Thursday, March 12
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:26 p.m. General information was provided on Ferry Lane.
3:32 p.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Lafayette Street and Everett Paine Boulevard.
Friday, March 13
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 15
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
8:34 a.m. A dead goose was reported on Lime Street.
9 p.m. Officers investigated a report of someone yelling in the area of Anchorage Lane and Bradlee Road. Upon their arrival, the officers heard nothing. They then spoke with the person who had made the call to police who explained that they had heard someone yelling, “Get on your knees and put your hands up.” The caller said the noise seemed to be coming from the area of Corn Point Road. The officers stayed in the area for another 10 to 15 minutes but could not hear any yelling. Approximately 30 minutes later, the resident called police again to say that, while they had not heard any further yelling, the caller had become concerned that what they may have heard was a domestic dispute. The officer explained that he and his fellow officer had remained in the area for another 10 to 15 minutes. The officer returned to the area but again did not hear any further yelling.
10:13 p.m. Officers restored the peace after a disturbance on Willow Road.
Saturday, March 14
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 4
2:25 a.m. A disabled vehicle was reported on Tedesco Street.
10:56 a.m. An officer went to Longview Drive to speak to a man who believed he had been the victim of a scam. The man explained that he had met a woman on the social media platform Instagram and had been chatting with her using the app’s messenger feature. After several interactions, the man exchanged phone numbers with the woman, as he felt their “relationship” was growing. But he then became suspicious when the woman began explaining how she had been scammed out of $4,000 and asked him if he could help her out by sending her some money. The man began investigating and found out that the number he had been texting came back as registered to a person named “Big Ruby” with a phone number from Nigeria. The man stated he never provided the person with any financial information nor did he provide them with any personal information outside of his name and that he lived outside of Boston. The man had sent “Big Ruby” a picture of himself and the outside of his home to “prove he was real.” But outside of that, he had provided no further information about himself. The officer suggested that the man block any numbers and or Instagram profiles associated with the person he had been texting with and advised him as a precaution to monitor his credit activity in case the person had found a way to gather more personal information about him.
4:23 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Crosby’s Market to investigate a report of shoplifting that had occurred three days earlier but had just been detected after the store manager took inventory and then reviewed security footage. The manager showed the officer the security footage, which showed a gray-haired gentleman with glasses and wearing dark clothing who left a shopping cart full of food in one of the aisles. He then walked to the front of the store, looked around, grabbed a few brown paper bags and walked back to his shopping cart. The man then put the food into the bags to make it look like it was paid for, went to the front of the store by the exit doors, waited a minute for customers to leave and then walked out with the shopping cart full of food that he had not paid for. The manager gave the officer an itemized list of the items that had been taken. The manager said that he would drop a copy of the security footage off at the police station on Monday. He was advised to call police if the suspect returned to the store. The manager had already circulated the man’s photo to the store’s employees.
10:36 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Atlantic Avenue.
11:02 p.m. Four officers investigated a general complaint on Pleasant Street.
Sunday, March 15
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
5:02 a.m. An officer, a fire engine company and an ambulance crew investigated a disturbance on Farrell Court.
8:20 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Atlantic Avenue.
10:23 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the Old North Church to investigate a report of a suspicious person. A church representative told the officer that, about 35 minutes earlier, a man had come into the church and asked if he could leave his luggage, which was odd because the man did not have any luggage. The man proceeded to tell the church representative that the church should not have two female ministers, that it was against scripture and unholy. The church representative explained to him that it was perfectly consistent with how they practice Christianity. The man then announced that he had to get his luggage and left the church. The man appeared to be in his 20s with a mustache, dark hair, brown jacket and pants. The church representative was advised that if the man returned, he should not interact with him but instead call police. The officer canvassed the neighborhood and other churches but did not find anyone fitting the description.
12:49 p.m. An officer took a shoplifting report in the police station lobby from the grocery manager at Crosby’s Market. The manager said he had video footage from the previous night of a man stealing two blocks of Dubliner cheese valued around $18 and a bottle of Duckhorn Cabernet Sauvignon. The video showed the man placing the cheese into his pockets. He was then shown placing the bottle of wine at the bottom of his carriage in a way that prevented staff from seeing him leave with it. It was believed to have been the same man who had shoplifted a shopping cart full of food in an earlier incident. The manager provided copies of the video footage on flash drives, which the officer placed in a detective’s mailbox. The manager was advised to call the police if the man returned to the store.
1:40 p.m. Annoying phone calls reported.
3:48 p.m. Officers investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Washington Street.
5:43 p.m. An officer was dispatched to take a report about a “strange interaction” that a minor had while walking home on Pearl Street about 20 minutes earlier. The minor reported that he had been approached by a young man in his middle teenage years wearing a gray flannel who claimed to have been robbed at knife point in Steer Swamp. The teen asked the minor if he had a phone, and when the minor responded “no,” the teen ran off towards Washington Street. A neighbor then approached the officer to report that his kids had been playing out in front of his house on Russell Street and had been approached by a young man who told them the same story about having been robbed at knifepoint in Steer Swamp. When the man asked if he could help, the teen took off running. He said the interaction was so quick, he could not give an accurate description of the teen. Other officers canvassed the neighborhoods but could not find the teen.
8:37 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Robert Road and Everett Paine Boulevard.
Monday, March 16
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 5
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
5:23 a.m. Three officers were dispatched to the area of Countryside Lane to investigate a motor vehicle complaint. As they were responding to the area, a second call from Broughton Road reported a disturbance involving the honking of the horn of a red Toyota.
