Saturday, June 6
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 4
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:01 p.m. Officers and firefighters investigated a report of a truck that struck power lines, taking them down and causing a power outage in the area of Stonybrook Road. Upon his arrival, one of the officers was met out front of the two homes most directly affected by their respective owners. One homeowner showed the officer the damage her home had sustained, as the truck ripped her entire electrical service off her home and also caused damage to her electrical box on the inside of her home. He then spoke with
the other homeowner who also pointed out the damage to his electrical service, which had also been ripped off the side of his house. Both homeowners reported that the truck belonged to an appliance store, and that the driver had left the scene, apparently unaware the truck had taken down the wires. The officer called the store and confirmed that the driver had no idea that he had pulled down any wires. The driver thought the truck had simply brushed up against branches. After officers documented the scene, the Light Department arrived and began working to restore power to the area.
11:48 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a large fallen tree limb at Abbot Hall. Upon his arrival, the officer confirmed the report, noting that the heavier section of the limb was inside of the yard at Abbot Hall, and there was a section of the limb that was on top of the hood of a vehicle that was parked on Washington Street. He could not immediately determine if there was any damage. A Tree Department employee then arrived and cut up the limb into smaller pieces and placed them in the yard of Abbot Hall. The officer then was able to observe that the vehicle did not appear to have any obvious damage, although he noted that the lighting was dim.
Sunday, June 7
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
4:01 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Ruby Avenue to investigate a complaint of an item left on a car. Upon his arrival, he was greeted by a resident who put him on the cellphone with her mother. The mother reported that an unknown person had left door hangers under the windshield wipers of three vehicles in her driveway. The door hangers were urging a “no” vote on the overrides in the June 9 election. The officer wrote in his report that he did not see any criminal intent but did agree with the woman’s concern about trespassing
7:27 p.m. An officer spoke at the station with a man whose WhatsApp account had been hacked. The hackers had then started messaging his contacts, asking them for money. The man had since deleted that WhatsApp account. The man had not lost any money himself but wanted the incident documented. The officer advised the man to contact WhatsApp about the hacking.
10:26 p.m. An officer was dispatched to the area of Orne Street to investigate a report of a large group of kids in the street. By the time he spotted the group, which was on Doaks Lane, he was past Doaks Lane and had to reverse direction on Orne Street to get back to the scene. In the process of doing so, the officer’s cruiser collided with the siding of a home on Orne Street. The officer immediately radioed a sergeant to come to the scene and document the accident. The residents of the Orne Street home were not there, so the sergeant said he would call them to let them know what happened. There did not appear to be any structural damage to the home, according to the sergeant’s accident report. The cruiser was left with a broken taillight and white scrapes on its rear driver’s side.
Monday, June 8
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 2
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 2
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
11:45 a.m. An officer went to Market Square to speak to a man about a letter dated May 28 that he had received from the Department of the Treasury regarding somebody else attempting to file for his 2025 tax return. The letter stated that verification of identity would be required for the tax return. The man was unsure how his Social Security number had been leaked, but he did follow the directions on the letter to notify the IRS that he had not filed this return. After contacting the IRS, the man had set up Norton LifeLock for identity theft protection. The officer asked him if he noticed anything other suspicious activity indicative of his personal information being leaked, and the man said that Chase had alerted him that somebody had attempted to purchase a pre-paid cell phone on his credit card account. The man stated that he canceled that card and the bank account associated with it and froze his credit with all three major bureaus. The officer advised him to continue to monitor his accounts and offered the man a copy of his report, if he needed one. The officer planned to share his report with detectives as well.
4:18 p.m. An officer spoke with a man on Broughton Road who had received a call from an unfamiliar number notifying him that he had won $2.5 million, which the man recognized as a scam. The man had exchanged words with the scammer, who threatened his life for
not cooperating. The officer advised him that scammers often try to intimidate victims into giving up their personal information. He also advised the man that most call centers are overseas, and he should not fear someone paying him a visit. The man was satisfied with that information, and he blocked the number and reported it as spam.
6:14 p.m. An officer took a report in the station from a man who initially believed that his cell phone and keys had been stolen out of his child’s stroller while they were at Goldthwait Beach. After giving the officer his report, the man returned home and his wife called the officer with the location of her husband’s phone using the Find My iPhone app. The officer then used the wife’s instructions to pin down the phone’s location. It turned out the phone and keys were in a different pocket in the stroller that the husband hadn’t checked. Nothing had been stolen.
