Police Log - Marblehead Current

22 Mar

POLICE LOG: Possible link between punctured tire, noise complaint probed

Marblehead Current staffPolice Log, Public safety, Top Stories

Monday, March 2Alarms: 0Building/property checks: 11Abandoned 911 calls: 0Vehicle stops, citations: 1 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2 11:35 a.m. An officer spoke at the station with a woman who had found cash in the parking lot of Village Plaza near Dunkin Donuts. The woman had posted about it on Facebook and was advised to turn the cash into police, which she was now doing. The officer placed the cash into an evidence locker and alerted the property officers. 12:25 p.m. A detective attempted to serve a…

20 Feb

Marblehead Police log: Cruiser, truck slap mirrors; woman falls prey to apartment scam

Marblehead Current staffLocal News, Police Log, Public safety

Monday, Feb. 2 Alarms: 1Building/property checks: 6Abandoned 911 calls: 3Vehicle stops, citations: 1 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1 7:47 a.m. A utilities issue was reported on Smith and Pleasant streets. 8:20 a.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Pleasant Street. 11:15 a.m. An officer documented an incident in which his cruiser and Ford pickup truck had slapped mirrors as the officer was pulling into the Crosby’s Market parking lot via State Street, where the entrance was very narrow due to snowbanks. The officer exited…

19 Feb

One of Marblehead’s tiniest streets draws second highest police activity

Sana Muneer and Matthew WuschkePolice Log, Public safety, Top Stories

Police patrolled one of Marblehead’s shortest streets more than twice as much as any other road in town over the past four years. Community Road, which is only a quarter mile long, is a hotspot for police patrols and property checks. An analysis of police logs by Boston University journalism students found that the road had the second highest number of entries of any Marblehead street from 2022 to 2025. **** The Current created a database of Marblehead Police calls. To check calls to your…

16 Feb

POLICE LOG: Loyalty points used for lavish purchases; backhoe strikes cruiser during storm cleanup

Marblehead Current staffPolice Log, Public safety, Top Stories

Sunday, Jan. 25Alarms: 4Building/property checks: 4Abandoned 911 calls: 1Vehicle stops, citations: 1 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0 7:57 a.m. An officer investigated a report of a disabled vehicle on Humphrey and Laurel streets. 2:17 p.m. An officer investigated a report of a disabled vehicle on Prospect and Pleasant streets. 2:30 p.m. Vehicles were towed on Pleasant Street and on Front Street for violating the snow emergency parking ban. 5:16 p.m. An officer assisted a citizen on State and Washington streets. 7:37 p.m. An officer investigated a…

05 Jan

MPD log: Speaker theft disrupts video prank; cruiser involved in crash

Leigh BlanderLocal News, Police Log, Public safety

Friday, Dec. 26Alarms: 0911 hang-ups: 1Property/building checks: 8Vehicle stops, citations: 1Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2 10:09 a.m. An officer took a report over the phone from a Bennett Road resident who had discovered upon opening packages on Christmas morning that one of three boxes in which a set of pots and pans she had ordered was missing and had presumably been stolen. She estimated the value of the stolen package at $300 — half of the $599 she had paid for the set — though…

22 Dec

POLICE LOG: Snowy Sunday sees several accidents, including one involving cruiser

Leigh BlanderLocal News, Police Log, Public safety

Saturday, Dec. 13Alarms: 2911 hang-ups: 3Property checks: 7Vehicle stops, citations: 0Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1 9:01 a.m. An officer assisted with a disabled vehicle on Beacon and Green streets. 11:01 a.m. An officer investigated a report of lost or found property on Atlantic Avenue and filed a report. 1:26 p.m. An officer investigated a report of lost or found property on Prospect Court and filed a report. 11:21 p.m. An officer investigated the report of a hit-and-run in the parking lot of the VFW on…

17 Dec

POLICE LOG: Town employee behaves badly at bar; Porsche strikes trailer on West Shore Drive

Cheryl ByrneLocal News, Police Log

Saturday, Dec. 6 Alarms: 1911 hang-ups: 2Property checks: 4Vehicle stops, citations: 0Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1 11:44 a.m. An officer rendered services after larceny, forgery or fraud was reported on Pleasant Street. 1:04 p.m. An officer took a report after a vehicle crash on Atlantic Avenue and Gerry Street. 9:05 p.m. Officers rendered services after a disturbance was reported on Prospect and Commercial streets. Sunday, Dec. 7 Alarms: 0911 hang-ups: 0Property checks: 4Vehicle stops, citations: 0Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 1 3:57 a.m. Officers investigated a…

10 Dec

POLICE LOG: Credit card used for Pokemon cards; SUV gets stuck in sand at beach

Saoirse StallingsLocal News, Police Log

Saturday, Nov. 29 Vehicle stops, citations: 1 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 3 8:21 a.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Peach Highlands and filed a report. 1:54 p.m. Annoying phone calls were reported on Stonybrook Road. 1:55 p.m. A disabled vehicle was reported on West Shore Drive. 2:59 p.m. Officers investigated a general complaint on Evans Road and filed a report. 7:08 p.m. An officer investigated a general complaint on Garnet Road. Sunday, Nov. 30 Vehicle stops, citations: 0 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 0…

01 Dec

POLICE LOG: Hot chicken trip leads to sibling spat

Saoirse StallingsLocal News, Police Log

Friday, Nov. 21 Vehicle stops, citations: 0 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 2 9:42 a.m. An officer met at the station with a woman who had found an unused condom on her bedroom floor the night before. The woman said that she lives alone and that she does not use condoms, so she was concerned that somebody had snuck into her home. The woman said that she had left a kitchen window open before heading to work early that morning. She said that there were no…

22 Nov

Marblehead police log, Nov. 15-20: CVS manager has very bad apparent last day

Kris OlsonLocal News, Police Log

Excerpts from the Marblehead police log of Saturday, Nov. 15 through Nov. 21. Saturday, Nov. 15 Vehicle stops, citations: 4 Vehicle stops, verbal warnings: 8 12:09 p.m. An officer responded to the scene of a vehicle crash on Beacon Street and filed a report. 3:02 p.m. Officers were dispatched to investigate a report that two kids believed to be in their mid-teens were trying to get inside a vacant unit on Broughton Road. Upon his arrival, one of the officers saw a boy approximately 14…