Saturday, May 9
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
10:48 a.m. An officer went to Cross Street to speak to a man who, over the past couple of months, had someone throw a half-eaten apple core at the windshield of his Mercedes-Benz at least three times. In addition, he had discovered miscellaneous trash in his parking area, as if someone was intentionally placing it there. The man said he suspected the culprit was his neighbor, with whom he had ongoing issues over the winter related to snow removal, where the neighbor was placing snow onto his rental property and had not taken it so kindly when confronted about this. That seemed to line up to when the apple-core throwing and trash leaving began, according to the man. The man said he could not prove that his neighbor was responsible and just wanted the incidents documented with police for now. The officer advised him to contact the property management company to see if they could install a camera to deter the vandalism, and the man agreed that this was a good suggestion.
10:59 a.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Atlantic Avenue and Preston Beach Road but could not locate it.
1:50 p.m. Officers went to State Street to try to assist with a neighbor dispute. Upon their arrival, one of the neighbors reported that the other neighbor involved had a “meltdown” and damaged his fence. The man stated that he and his neighbor share a fence, and the other man’s trash barrels are on the other side of the fence where the damage was caused. The man explained that his neighbor had been throwing out a large section of cardboard when he got frustrated and pushed it behind the barrels and into the fence, causing damage. The officer asked the man to show him the damage and, while walking over, asked the man what course of action he would like to take. The man said that he did not want to press charges and simply wanted his neighbor not to be so volatile. While the officer was being shown the damage, he observed the other man driving his new bike in his driveway. The officer asked the man to come over and speak with him. The officer asked the man if he had damaged the fence, and he said that he was not sure. The man said that he had been putting away a piece of cardboard behind the fence when his neighbor’s wife came out and started yelling at him. The man said that he immediately retreated because he did not want to get into trouble. The officer explained to the man that he had observed fresh damage to the fence and asked him to be more careful in the future. He agreed. The man also offered to come to the other side of the fence and apologize in person or shake his hand, but that offer was declined.
Sunday, May 10
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 1
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
6:49 a.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Lafayette Street.
Monday, May 11
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
6:52 a.m. An officer and firefighters investigated a silent 911 call on Elm Street.
10:24 a.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Calthrope Road.
12:12 p.m. An officer and the department’s mental health counselor rendered services after a general complaint on Farrell Court.
1:41 p.m. An officer was dispatched to National Grand Bank to investigate the report of a scam in progress. The bank’s vice president reported that a customer had come into the bank saying she needed $45,000 in cash to give to Microsoft. The vice president was then alerted by one of the tellers of the transaction and asked the customer what the money was for. The customer told the vice president that she needed to wire $45,000 to Microsoft for an overdue payment. The vice president attempted to explain to the woman that she was being scammed, and he would not be giving her the money. Once the woman realized she was being scammed, she got upset and left the bank.
4:20 p.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a crash involving a vehicle and a cyclist on Pleasant and Smith streets. Upon his arrival at the scene, the officer spoke with both the driver of the vehicle and the father and son who had been on the bike, all of whom reported they were uninjured. The officer first spoke with the father, who explained he was on his bike with his son on the back of the bicycle traveling on Smith Street from Atlantic Avenue and came up to the intersection at Smith and Pleasant street. He said he had a green light turning yellow and proceeded into the intersection. He said the vehicle involved ran the red light traveling inbound on Pleasant Street, which caused the front of his bike to collide with the passenger side of the vehicle. The officer then spoke with the driver who confirmed that she was going inbound on Pleasant Street when the collision occurred at the Smith Street intersection. She stated that she could not recall if the light was red or green when she went through the intersection. A witness then came forward who had been following the bicycle on Smith Street. The witness confirmed that the bicycle had a green light and the vehicle ran through the red light. The officer issued the driver a citation.