Tuesday, June 9
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 0
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
1:49 p.m. An officer went to Ocean Avenue to speak to a man who was keeping an eye on his parents’ house while they were in Florida. Today, he had noticed that someone had been loitering on the back deck of the house. He showed the officer a photograph of a can of eaten fruit, a vape, an empty pack of cigarettes, several smoked cigarettes and several nicotine patch wrappers that had been left behind. He also pointed out an exterior power outlet that had been opened. The officer asked the man when he had last seen the property undisturbed, and he said approximately two weeks earlier. The man pointed out a hole in an abutting fence that was next to Castle Rock through which he believed the person could have entered. The officer surveyed the rest of the property and found an additional empty can of fruit and various items of trash next to the entryway to the back deck. The officer packaged up all of the items and disposed of them, per the man’s request. The man showed the officer a Ring doorbell camera, which films out over the driveway. The officer said he would share his report with detectives.
Wednesday, June 10
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 4
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
12:44 a.m. An officer spoke by phone with a man who wanted to report a past assault. The man said that he had been standing near the National Grand Bank bus stop when a man he did not know who was walking his dog came up to him and pushed him in his chest. The man stated the man with the dog then got in his face and started yelling at him and pushed him again. Once the man got home and thought about things, he decided that it was not that big of a deal and said he did not want any further assistance from the police.
11:03 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Ticehurst Lane to speak to a woman who wanted to report credit card fraud. The woman explained that she was recently in Africa and returned home to notice someone had been ordering items fraudulently on her credit card. The fraudulent purchases from an online retailer of guns and ammunition included three $450 high-candela weapon lights that punch through ambient light, tinted windows and photonic barriers to allow the user to identify long-range targets at a distance. The officer advised her to cancel her credit card, notify the credit agencies and let her banks know about the fraud. The officer shared his report with detectives.
11:10 a.m. Officers and firefighters assisted with the investigation of a stolen vehicle that ended up in the water off Grace Oliver’s Beach.
4:52 p.m. An officer took a report over the phone from a woman about some suspicious activity at Goldthwait Beach. The woman explained that goes down to walk and clean the beach every morning before work and yesterday had noticed a set of tire tracks on the beach that went from the Devereux resident parking lot side to the Goldthwait side before making a U-turn by the boardwalk ramp and heading back. Because she is there every morning, the woman surmised that the vehicle must have been there sometime early Tuesday morning or late Monday night. The woman said that she did not see any damage but wanted to report the incident. She had also emailed her neighbors in the Goldthwait Reservation area to ask if they had seen anything.
6:09 p.m. An officer was dispatched to Castle Rock to investigate a report that a boat had washed up onto the beach. Upon his arrival, the officer found a white center console, the Lilly E, on the beach. He found its owner, who explained he had been driving towards Swampscott when he hit a rock off Castle Rock (presumably Ted Moore’s Rock), which caused his boat to start taking on water and go ashore. He and his passenger declined medical attention. The man planned to work with Sea Tow on the salvage efforts. With the approval of the officer-in-charge, the officer gave the two people a ride back to the marina in Salem.
8:20 p.m. A 66-year-old Marblehead woman was arrested and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew investigated the report of a vehicle crash on Gingerbread Hill Road and Beacon Street.
Thursday, June 11
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
2:32 p.m. An officer spoke in the lobby with a woman who wanted to report a scam. The woman explained that she has been using the same landscaping company for some time. A few days ago, a different landscaping crew arrived with the apparent intent to perform work that she neither needed nor had requested. She subsequently received a bill for $110 from the new company, even though she had told the workers to leave before they had performed any work. She had subsequently done some online research, which indicated that others had been targeted with a similar scam by the same company.
Friday, June 12
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 5
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 6
10:20 a.m. An officer investigated a possible violation of a non-criminal town bylaw on Flint Street.
2:04 p.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Maple Street.
2:17 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Ocean Avenue.
10:37 p.m. An officer rendered services after investigating a report of suspicious activity on Captains Walk Lane.
Saturday, June 13
Alarms: 7
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
12:02 a.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Willow Road.
5:19 a.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Johns Road.
