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.
Thursday, April 30
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 0
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
7:21 a.m. Officers and firefighters responded to the scene of a vehicle crash involving a large tractor-trailer and a building on Atlantic Avenue. Upon their arrival, responders observed a large tractor-trailer in the middle of Hawkes Street with what appeared to be power lines wedged between the cab and the trailer and part of the building located at 31 Atlantic Ave. scattered across the sidewalk and roadway. One of the officers approached the driver of the tractor-trailer and asked him what happened. He replied that he was making a delivery across the street to West Marine and had turned right off of Atlantic Avenue onto Hawkes Street to straighten out his truck so he could back down across the intersection to the loading dock to make his delivery. In doing so, the low-hanging wires from the pole across the street at 31 Atlantic Ave. got wedged between the cab of his truck and his trailer, which caused the top portion of bricks from the building to be pulled away from the structure. After officers ran checks on the tractor-trailer and driver’s information and documented the scene, the Light Department and Highway Department arrived on scene to cut the wires free from the tractor-trailer and to clean up the debris. Once the scene was clear from any obstruction, the officers reopened the roadway.
7:27 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Intrepid Circle to speak to a resident about a neighbor dispute. A woman explained that every day she hears children running around in the unit above hers. Because she works for “the airlines,” she sleeps at random times during off hours, she explained. She played a recording of the commotion for the officer, which in the officer’s estimation “sounded typical of communal living.” The officer informed her that this was something that the management company could deal with. She replied that she had an appointment to speak with them later in the day. The officer advised her to keep records to provide to the management company.
7:45 a.m. An officer took a report over the phone from a man who had returned home the night before to unexpectedly find a “Clearview Pressure Washing” advertisement sign on his property. The man removed the sign and called the number listed and asked the company representative not to put advertisements on his property in the future. The man had then earlier in the morning received a text message from the owner of the company, who was upset about his complaint and how he handled the situation. The text message referred to the resident’s job and contained what could read as a vague threat that the business owner would “see him soon at the Y.” The officer said he would document the information and advised the man to block the business owner’s number and have no further contact with the company. A dispatcher ran an inquiry on the phone number, and it came back to someone other than the business owner.
1 p.m. The department’s school resource officer was given general information on Gerry Street.
2:22 p.m. Credit-card fraud was reported on Fader Place.
3:05 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Farrell Court.
7:42 p.m. Officers investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on West Shore Drive and Waterside Road. The vehicle could not be located.
Friday, May 1
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 3
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 5
9:37 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Tedesco Street and Brookhouse Drive.
11:18 a.m. An officer went to Gingerbread Hill Road to investigate a complaint about a truck that was banging into walls.
Upon his arrival, the officer spoke with the caller and her husband who reported that a truck was backing into the driveway to get to 52 Beacon St. when it started to go over the small stone wall on their side of the driveway. There was no damage to the wall; however, they wanted to report that the truck was too big to be going up the narrow street. Also on scene was a neighbor who lives on Gingerbread Hill Road. She stated that the truck also was rubbing up against her tree that hung over the wall, which caused a few branches to break off. The neighbor stated that she did not care about the branches but thought it may be a better idea for the truck to park somewhere else in the future. The officer then spoke to the truck’s owner, who reported that his truck had gone over the wall and brushed up against the branches against the wall. He said he apologized to the neighbors and agreed that it was a tight space. He then said he would talk to his boss about perhaps using a smaller dump truck the next time he returns to the area, which satisfied the neighbors.
11:56 a.m. The school resource officer investigated a general complaint on Gerry Street.
12:04 p.m. A vehicle crash was reported on Tedesco Street.
1:55 p.m. An officer was dispatched to West Shore Drive to take a report of a past package theft. The resident explained that he had ordered window tape valued at approximately $40 via Home Depot online. The man stated that the package had been delivered by FedEx, and he had received a confirmation email and photo showing the package had been delivered to his front door at 2:35 p.m. on April 29. He had gotten home at 4:15 p.m. on the same day, and the package was missing. The man had checked with his one neighbor who had a camera, but the camera did not capture the incident. After searching the area, the officer was unable to locate any other cameras that may have caught the incident.
2:38 p.m. Services were rendered after a general complaint on Gerry and Pleasant streets.
9:02 p.m. Suspicious activity was reported on Summer Street.
Saturday, May 2
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 4
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:14 a.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Kenneth Road.