4:43 p.m. Officers investigated the report of a disturbance in the area of the Village Street bridge. He spoke with a minor who explained that while riding his bike down the rail trail, he ran into two kids unknown to him who were older, probably in the sixth grade. The minor said that when he approached the two other kids, they began calling out unintelligible things to him. One of the kids smacked him in the helmet and called him a name before the two kids ran off in different directions. The boy said he was totally fine and not looking for any kind of investigation. He was released to the custody of his mother and grandmother. The officers briefly searched the area but did not find the youths involved in the incident.
9:07 p.m. Officers investigated a report that the back glass door of a residence on Humphrey Street had just shattered. The homeowners were home and reported that no one was actively breaking into the house. When the officers arrived on scene, they observed the top piece of glass broken on the back storm door. They did not see any objects that could have broken the glass around the door. The door was located on a large deck, and with the wet grass, there would have been footprints left on the deck if there had been an intruder, but the officers found no footprints. One of the officers spoke with the homeowner who explained that they did not see anyone and did have motion lights in their backyard, which did not go off. The officers conducted a walk-through of the property and did not find anything amiss.
Tuesday, May 12
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 11
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
9:54 a.m. An officer responded to Community Road to take a report of a road-rage incident involving a man on a motor scooter. Upon his arrival, the officer spoke with a woman who explained that she had been driving in Salem when she passed the man on a motor scooter which appeared to have upset him, as he began to follow her all the way into Marblehead. Along the way, the man passed her multiple times but then stopped and waited for her at the next intersection before continuing to follow her after she passed him. The man on the motor scooter followed her all the way to her destination — the Jewish Community Center of the North Shore — but turned around and left the property once she pulled into the front circle of the JCC. The woman did not think that she had cut him off or had done anything else wrong while driving and was shaken up that the man had followed her for so long. The officer was able to get the license plate number of the scooter from the JCC’s security cameras, and it was registered to a Lawrence man. The officer advised the woman to call police if she saw the man again and advised her that, if she ever felt like she was being followed, she should call the police and drive to the nearest police station without making any stops.
Wednesday, May 13
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 9
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
7:47 a.m. An officer investigated a complaint about speeding vehicles in the area of Flint Street and Bonad Road. The officer monitored traffic from approximately 8:20 a.m. to 9 a.m. during which time there was a sporadic to light traffic flow, with most of the vehicles traveling less than 20 mph and the highest recorded speed right at the speed limit of 25 mph. While monitoring the area, the officer also did not observe any other traffic violations.
Thursday, May 14
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 7
2:14 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Commercial Street and filed a report.
Friday, May 15
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 1
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
2:50 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a woman who had received an email from someone pretending to be her coworker, asking her if she could send a wire transfer for a newsletter publishing expense. The woman stated that she did not think twice about the request since she assumed it was real and related to work. The woman added that, despite the unknown person using her co-worker’s name, she did not recognize the whole email address. The woman sent a wire transfer totaling $1,334.21 but had already submitted a claim with her bank and expected to be reimbursed soon. The woman had also reached out to her co-worker to advise her to change her email password because she had learned that multiple other co-workers had received the same fraudulent email. The officer advised the woman to be more cautious of scam emails and to monitor her bank accounts as well as her credit.
4:54 p.m. While working a paving detail, a detective was approached by a woman known to him who showed him a photo she had taken with her phone, which showed that the rear window of her car parked on Hewitt Street had been broken. The damage appeared to have been caused by a rock or small stone, possibly by a weed wacker, in the officer’s estimation. It is impossible for the officer to determine if that is actually how the window was broken, as the glass had collapsed into the car. The woman told the officer that there had been a landscaper working near her car, but he did not say anything to her. He did, however, give her a funny look, she recalled. The woman said she only noticed that the window had been broken after driving away. The officer suggested that the woman call her insurance company and report the damage.
Saturday, May 16
Alarms: 4
Building/property checks: 5
Abandoned 911 calls: 5
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
3:10 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Front Street.