6:37 a.m. Police received the first of a series of calls about burglaries or break-ins of vehicles on Hibbard Road. Additional calls came from Kenneth Road (three), Mound Road (two), Naugus Avenue (five), Johns Road (three), Batchelder Road, Sparhawk Terrace (two), Hibbard Road (three additional) and Harbor Spray Lane.
4:54 p.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Washington and Mugford streets.
5:48 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station with a woman who had lost her wallet, apparently in the Village Plaza parking lot. The wallet had been found and handed to an officer and returned to the woman, but upon its return, the woman noticed $80 in cash was missing.
Sunday, June 14
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
12:35 a.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Broughton Road.
6:12 a.m. An officer investigated a disturbance reported on Front Street.
8:14 a.m. An officer investigated a report of a burglary or break-in to a vehicle on Naugus Avenue.
8:49 a.m. An officer investigated a report of a burglary or break-in to a vehicle on Hibbard Road.
2:47 p.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Pleasant Street.
3:55 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a burglary or break-in to a vehicle on Kenneth Road.
4:40 p.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Ruby Avenue.
4:47 p.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny from an apartment on Rowland Street. The resident told the officer that only she and her sister had keys to the unit.
9:37 p.m. Officers investigated a disturbance on Merritt Street.
Monday, June 15
Alarms: 2
Building/property checks: 1
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
1:41 a.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Lafayette and Maple streets in which a white Ford pickup truck wound up wedged deep into trees lining Lafayette Street. Upon his arrival, one of the responding officers walked around the truck and saw that the truck’s front end and front passenger side had extensive damage, its front tires were flat, and a number of tree branches were crushed or broken and wedged against the doors. The vehicle had also evidently crashed through and damaged four sections of the stockade fence of a home on Clipper Way. The truck also suffered extensive damage to its bed on the driver’s side from striking trees and the street pole at the corner of Lafayette and Maple streets, where the traffic light assembly was now leaning over. The officer also observed fresh, bright black skid marks for 10 to 20 feet, which led to the curb where the truck had left the road. Another officer photographed the scene. One officer spoke with the owner of the Clipper Way home with the damaged fence, who said she had rushed outside immediately after hearing the crash and found the driver stuck inside the vehicle because the doors were crushed and blocked by branches. She called 911 and also spoke with the driver, a 32-year-old Lynn man, who explained that he had come to Marblehead because he could not sleep and decided to drive by the ocean. One officer described the driver as being “conscious, alert and oriented” when he arrived on scene. Another officer was able to speak with him once he was extricated from the vehicle. The vehicle was so deep into the tree line that the tow truck had to pull the vehicle from the area with cables before it was towed away. The driver was transported to the hospital, and he was also issued a citation.
9:27 a.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Hawkes Street.
1:11 p.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Washington Street.
2:54 p.m. Officers responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Sevinor Road and Humphrey Street.
4:57 p.m. Threats related to a neighbor dispute were reported on Londonderry Road.
Tuesday, June 16
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 4
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
2:40 a.m. Officers, firefighters and an ambulance crew responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Beacon Street. Upon one officer’s arrival, he noticed a black BMW on the wrong side of the road with its hazard lights on with two men standing outside of the vehicle. In response to a question from the officer, the driver identified himself. The driver explained that he had been heading up Beacon Street outbound towards West Shore Drive. As he was turning on the “S” bend, he accidentally hit the gas instead of the brake, causing the vehicle to hit the stone wall, which suffered no conspicuous damage. The officer observed damage to the right side of the vehicle; the front right tire was completely deflated, all airbags were deployed, there was slight damage to the right-side bumper and scuff marks all through the right side of the vehicle, which the officer photographed. While the officer was speaking with the two men, another officer was speaking with a retired police officer who lives near the crash scene, though the officer did not mention having witnessed the crash itself. The vehicle was towed, and the two men were picked up by the driver’s mother.
10:27 a.m. An officer was dispatched to Farrell Court to speak with a man about a stolen grill. Upon the officer’s arrival, the man brought the officer back to the common area in Farrell Court to show him the spot from which his grill had been taken. The man was unsure when he had last seen the grill. He noted there had been a lock on it, which had been cut off.
6:45 p.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with an intern at a local insurance company who had fallen prey to a scam. The intern had received an email, purportedly from his boss, stating that the boss needed his cell phone number, which the intern provided. The intern then received a text message — again, purportedly from the boss — instructing him that he needed four $250 Sephora gift cards for their staff. The intern went to Stop & Shop in Swampscott and bought the gift cards and texted the information on one of them to the fake boss before contacting his employer and learning that it was a scam. The intern had not sent the other three gift cards to the scammer and had already contacted Sephora to initiate the process of getting the money refunded. The officer photographed the gift cards to accompany his report.