8:08 a.m. An officer was dispatched to West Shore Drive to speak to a woman who believed she had just seen a porch pirate pilfer a package that had been delivered on West Shore Drive. The woman explained that, as she was driving on West Shore Drive, she saw a man in a black-hooded sweatshirt riding an e-scooter or e-bike who had pulled to the side of the road, ran to the front steps of a West Shore Drive home, grabbed a package and then ran back to the bike. The man then placed the package on the rear of the bike and took off inbound on West Shore Drive. Three officers searched the area but could not find anyone on an e-scooter or e-bike. An officer found security cameras at two nearby homes and was able to speak to one of the homeowners who checked their footage, but it had not recorded any activity in the area. The officer then spoke with the owner of the home from which the package had been stolen and learned that the package contained $77 worth of undergarments ordered from the online retailer Skims. The officer advised the resident to report the theft to the company and that a copy of his report would be available if she needed it. The officer also suggested that she check with her neighbors with the camera with whom he had been unable to speak to see if their cameras captured the theft.
9:13 a.m. Officers assisted a citizen on Pleasant Street.
12:47 p.m. An officer assisted another agency on Ruby Avenue.
3:05 p.m. An officer spoke at the police station with a woman who was having some computer trouble. She explained that she had called a number that she believed belonged to Xfinity to pay her internet bill. She said she had given the person on the other end of the phone no personal information, but she then learned from her bank that she seemed to have been double charged for the bill. However, she could also find no pending charges at all when she logged into her account using the bank’s mobile app. The whole situation made her concerned that something was going on with her computer. The officer advised the woman to take her computer to Digital Docs on Monday morning to see what was going on with the laptop and to call her bank and see if she could talk with someone regarding her account. The officer also advised her to monitor her accounts to ensure that she continued to not be out of any money.
5:31 p.m. An officer went to Edgemere Road to speak with a woman who reported that her landlord had come to the property to meet a fence company and entered her home without her permission to access her upstairs deck to look at the downspout just outside it. When the woman reminded the landlord that he needed to give her 24 hours’ notice before entering her home, he grew angry and stated that he wanted to kick her out, which disturbed her because she has been an excellent tenant for six years. For now, she just wanted the incident documented.
4:20 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Old Salem Road and Maple Street.
7:12 p.m. Officers investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Pitman Road and West Shore Drive.
10:24 p.m. Officers investigated a disturbance on Pleasant Street.
11:01 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Hawkes Street and Atlantic Avenue. The source of the complaint could not be located.
Sunday, May 3
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 8
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
1:17 p.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Leggs Hill Road.
3:06 p.m. An officer went to Mugford Street to speak with a woman who had about $700 stolen from her National Grand Bank account. The woman explained that the scammer had also changed the passwords to both her banking app and her email. She had already submitted a claim with the bank, and the stolen funds had already been returned to her account. The officer advised her to continue to monitor all bank statements and recommended freezing her credit using the three major credit bureaus.
6:18 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Lincoln Park.
Monday, May 4
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 1
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
8:15 a.m. An officer spoke by phone with a father whose 9-year-old son was shaken up but not seriously injured after a Toyota SUV clipped the back tire of his bicycle as the 9-year-old was riding down West Shore Drive on the way to the Village School. After the father gave him permission to speak to his son, the officer went to the Village School to check on the child and see if he could gather any more details. The student told the officer the same story the father had and confirmed that he was uninjured but still a little shaken. The student said that he had not fallen off his bike and pulled over on the sidewalk and called his father immediately after the incident. The child added that the driver never stopped to check if he was alright. The officer told the child that he was glad to see him uninjured and told him that if he remembered anything else, he should report it to his father. The officer then called the father back who said that he only wanted the incident documented at this time.
8:37 a.m. An officer investigated a neighbor dispute on Lincoln Park.
11:02 a.m. A lost debit card was reported on Jersey Street and West Shore Drive.
1:25 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Arrowhead Road.
2:44 p.m. Officers investigated a report of a downed tree or branch on West Shore Drive.
4:24 p.m. An officer spoke at the police station with a woman who had received a typed, unsigned piece of hate mail that referenced her prior involvement with the Marblehead Festival of Arts and a children’s book she had written. The woman had no idea who could have sent her the letter, and the envelope did not have a return address. The officer scanned in a copy of the letter for the police department’s records and advised the woman to report any further harassment.
