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.
Saturday, April 25
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 11
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
1:21 a.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Ocean Avenue. A building was checked and secured.
1:08 p.m. Annoying phone calls were reported on Pleasant Street.
2:42 p.m. Annoying phone calls were reported on Gerry Street.
3:38 p.m. An officer spoke at the police station with a young woman who claimed that a local business owner had a practice of not honoring gift cards. The owner allegedly would swipe the cards, tell the customer that there was no money on the cards and throw them in the trash. The young woman claimed she had fished her card out of the trash and asked the owner to punch in the numbers instead of swiping it, and it came back with a balance of $12.24. The young woman said the owner acted surprised, but she claimed that he had been doing this to other kids as well.
3:54 p.m. Services were rendered after a general complaint on Elm Street.
6:52 p.m. A complaint was made about a moving vehicle on Atlantic and Clifton avenues.
9:27 p.m. Peace was restored after a general complaint on Broughton Road.
9:42 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Pleasant Street but could not locate the source of the issue.
Sunday, April 26
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 14
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
12:22 p.m. A general complaint was made on Ferry Lane.
3:21 p.m. A water gate ring was found on Humphrey Street and Brookhouse Drive.
4:19 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Farrell Court.
8:39 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Atlantic and Ocean avenues.
10:50 p.m. Services were rendered after a general complaint on Farrell Court.
Monday, April 27
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
7:59 a.m. An officer investigated a report of vandalism at Tower School. Upon his arrival, he met with the school’s facilities director and was shown a window with a small hole in the center with a large crack going diagonally from top to bottom. The size of the hole appeared as if it was struck with a projectile like a BB from an Airsoft gun, as the damage was on the outside of the window and did not make it past the inside layer. The officer searched unsuccessfully for a BB. The facilities director said that he believed the incident had occurred over the weekend. He planned to look through the recordings from the school’s video cameras to see if he could locate footage of the incident.
10:46 a.m. An officer met in the police station lobby with a man who had been the victim of an apparent scam involving a company called “PFG Air Ducts.” The man explained that he had found the company’s website online. Back in March, he had scheduled an appointment to receive a quote for cleaning both his condominium and his next-door neighbor’s. Between March 11 and March 15, he was corresponding by text message with two different people. On March 15, a technician identified only as “Michael” provided a quote for the services for the two condos of $1,169 and requested two separate deposits of $350 to be made out to “MRM Services.” After making the deposits, the man made multiple unsuccessful attempts to schedule the work, and to this date no duct cleaning or any other work had been performed. On April 7, he sent out texts to try to cancel the job. He was then sent another two phone numbers, one for the “main office” and a different number for “Michael,” but he had yet to get any response for his request for a refund of the $700. When he searched online for the address given for the business, he found it belonged to Salem Hospital. In response to a question, the man told the officer he had not given the scammers any other personal information. The officer then met with the man’s neighbor who confirmed the details of the story. She told the officer that she had been monitoring her accounts and checked with her bank and determined that no additional funds had been taken out of her accounts aside from the deposit.
11:33 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Lafayette Street. The problem could not be located.
11:49 a.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Glendale Road.
1:01 p.m. Officers investigated a report of the student-run elimination game known as “senior assassin,” in which high school seniors use water guns to “assassinate” assigned targets by stalking classmates and then capturing the “assassinations” on video. The log indicates that the game involved more than 100 targets.
1:29 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Farrell Court.
1:47 p.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Lafayette Street.
3:12 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Atlantic Avenue.
4:13 p.m. An officer, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Tedesco Street.
5:12 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Washington Street.
5:57 p.m. Officers assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Gerry Street.
Tuesday, April 28
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 1
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
2:07 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a local business owner who, over the past several months, had three of his checks intercepted and “washed,” a scam in which chemicals like acetone or bleach are used to remove the original payees and/or payment amounts from the check so that they can be made out to different people and/or for different amounts. The business owner had been able to stop all of the checks before they were cashed. The checks had been rewritten for $9,800, $2,500 and $1,300. After taking the report, the officer placed copies of the checks in a detective’s mailbox and shared his report with detectives as well.
2:22 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Reed Street.
2:52 p.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Pleasant Street.
5:02 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Washington Street.
9:11 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Cedar Street.
Wednesday, April 29
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:30 a.m. An officer investigated a street-sweeping violation on Barnard Street. A vehicle was towed.
8:18 a.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Hathaway Road.
3:56 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the police station lobby to speak with a person who wanted to report threatening posts on social media. A father explained that people on Facebook had been making comments about the way his son drives. The posts included a description of his vehicle and suggested that someone should take him out of the vehicle and beat him up to teach him a lesson. The man explained that his son’s friends at school had seen the Facebook post, and the son had started getting text messages, which bothered him. The father said that he and his son would be switching vehicles for the next couple weeks or until people stopped making posts about the son and just wanted the incident documented for now. The officer advised the man that he and his son should come back to the station if the harassment continued.
4:24 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Turner Road that proved to be unfounded.
4:55 p.m. Officers restored the peace after a general complaint on Rowland Street.
5:27 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Hawkes Street. The source could not be located.