As one officer was checking the area of Countryside Lane, another officer found a man sleeping in a red Toyota Camry parked on Broughton Road. Two officers approached the vehicle, and after a few knocks were able to awaken the man, who woke up in a confused state. There was a language barrier, but the officers were able to ascertain that he was trying to make contact with his girlfriend, who lived nearby. The officers asked him to try to call his girlfriend. In the meantime, one officer noticed that the car’s passenger-side tire was flat and had very little rubber left on the rim. The man’s girlfriend eventually came out and brought the man inside with her. The officer then walked around the vehicle to look for any other indications of potential damage from an accident but found none. He also drove the length of Tedesco and Humphrey streets to look for evidence of an accident or a tire blowout but again found none.
9:35 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Longview Drive.
4:56 p.m. Officers investigated the report of an ongoing fight that “sounded physical” coming from an apartment on Market Square. Upon their arrival, the officers could hear loud noises and banging coming from inside the apartment. One of the officers knocked on the door and were greeted by the homeowner. Due to a language barrier, the officers used Google Translate to communicate with her. The officers requested to come inside the apartment and were invited in. They found the woman’s son and his friend playing with cardboard boxes. They were stacking the boxes on top of one another, which was causing loud banging noises when they fell. The officer then asked if anyone else was home, and the homeowner pointed to her friend, who was cooking dinner. The officers explained that they had been called to the apartment because someone feared there was an argument or fight going on, but the woman explained that the noise had been caused by her son and his friend. One of the officers advised her to ask the children to try to keep down the noise because the building was old, and noise traveled through it easily.
4:59 p.m. Officers assisted another agency on Humphrey Street and Seaview Avenue.
10:25 p.m. Officers investigated a report of a tree that may have fallen on top of a parked vehicle tree on Village Street. Upon his arrival, the officer found that a tree branch had fallen in front of the vehicle, and the vehicle suffered no visible damage. He and another officer were able to move the tree branch onto the sidewalk. He then spoke with the couple who owned the vehicle and informed them of what appeared to be a near miss by the branch.
Tuesday, March 17
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
4:03 a.m. A powerline down over a tree was reported on Stonybrook Road.
4:47 a.m. A tree or branch down over a powerline was reported on Calthrope Road.
6:49 a.m. A large pothole was reported on Leggs Hill Road.
8:03 a.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman who had been the victim of a scam. She explained that she had recently begun talking with someone claiming to be from the Federal Trade Commission and Apple. The woman provided her personal information and banking information and had recently learned that $20,000 had been taken out of her Salem Five account and another $20,000 had been taken out of her Fidelity account. The woman was concerned that more money may have been taken from her crypto accounts. The officer advised the woman to speak with either a computer specialist or a banking specialist regarding how to handle what was going on with her crypto accounts. The woman then said that she had to go to the bank and left. Later, the woman’s husband came to the station to report that he, too, had given information to the “FTC,” including his Social Security number and the front of his driver’s license. The man wanted that information documented so that could go to the Registry of Motor Vehicles to obtain a new driver’s license.The man said that he and his wife were also working with Salem Five, Fidelity and the Geek Squad to address the scam.
11:04 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Commercial Street and Atlantic Avenue.
11:44 a.m. A wire was reported down on Front Street and Fort Beach Lane.
4:32 p.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Intrepid Circle.
Wednesday, March 18
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 11
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
3:31 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Broughton Road to investigate a report of a man sleeping in his car. Upon his arrival, the officer observed a man sleeping in a red Toyota. He knocked on the window, and the man woke up. The man did not speak English, so the officer used Google Translate to communicate with him. The man identified himself and explained that his friend was inside a Broughton Road residence talking to his girlfriend. The officer advised him that he could not sleep in his car and that he could either call his friend to let him inside or he would need to leave. The man called his friend who came out and let him inside.
10:05 a.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Humphrey Street.
11:14 a.m. An officer spoke at the police station with a woman who had been notified by Chase Bank that someone had applied for a credit card using her personal information. The application was denied. The woman reported that she had also been receiving scam letters and text messages. She had checked with her bank and had not lost any money yet. The officer advised her about further precautions she could take.
1:57 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman and her daughter about a $1,044 check drawn on the daughter’s account being cashed by an unknown man at the Bank of America. The mother said that her practice is to mail her daughter’s checks by dropping them in one of the mailboxes on West Shore Drive or Stramski Way or having a mail carrier pick up the envelopes at their home. The information was shared with detectives.
2:22 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Arnold Terrace.
2:29 p.m. An officer investigated a vehicle crash on Sewall and Jersey streets.
2:50 p.m. Officers assisted another agency on Rowland Street.
4:12 p.m. An officer spoke to a girl and her mother at the police station about something the daughter had witnessed at the Starbucks that she thought was strange. The daughter saw a group of boys and a girl who all seemed to be together be approached by a boy on a skateboard, who then showed the group something on his phone and said something to them. The boys in the group then left with the new boy who had approached them, while the girl — whom the daughter said seemed frightened — did not. The officer suspected he might know who the boy was and pulled up a picture of him, and the daughter confirmed that it was the boy with the skateboard she had seen. The officer searched the area for the boy with the skateboard but was unable to find him.
6:20 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on West Shore Drive.
7:31 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Devereux and Pleasant streets.
Thursday, March 19
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 12
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
9:49 a.m. A brief power outage was reported on Ocean Avenue and Fuller Lane.
12:41 p.m. An officer investigated a report of annoying phone calls on South Street.
3:47 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on State Street.
