Wednesday, April 15
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
9:02 a.m. A complaint was made about a moving vehicle on Pleasant Street.
10:22 a.m. An officer investigated a report of found or lost property on Gerry Street.
11:29 a.m. An officer investigated a report of vandalism on Arthur Avenue.
1:12 p.m. Assistance was given to a citizen on Roundhouse Road.
2:04 p.m. An officer investigated a report of annoying phone calls on Roundhouse Road.
3:20 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Devereux Street.
5:35 p.m. Assistance was given to a citizen on Orchard and Phillips streets.
Thursday, April 16
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:18 p.m. Annoying phone calls were reported on Russell Street.
1:13 p.m. Found or lost property was reported on Pickwick Road.
Friday, April 17
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 13
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
12:42 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Lafayette Street and West Shore Drive. The vehicle could not be located.
1:31 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Ocean Avenue.
2:27 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Naugus Avenue.
6:27 p.m. Officers investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Ocean and Atlantic avenues. The vehicle could not be located.
8:43 p.m. Officers assisted with a disabled vehicle on Tedesco and Maple streets. The vehicle was towed.
9:07 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint that proved to be unfounded on Tioga Way.
Saturday, April 18
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 14
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
12:16 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Wyman Road.
11:02 a.m. An officer investigated a complaint regarding a moving vehicle on Pleasant Street and Ocean Avenue. The vehicle could not be located.
11:09 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Treat Road.
11:16 a.m. Annoying phone calls were reported on Naugus Avenue.
10:27 p.m. Officers were dispatched to Orne Street to investigate a report of a loud group of kids. Upon their arrival, a resident told one of the officers that the group had also taken her “do not enter” sign from her driveway. The officers searched the area thoroughly and were unable to locate the group or the sign.
11:06 p.m. Officers rendered services after a traffic stop on Curtis and Elm streets.
Sunday, April 19
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 15
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
4:37 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Gerald Road.
Monday, April 20
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 12
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
5:34 a.m. A Farrell Court resident reported that his or her Social Security card was lost or stolen.
12:02 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Ferry Lane.
1:39 p.m. An officer spoke with an Atlantic Avenue business owner who was having issues with the owners of the building in which the business was located. According to the business owner, he had an agreement with the building owners stating that he was allowed to operate his business until 11 p.m., yet one of the building owners had shown up on Saturday night at 10 p.m. in the business’ back parking lot and started yelling at kids and other patrons of the business to leave. The business owner stated that the building owner was not honoring their agreement, which was costing him money. He wanted the police to know in case the building owner lodged a complaint against his business in the 10 p.m. hour. The officer advised him that this was a civil matter but that his concerns would be documented.
2:44 p.m. A general complaint was made on Ferry Lane.
3:55 p.m. An officer spoke at the station with a man who had started receiving odd, harassing text messages from a man he had not heard from since giving him about $1,200 a year earlier to help the man pay his bills and for food. Earlier in the day, the man had texted, “I would appreciate it if you would not come NEAR me or my house after the way you behaved the other night. I have a lot of it on video, and if you do it again, I’ll take it to the Marblehead Police. I’ve already spoken to them without a name being given.” The recipient of the text was not even sure what the man was referring to. He wanted the incident documented. The officer explained to him the process for obtaining a harassment prevention order. The man said he would block the other man’s phone number and would come back to the station if any other incidents occurred.
5:55 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Bridge Street.
6:23 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Barnard Hawkes Court that proved to be unfounded.
8:22 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Brown Street. The activity could not be located.
Tuesday, April 21
Alarms: 4
Building/property checks: 7
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 5
11:50 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Carol Road.
12:23 p.m. An officer spoke at the police station with a man whose work computer system had been hacked the week before and over the weekend. The man believed the initial breach had occurred on his bookkeeper’s personal laptop while she was working from home in Beverly. The man was also notified of a fraudulent transaction attempt from his Amazon account. The man had hired the GeekSquad to service his computers after the hack. He had also changed all of his online passwords and planned to keep an eye on his bank accounts.
