on Knight Avenue.
Sunday, Jan. 11
Alarms: 4
Building/property checks: 5
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
10:44 a.m. An officer rendered assistance to a citizen on Gerry Street.
12:03 p.m. Officers and an ambulance crew assisted a citizen on Community Road.
1:09 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Fort Sewall Lane.
5:18 p.m. An officer assisted with an utility issue on Baldwin Road.
7:42 p.m. An utility issue was reported on Ocean and Atlantic avenues.
9:46 p.m. Officers and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of suspicious activity on Humphrey Street.
10:10 p.m. A complaint about a moving vehicle on Atlantic Avenue and Gerald Road proved to be unfounded.
Monday, Jan. 12
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 2
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
8:15 a.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Evans Road. At least one person was transported to the hospital with unspecified injuries.
10:53 a.m. Officers assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Ocean and Atlantic avenues.
11:03 a.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Merritt Street.
12:01 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man who discovered while at Village Liquors on Bessom Street that his black debit card was missing from his wallet, so he paid for his transaction in cash. Later, he discovered that the black debit card was used at the liquor store to make a $21.18 purchase. The man surmised that he must have dropped the card while in the store. He had since canceled the card before any other fraudulent transactions were made. He provided the officer with both receipts, the one showing his cash purchase and the other showing the fraudulent transaction using his debit card.
12:37 p.m. An officer spoke by cell phone with a man who had just learned that someone had been trying to take out a $2,000 loan in his name using an old email address he had not used in years. The officer advised him to notify the credit agencies as well as his bank about the situation.
12:59 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Broughton Road and filed a report.
3:07 p.m. An officer spoke at the police station with a Salem police officer who had just been involved with a dangerous incident in which the vehicle in which the Salem officer and his wife were riding was heading inbound on Pleasant Street in the left lane, approaching the intersection of Smith and Pleasant streets. As the Salem officer was continuing inbound, a vehicle attempted to pass him at a high rate of speed then cut in front of him, forcing him into the oncoming traffic lane. The Salem officer said that the only way he could avoid collision was to veer into oncoming traffic. The officer said that he honked repeatedly at the other driver, and she responded by rolling down the window and flipping him the bird repeatedly, and then forming her hands in the shape of a heart. As the vehicles reached the intersection of Pleasant Street and Ocean Avenue, the Salem officer pulled alongside the woman’s vehicle and informed her that he would be calling the police. The man did not identify himself as a Salem officer but was wearing a Salem Police jacket. He asked that the incident be documented.
3:41 p.m. A general complaint was made on Bessom and Pleasant streets.
6:24 p.m. An officer went to Schooner Ridge to speak to a woman who feared she had been scammed by a person who had called her, posing as a Medicare employee selling Medicare plans. Earlier in the day, she had received a legitimate Medicare pamphlet, which left her vulnerable to the scam. She had provided the man her Social Security number but had become suspicious after he asked her to send him a saliva sample via UPS. The officer advised her on the different ways she could help protect her identity and also recommended contacting her bank and freezing her credit using the three major credit bureaus.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 13
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
8:29 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the intersection of Atlantic Avenue and Smith Street on the report of a hit-and-run accident that had just occurred. The driver of one of the vehicles involved reported that he had been driving on Atlantic Avenue and was turning left onto Smith Street when another vehicle took a left turn off Smith Street onto Atlantic Avenue and struck the left side of his vehicle. The front end of the unknown vehicle struck the left side of the man’s vehicle, causing significant damage to the rear passenger’s door on that side. The man described the other vehicle as a tan or gold Infiniti coupe driven by an older woman. He had been unable to get a license plate number on the vehicle but thought that “33” might have been part of the number. The man stated that after the vehicle struck his, it took off without stopping and was last seen headed inbound on Atlantic Avenue. Because the vehicle struck his square on, he believed it should have damage to the center front or left front portion of the vehicle. The officer then made his way down Atlantic Avenue inbound to search for the suspect vehicle, while another officer began to search the Neck and beaches as another possible direction of travel. Neither officer was able to locate the suspect vehicle.
11:31 a.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Washington Street and filed a report.
2:44 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Humphrey Street.
7:49 p.m. Officers investigated suspicious activity reported on Washington Street.
9:56 p.m. Officers could not locate a moving vehicle about which a complaint had been made on Atlantic and Rockaway avenues.
11:38 p.m. Assistance was rendered to a citizen on Mugford Street.
Wednesday, Jan. 14
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 17
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
11:32 a.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Shetland Road and Humphrey Street.
12:59 p.m. A lost purse and wallet was reported on Brown Street.
5:20 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Countryside Lane.
9:53 p.m. An officer went to Farrell Court to speak with a man whose Amazon package, which had been delivered earlier in the night, had apparently been stolen. The package contained some shelves and USB port cables. The man had checked with his neighbors to no avail. The officer advised the man to contact Amazon and noted that, if the company wanted a police report, it would be on file.