8:19 a.m. An officer went to the area of Peach Highlands and Lime Street to investigate the report of the theft of a laptop from a vehicle that had been parked on Lime Street across from the baseball field since 6 p.m. the night before. The laptop had been on the front seat of the vehicle, and the vehicle’s owner reported that she could not remember if she had locked the vehicle’s doors. The woman said she believed she had slipped her laptop into her briefcase before exiting the vehicle but learned to her dismay that she had not. She had used the “Find My” app to trace the location of the laptop to the area of Pond Street near Farrell Court before the battery apparently died. She described a distinctive sticker that she had attached to the front of the laptop. The officer and the woman then went to Pond Street to search for the laptop and were allowed into one residence by the homeowner, but the laptop was not found there. The officer advised the woman to continue to monitor her “Find My” app to see if the battery was charged and the laptop was turned back on elsewhere. The officer also advised the woman to call her bank and freeze her accounts because she had told him that all of her passwords were stored on the computer. He also recommended reporting the laptop stolen to Apple Support. The officer then observed as the woman used her phone to lock her computer. He advised her to change her passwords. The woman was told to call police again if she noticed a new ping for her computer and to wait for an officer’s assistance rather than heading to the location on her own. 9:53 a.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Tedesco Street. The vehicle could not be located.
4:02 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby who had been notified by CitiBank back in March that there had been fraudulent activity on the credit card she shares with her husband. Since then, they had been having a difficult time handling the matter over
the phone with the company’s fraud department because the company apparently did not believe she and her husband are who they say they are. The officer advised her to go to her local bank to see if they could help.
8:49 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Farrell Court after firefighters and EMS workers responding to a medical call reported that a man who seemed to be intoxicated might be attempting to drive away in his vehicle. When the officer arrived, he found the vehicle in question in the parking lot, and the vehicle’s registered owner was sitting in the driver’s seat with the engine turned off. The man then stepped out to speak with the officer as the firefighters and EMS workers had just returned to their trucks. An EMS worker told the officer that he observed the man unsteady on his feet and concluded that he may be intoxicated. In talking with the man, the officer could not smell any alcohol coming from his breath or vehicle, and he was eventually allowed to leave.
Sunday, May 17
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 2
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
6:09 p.m. Officers went to Creesy Street to investigate a report that a group of kids might be breaking into an empty unit. Upon one of the officer’s arrival, he was met by the caller, who pointed out the basement unit in question, which she said kids had been entering and exiting through a window. The officer went into the unit through an unlocked door and found nobody inside and no evidence of any damage. He was able to lock the window the kids had been using, as well as the door to the apartment. He then did a walk through of the Creesy Street address where the kids had reportedly run off into, but he was unable to locate anyone. The woman said that building management is already aware of the problem.
Monday, May 18
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
12:54 a.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Pleasant Street.
8:27 a.m. Officers were dispatched to Beacon Street to investigate a report that a commercial vehicle had struck a light pole. When one of the officers arrived, he observed the bottom half of the light pole broken in half. The Marblehead Light Department then arrived on scene and advised the officer they would need to close the road down to make repairs to the pole. The officer also spoke to a witness who reported seeing a large truck with a piece of heavy equipment in the back navigating its way through the narrow road when it struck the pole. The witness had been able to take a picture of the truck and get its license plate. The truck was registered to a Lynn construction company. The dispatcher reported that the driver and a supervisor from the company would be returning to the scene. The officer then spoke to the supervisor and the driver. The driver explained that he was dropping off equipment for a job on Farrell Court. The driver explained that as he was leaving the job site, he took a wrong turn, which brought him into the lower Beacon Street area. The driver said he did feel the vehicle hit something but thought he had just hit the curb or swiped tree branches. The driver said he looked through his mirrors and did not see any damage and continued on his way. After speaking with the driver and the company supervisor, the officer took pictures of the damaged pole and the vehicle. The officer also informed the two workers he would be doing an accident report.
8:46 a.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a couple who had been the victim of identity fraud. Someone had used the husband’s personal information, including his Social Security number, to set up an Intuit Quickbooks account related to their business. The fraudster had then used the account to pass a bad check for $15,000. The couple explained that they were not the ones to open the account and had reported the incident to Intuit. They just needed a police report to document that the man had been the victim of fraud. The officer also gave the man information on reporting identity theft to the FTC and advised him to look over the rest of his credit report to make sure there was no further fraud. The officer also suggested that he place a freeze on his credit.
