Skateboarding Complaints Persist on North Main Street

The following are excerpts from the Andover Police log. The log is open to the public.

Saturday, July 9

• At 3:10 a.m. police assisted North Andover with a missing person report on Andover Street. The individual was found and returned home.
• At 9:58 a.m. a snake problem was reported on Oriole Drive. The animal control officer was able to remove the snake.
• At 10:17 a.m. a car accident was reported on Route 125 near Salem Street. No injuries were reported.
• At 12:11 p.m. a caller reported a rat climbed out of her pool on Lowell Street. The animal control officer responded and said that it was a baby woodchuck, which took off into the woods.
• At 12:37 p.m. a resident on Juliette Street reported a robin was stuck in a chain link fence. The bird was transported to the .
• At 4:33 p.m. a caller reported that her purse was stolen from her car while it was parked at the Harold Parker Forest Field Pond lot.

Sunday, July 10

• At 3:55 a.m. police arrested Maruis Allen Bergendahl, 19, of 255 Western Ave., Lynn, on North Main Street. Bergendahl was charged with operating under the influence of liquor.
• At 5:13 a.m. a caller reported a possible hit and run crash on High Street.
• At 9:45 a.m. a caller reported finding a used syringe on his front lawn on Oak Street. Police responded and disposed of the needle.
• At 4:20 p.m. a car accident was reported on Lowell Street. No injuries were reported.
• At 8:16 a.m. a caller reports about 10 kids on skateboards in the middle of North Main Street. This report was one of many like it in the past several weeks.