11:51 p.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to a disturbance on Fairview Road. A report was filed.
Thursday, Jan. 15
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
10:39 a.m. A downed wire was reported on Gerry Street.
10:39 a.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man who had been contacted by an apparent scammer while trying to sell his car on Autotrader. The man had been exchanging email with a woman who had indicated an interest in purchasing the vehicle when suddenly the person’s email was deleted by the Autotrader website. The man then reached out to the alleged buyer through an alternate email address they had been using. The woman told the man that she wanted him to pay $39.99 for a report from a website. Only after paying for the report did the man realize it was a scam. The man had set up a time to meet the would-be purchaser in the Star of the Sea Church parking lot, but the woman did not show up to look at the vehicle. While they were waiting, the officer had the man check to see if there had been any fraudulent charges made to the credit card he had used on the website, and he did not find any. The officer advised him to notify his credit card company, the credit agencies and his banks.
8:39 p.m. An officer spoke in the lobby of the police station with a woman who had been the victim of credit card fraud. The woman explained that she had been alerted by her credit card company that her Social Security number had been flagged, and her address had been changed. The woman then discovered that a Capital One credit card had been opened using her Social Security number but another person’s name and address out of Florida. The woman alerted Capital One, and it had requested that she file a police report. The officer also advised the woman to use the Social Security Administration’s website to report that her Social Security number had been stolen.
Friday, Jan. 16
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 13
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
7:18 a.m. Officers attempted to assist a citizen on Pleasant Street but could not locate the person.
7:41 a.m. A vehicle crash was reported on Seaview Avenue.
9:32 a.m. An officer assisted another agency on Prospect Street.
10:12 a.m. A lost canvas bag was reported on Pleasant and Lafayette streets.
12:03 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Devereux Street and filed a report.
4:20 p.m. Officers investigated a report that the son of a caller on Rowland Street had not come home from school.
5:05 p.m. An officer investigated a report of an assault on West Shore Drive and filed a report.
5:51 p.m. An officer rendered services after a complaint about a moving vehicle on Atlantic Avenue.
6:09 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Abbot View and filed a report.
Saturday, Jan. 17
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
5:26 a.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Atlantic Avenue.
10:16 a.m. An officer rendered services after a utilities issue was reported on Pleasant and Smith streets.
1:01 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Londonderry Road to investigate a report of possible vandalism. The homeowner explained that, earlier in the day, he had discovered a screw sticking out of the right rear tire of his vehicle, which had been parked in his driveway for nearly two days and had not been damaged when he parked it. The man said that, based on the way the screw was sticking out of the tire, it appeared someone screwed it into his tire using a cordless drill. The man did not have any video of the incident and did not know of any possible suspects. The officer photographed the damage to the tire to include in his report.
7:13 p.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on West Shore Drive.
9:03 p.m. Officers investigated a disturbance on Intrepid Circle and filed a report.
Sunday, Jan. 18
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
10:49 a.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Tedesco and Maple streets.
12:24 p.m. Officers assisted a citizen on Clipper Way.
3:58 p.m. An officer rendered services after a general complaint on Highland Terrace and Village Street.
4:44 p.m. Officers and an ambulance crew responded to a general complaint on Lighthouse Lane and filed a report.
6:39 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Pearl Street.
7:49 p.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Girdler Road.
9 p.m. A citizen was given assistance on Gerry Street.
10:25 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Pleasant and Village streets and filed a report.
11:10 p.m. Services were rendered after a utilities issue was reported on Sagamore Road.
Monday, Jan. 19
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 4
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
2:06 a.m. Officers assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Lafayette Street.
2:11 a.m. A Highway Department vehicle broke down during snow removal operations on Ballast Lane.
2:41 a.m. A low-hanging wire was reported on Rockaway Avenue.
8:36 a.m. An officer responded to a general complaint on Devereux Street and filed a report.
9:25 a.m. A tree or branch was reported down on Whittier Road.
10:56 a.m. A utilities issue was reported on Village Street.
12:52 p.m. An officer spoke by phone to a woman who had lingering concerns over the violent rhetoric that men who may have been drunk had been using in the hallway of her apartment building at around 11 p.m. the night before. She said that there is frequently loud noises and occasionally fighting coming from the apartment she believed the men were associated with. But the night before, the men were having a loud conversation regarding the possibility of World War III and how they would partake in it. They also allegedly spoke about getting rid of the immigrants in the country, according to the woman. The men also boasted about their expertise related to arterial bleeding, the woman said. The officer told the woman that he would document their conversation and advised her to call police in the moment if she believed that there was a fight happening downstairs. He also advised her to reach out to their landlord regarding the noise issue more generally.
2:26 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Everett Paine Boulevard.
2:40 p.m. A downed tree or branch was reported on Ocean Meadow Lane.
3:17 p.m. A general complaint was made on Maple and Tedesco streets.
4:54 p.m. A downed tree or branch was reported on Brook and Pickwick roads.