1:25 p.m. Solicitors were reported on Beacon Street.
1:51 p.m. An officer spoke with a woman regarding a suspicious incident that had taken place at her home on West Shore Drive. According to the woman, an unidentified woman had walked up to the front of her house and placed a plastic bag of trash at the front door steps. The woman was caught on camera doing so and could be seen taking a photograph of the plastic bag after she left it on the front door steps about 25 minutes earlier. The woman’s son had seen the woman place the plastic bag on the front door steps and thought it was a food delivery, only discovering that it contained miscellaneous trash when he went to grab the bag to bring inside. The officer went through the bag to see if he could find a receipt or piece of mail to identify the culprit but did not find anything helpful. The officer was called back to the home at the end of his shift, as the residents had since figured out that the woman’s husband had received an alert about a delivery of a SharkBite copper shut-off valve and a fastener that he had ordered from Home Depot around the same time the woman had left the bag of trash. He had paid approximately $30 for the items. The man had contacted Home Depot to cancel the order and report the incident, learning that the items had been picked up at the Salem Home Depot by an Uber driver and that the company’s records showed that the items had been delivered successfully.
2:18 p.m. A general complaint was made on Ocean Avenue.
2:24 p.m. A general complaint was made on Shetland Road.
3:33 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman who had been scammed out of $13,000 by a caller claiming to be from the digital security company McAfee. The caller claimed to be alerting the woman that her information had been compromised. The woman had given the scammers access to her computers and eventually wired them $13,000 from her phone from her Fidelity account. The officer advised the woman to have to have both her computer and her phone “cleaned” by computer professionals, to contact her credit agencies and to alert her banks of what happened. The officer also instructed the woman to not answer calls from anyone that she did not know and to block all numbers that could be scam related. The report was shared with detectives for further investigation.
4:50 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Washington Street.
5:19 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Waterside Road and Green Street.
10:02 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Londonderry Road.
Wednesday, April 22
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 4
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
10:48 a.m. An officer took a report over the phone from a man who had been involved in a crypto scam. The man explained that, the day before, he had received a verification code text through the investment app Robinhood that he did not request. He called the customer support number and was told that his account was unsafe and someone else had access. He was then transferred to a “case manager” who had him transfer $5,000 from his Robinhood wallet using a USDC coin to a SafePal wallet. At this time, he got another text from an unknown number with a code and an address to send the Bitcoin to. The man said that, ever since, he has been unable to access this money, and it was stuck in this coin wallet. He said that the case manager then told him to transfer more money, which he found suspicious, so he hung up. The man said that he would email the officer photos of the emails and texts that he had received. The officer advised him not to answer anymore messages from the scammers’ numbers and to continue to monitor his accounts. The officer planned to share the information with detectives for further investigation.
1:36 p.m. A caller reported that a walk signal was stuck on, on Smith Street and Atlantic Avenue.
4:16 p.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Washington Street.
5:29 p.m. A general complaint was made on Front Street.
5:59 p.m. A general complaint was made on Stonybrook Road.
9:02 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Atlantic Avenue and Gerry Street. The vehicle could not be located.
9:14 p.m. An officer restored the peace after a general complaint on Pleasant Street.
Thursday, April 23
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 4
6:50 a.m. Police began to receive a number of calls related to a widespread power outage.
12:28 p.m. A follow-up investigation was conducted on Farrell Court.
1:41 p.m. Solicitors were reported in the area of Washington and State streets.
Friday, April 24
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
12:49 a.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Fort Sewall Lane.
8:57 a.m. An officer investigated the possible violation of a harassment prevention order on Commercial Street.
9:28 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Point O Rocks Lane.
1:33 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Front Street.
7:23 p.m. An officer conducted a field interrogation on Humphrey Street and Auburndale Road.
9:06 p.m. Officers restored the peace after a disturbance on Green Street and Alexander Circle.
9:40 p.m. A disturbance was reported on Green Street.
10:49 p.m. Officers investigated the report of a disturbance on Rockaway Avenue but could not locate it.
