Kris Olson - Marblehead Current

15 Oct

Police Log: Whaler makes multiple escapes; woman may regret loaning car

Kris OlsonLocal News, Police Log

Friday, Oct. 3 12:08 a.m. Officers responded to a disturbance on Pleasant Street. 9 a.m. A driver was given a verbal warning after a traffic stop on Tedesco Street. 9:59 a.m. An officer responded to the scene of a minor vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Central Street. 5:37 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Broughton Road. 9:32 p.m. Officers investigated a report of suspicious activity on Washington Street. 9:59 p.m. An officer investigated a report of suspicious activity on Bubier Road.…

09 Oct

Police Log: Separate disputes lead to signs in store window, on easel in yard

Kris OlsonPolice Log

Friday, Sept. 26 9:36 a.m. A driver was given a citation after a traffic stop on Humphrey and Cedar streets. 9:52 a.m. A driver was given a citation after a traffic stop on Humphrey Street and Thompson Road. 1:52 p.m. An officer met in the police station lobby with a woman who over the past several months had been receiving notifications that people not known to her had been attempting to open credit cards in her name. Due to these notifications, she had already frozen…

18 Sep

Police Log: MHS football helmet plucked from locker room, hawked online

Kris OlsonPolice Log

Friday, Sept. 5 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 4 9 a.m. Larceny, forgery or fraud was reported on Atlantic Avenue. 10:32 a.m. An officer investigated the report of a vehicle crash on Pleasant Street. 8:37 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on Overlook Road. Saturday, Sept. 6 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2 10:09 a.m. An officer spoke in the police station lobby with a man whose wife had been in contact with a person claiming to be selling a stroller for $200 on Facebook. The man…

10 Sep

Assassination of activist Kirk evokes strong reaction in Marblehead

Kris OlsonTop Stories

Local voices were quick to offer condolences to the family of Charlie Kirk and call for an end to political violence after the conservative activist was assassinated while speaking at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10. Press Secretary Emily DeJoy shared with the Current the message sent to Marblehead Republican Town Committee members calling on them to “lift up Charlie’s family in prayer” and “stand united against political violence.” “As we grapple with this tremendous loss, now is the time for unity,” the statement read…

10 Sep

Paws & Claws: Help spare Ebony from ‘shelter life’

Kris OlsonAnimals

Volunteers at the Marblehead Animal Shelter are hoping to rehome Ebony before she has to enter “shelter life.” COURTESY PHOTO Breed: Domestic shorthair Size: Medium Age: Senior Sex: Female Ebony is an 11-year-old spayed female who will be going through some major challenges in her life shortly. One of her owners was moved to a nursing home, and her other owner is having some health issues. The family has opted to surrender her to a shelter. Ebony is shy when people are around, but when…

09 Sep

Spoiled milk touches off convenience store tiff; campaign T-shirt disrupts Neck walk

Kris OlsonPolice Log

Friday, Aug. 28 6:35 a.m. An officer stood by as a disabled vehicle was towed from Ocean and Atlantic avenues. 12:52 p.m. Officers attempted to serve a restraining order on Nicholson Street. 3:10 p.m. A disabled vehicle was reported on Sewall Street. 7:11 p.m. A driver was issued a citation after a traffic stop on Pleasant Street. Saturday, Aug. 29 9:21 a.m. While waiting at the red light at the intersection of Humphrey and Maple streets, an officer conducted a random inquiry of the license…

02 Sep

Town officials expecting bad news on 3A exemption request

Kris OlsonLocal News, Top Stories

Two Select Board members suggested on Aug. 28 that they expect the town will receive a letter from the state soon formally rejecting its request for an exemption from the MBTA Communities Act. The comments from Chair Dan Fox and member Erin Noonan came one day after they had the chance to discuss that request with Edward M. Augustus, the state’s housing secretary, who had come to town to tour the Marblehead Housing Authority’s property on Broughton Road, which is being redeveloped through an agreement…

29 Aug

POLICE LOG: Young theater patron doused; bush whacking roils neighbor

Kris OlsonLocal News, Public safety

Friday, Aug. 22 12:22 a.m. Officers investigated a disturbance reported on State Street. 1:49 a.m. Officers were dispatched to Calthrope Road to speak to a woman who thought she could hear people walking around upstairs. Officers searched the entire home and did not find anyone inside. 6:53 a.m. Officers investigated a disturbance reported on Roundhouse Road. 1:15 p.m. An officer investigated an allegation of abuse on Lafayette Street. 3:13 p.m. An officer went to Broughton Road to speak to a man who had just discovered…

24 Aug

Marblehead police log, Aug. 12-21, 2025: Scuffle aboard boat ends in splashdown

Kris OlsonLocal News, Police Log

Excerpts from the Marblehead police log of Tuesday, Aug. 12 through Thursday, Aug. 21, 2025. Tuesday, Aug. 12 10:33 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the Council on Aging to speak to a woman who had been served a summons to appear in court related to allegedly owing over $16,000 in charges made to a credit card she had lost years earlier. The charges dated to April 2023. The woman told the officer that she had never received any statements in the mail indicating that…

23 Aug

POLICE LOG: Aug. 8-11, 2025: Castle Rock boulder rocked; e-bikes cause stir

Kris OlsonLocal News, Police Log

Excerpts from the Marblehead police log from Friday, Aug. 8 through Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Friday, Aug. 8 7:40 a.m. An officer was dispatched to the entrance of Castle Rock to speak to a local masonry contractor whose crew was working on Ocean Avenue. When his crew arrived for work, they discovered that the large boulder blocking the entrance to the park, which had been in its proper location at the end of the previous day, had been intentionally pushed into the park, as if…