5:34 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Ocean Avenue and Nanepashemet Street. The vehicle could not be located.
5:49 p.m. Officers investigated a report of a suspicious person or people purportedly soliciting for Verizon on Washington Street. The officer found two people on a Washington Street porch who were speaking with a person who appeared to be the homeowner. One of the two people was wearing a Verizon badge and a reflective strap-style vest; the other person had no visible identification and was wearing an Alo sweatsuit. The officer asked them to cease their sales pitch so he could speak with them on the sidewalk. The man with the ID confirmed they were soliciting for Verizon. The other man said that he was working with the first man but did not have any ID, only a picture of his Massachusetts identification on his cell phone. Neither man was registered as a solicitor in Marblehead, as required by town bylaw. The man with ID led the officer to his vehicle, where the officer determined that the vehicle, which was owned by his girlfriend, was not covered by an active insurance policy. The officer requested a tow for the vehicle and instructed the man to remove his personal belongings from the vehicle and secure an alternate ride home. After the tow truck arrived, the officer seized the license plates and issued a criminal complaint citation to the man’s girlfriend, which he gave to the man as his girlfriend’s “agent” after he called and advised her of the situation. The officer also advised the two men that if they were going to come back to town to solicit, they would need to apply for a permit first.
10:15 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Green Street and Kenneth Road.
Tuesday, May 5
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
8:03 a.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Gingerbread Hill Road and Beacon Street.
8:51 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Pleasant Street that proved to be unfounded.
9:14 a.m. Suspicious activity was reported on Lafayette Street.
11:06 a.m. An officer spoke at the station with a woman who had accidentally left her wallet in Fitchburg on a recent trip to Great Wolf Lodge, which had since been thrown away by the lodge’s staff. The wallet contained credit cards, a driver’s license and small personal items, and she had presumed they were lost for good until an employee at the resort called her to say they had it. The employee advised her that the resort would keep the wallet for up to 90 days before discarding the items but prior to the 90-day period ending she was notified that the resort had thrown the items in her wallet in the trash and donated the wallet itself. The woman was concerned that her personal information was on the items that had been thrown away. The officer advised her to work with her financial institutions as well as any legal representation she had to best protect herself from possible fraud. The officer advised her that a report would be on file at the police station for her records.
11:46 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Washington Street.
2:41 p.m. An officer assisted another agency on Farrell Court.
2:45 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman who had received two emails from TD Bank congratulating her on opening two new accounts with them, which she had not done. The woman said she had been able to get the accounts closed by speaking with a bank employee and confirming that she had not authorized the opening of the accounts. The bank had advised her to report the incident via IdentityTheft.gov and to freeze her credit using the three major credit bureaus. The woman told the officer that she had not noticed any other issues regarding her financial accounts and only needed documentation of the TD Bank incident.
2:59 p.m. A general complaint was made on Pleasant Street.
4:38 p.m. Officers assisted another agency on Humphrey Street and Glendale Road.
5:17 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Atlantic Avenue.
5:54 p.m. A lost wallet was reported on Green Street Court.
6:21 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on West and Tedesco streets.
7:22 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Driftwood Road. The vehicle could not be located.
Wednesday, May 6
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
10:33 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Pleasant Street.
11:31 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Pond Street.
12:23 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Village Street.
3:03 p.m. Officers assisted a citizen on West Shore Drive and Cornell Road.
3:26 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman who had received an email from TD Bank, indicating that she had opened a checking account with them. The woman then called the bank to check that she was not receiving a scam email and confirmed that someone did use her Social Security number to open a checking account. The woman then advised the bank to close the account and had it flagged as fraud. She also confirmed that the fraudster did not make any transactions on the account. The officer advised her to monitor her credit information and report if any other accounts were opened in her name.
4:33 p.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Cottage and Commercial streets.
8:32 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Gerald Road. The issue could not be located.
Thursday, May 7
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 13
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
10:13 a.m. A citizen was assisted on Washington Street.
12:28 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Lighthouse Lane.
12:35 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a vehicle crash on Ocean Avenue and East Orchard Street.
4:21 p.m. Officers, firefighters and the police department’s mental health counselor investigated a general complaint on Russell Street.
4:57 p.m. A handicapped parking placard was found on Village Street.
8:39 p.m. A complaint was made about a moving vehicle on Ocean Avenue.
8:40 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Turner Road.