Wednesday, June 17
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 3
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
7:58 a.m. Officers helped defuse a road rage incident that unfolded in front of the police station on Gerry Street and Atlantic Avenue. When one officer arrived, he could hear two men yelling at each other. He asked one of the men to come speak with him while two other officers spoke with the other man. When the officer asked the man what had happened, the man replied, “Nothing happened.” The officer asked why he was yelling at the other man, and the man said the other driver had pulled over and started yelling at him first. The officer asked what had precipitated the confrontation, and the man continued to insist that nothing had happened. The other officers learned that the incident had begun when the other man was dropping his children off at school, during which the other man began yelling at him and proceeded to follow him. Once the officers intervened, the two men returned to their vehicles and went their separate ways.
1:08 p.m. An officer investigated a report of larceny, forgery or fraud on Pleasant Street.
1:24 p.m. An officer investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle that turned out to be a crash on Ocean Avenue.
1:52 p.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Humphrey Street and Broughton Road.
2:47 p.m. An officer assisted at the scene of a vehicle crash on Shorewood Road and West Shore Drive.
Thursday, June 18
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 6
Abandoned 911 calls: 2
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
9:38 a.m. A lost skiff or dinghy was reported on Redstone Lane.
3:56 p.m. A man came into the police station to report what he believed was a case of fraud. However, as he was beginning to tell an officer about how he had transferred $7,000 to purchase a car, his phone rang, and it turned out to be the car salesman calling him back. The man then reported that everything was OK and went on his way.
5:36 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a tree or branch down on Stramski Way.
Friday, June 19
Alarms: 3
Building/property checks: 3
Abandoned 911 calls: 0
Vehicle stops, citations: 1
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1
8:13 a.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man whose wife’s Delta credit card had been “hacked.” The man explained that someone had used her accumulated points to book a flight, which had departed at 5 p.m. the day before. The person did not show up for the flight, and the ticket was cancelled. In conjunction with the booking of the ticket, someone had also made a charge of $5.60 to a Visa credit card, but the man was unsure as to whether the credit card belonged to his family or the fraudster. The officer planned to share the report with detectives.
8:29 a.m. A possible violation of a non-criminal town bylaw was reported on Alden Road.
9:13 a.m. An officer investigated a report of a possible violation of a non-criminal town bylaw on Ocean Avenue and Risley Road. The alleged offender could not be located.
11:28 a.m. Services were rendered after the report of a possible violation of a non-criminal town bylaw on Eisenhower Road and Atlantic Avenue.
4:21 p.m. Officers investigated a report of a disturbance on Fort Sewall Lane. The issue could not be located.
5:17 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Commercial Street.
6:20 p.m. An officer investigated a report of loud music on Broughton Road that proved to be unfounded.
10:07 p.m. Officers restored the peace after the report of a disturbance on Clifton Avenue. An officer returned to Clifton Avenue at 10:52 p.m.
10:14 p.m. Officers rendered services after the report of a disturbance on Pleasant Street. They were called back to Pleasant Street at 10:33 p.m.
10:59 p.m. Officers investigated the report of a disturbance on Naugus Avenue.
11:31 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Prince Street. The issue could not be located.
Saturday, June 20
Alarms: 0
Building/property checks: 4
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0
4:50 a.m. Police were notified about a sunrise wedding on Ocean Avenue.
1:25 p.m. An officer investigated the report of a vehicle crash on Front Street.
1:49 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a possible violation of a non-criminal town bylaw that proved to be unfounded on Prospect and Commercial streets.
4:15 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a tree or branch down on Cypress and Maple streets.
4:53 p.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Atlantic and Ocean avenues. The vehicle was towed.
Sunday, June 21
Alarms: 1
Building/property checks: 10
Abandoned 911 calls: 1
Vehicle stops, citations: 0
Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2
3:17 a.m. Officers investigated the report of a car alarm sounding in the area of Village Street. The vehicle could not be located.
9:40 a.m. Police received a report about a car that may have been keyed on West Shore Drive.
9:55 p.m. Officers investigated a complaint about a moving vehicle on Atlantic and Seaview avenues.