9:29 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the Board of Health office on Widger Road to investigate a report of a disgruntled citizen. When he arrived on scene, the officer was met in the parking lot by a man who said, “I’m the person you are probably here for.” The man explained that he wanted to file a disturbing-the-peace report against the Marblehead Board of Health. The man said that he had just been in the office speaking with a Health Department employee to complain about trucks and workers coming and going from the transfer station at what he felt were unreasonable hours of the morning. The man told the officer that the employee “pretty much told me to go f— myself.” The man said it was explained to him that the Board of Health was exempt from any noise ordinance regarding the operation of its facilities. The man went on to explain that this morning at approximately 3:45 a.m. he was awakened by the noise of large trucks, specifically their hydraulic systems and back-up alarms. The man said that this noise continued for approximately 20 minutes. He told the officer that this was not the first time this had happened and that the problem had only gotten worse since the new electric gate was installed. The man felt as though his complaint was not taken seriously and that his peace was being disturbed. The officer explained to the man that the officer would document what he had been told. The officer advised the man that the appropriate course of action would be to take his concerns to the Select Board. After speaking with the man, the officer went inside and spoke with the Health Department worker who had called the police. The employee told the officer that, prior to his arrival, the man had come into the office and begun to yell and argue about the trucks at the transfer station. The employee told the officer that he explained to the man that he would need to send an email and that he would address all of his concerns in writing. The employee told the officer that he tried to explain to the man that he was not going to argue with him about the issue in the office, as on a prior occasion he had already explained the reasoning and legal justification verbally to the man, which was why he was now offering to address the complaint in writing over email. The employee explained that the man had not responded well to the suggestion and continued to yell at the employee about his complaints. The employee said that, at one point, the man stuck his foot in the doorway and was refusing to leave. He also stated that the man asked him, “What if I come to your house at 4 a.m. and make noise?” The employee told the man that he needed to leave the office and sit in the hallway, as the office was for employees only. The employee explained to the man that, if he did not leave, the man would need to call the police. The employee said the man responded, “Go ahead, I already called them, too.” The employee then called the police with the man still in his office. After the employee called the police, the man eventually left the building without further incident. The officer told the employee he would document what he had been told and that he had advised the man to take up his concerns with the Select Board.
1:10 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man who earlier in the day had been unable to log into his online bank account. When he called the bank, he was told that an unknown person was trying to cash a $7,000 check as well as obtain access to the man’s ATM card. The man stated that when he was at the bank, he opened a new checking account. Before he departed from the bank, one of the workers informed him that the unknown person was once again on the phone trying to cash the check. The customer then tried to call the person back, but there was no answer. The officer then asked the man if any money had been taken from his account, and he replied no. The man said he just wanted the incident on record.
Tuesday, May 19
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 5
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3
12:16 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen in the police station lobby a woman who needed to take a breath test for the interlock
Device on her vehicle. The woman blew a 0.00% on the test, which the officer documented before returning the testing equipment to the officer in charge.
Wednesday, May 20
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
10:05 a.m. An officer went to Anderson Street to investigate a report of vandalism to a tow truck. Upon arrival, the officer met with a man who showed him that someone had spilled red paint on the bed of his tow truck. Upon looking closer, the officer saw that there was an open small bucket of red paint lying face down on the bed with a large pool of paint, trailed by other small marks towards the end of the bed. The man suspected that the culprits were middle-school-aged kids who like to hang out near the back of Village Plaza. Inside the tow yard, the back wall is unfenced, and people can jump down from a wall in the back, explained. He said that he had contacted the property management company, which has a camera facing the tow yard. The officer asked him to share any footage with him once the man receives it. The man said that he was not overly concerned about his 20-plus-year-old tow truck but wanted to address the situation before a similar incident happens with a customer’s vehicle instead. He said that he would call the station the next time he sees the group of kids hanging around out back in the hopes that officers might give them a scare.
