Crime & Safety

Plow Driver Threatened With Hell's Angels

The following is an excerpt from the Marblehead Police log.

The following is an excerpt from the Marblehead Police log:

  • At 11:54 a.m. Thursday, a car went through a fence and into a yard next to St. Andrews on Lafayette Street. No one was injured.
  • At 5:04 p.m. Thursday, a person driving along West Shore Drive, hit a curb with their car and blew a tire. The person then continued into Salem.
  • At 8:18 p.m. Thursday, a person called police and said they heard gunshots behind their house on Lafayette Street. Police found the noise was coming from fireworks in Salem.
  • At 12:50 a.m. Friday, someone knocked on the door of a Farrell Court residence, but when the owner went to the door, no one was there.
  • At 4:26 p.m. Friday, police and fire crews responded to a home on Liberty Road for reports of smoke. Inside the home, there was light smoke. Crews found an outdoor electrical outlet that had shorted. 
  • At 10:40 p.m. Friday, police received a 911 call from a person in Wakefield who said she got a strange e-mail from a Marblehead resident who said the woman had been "in an accident and killed a baby." Police later found it was a joke "blown out of proportion by the Wakefield caller."
  • At 9:17 a.m. Saturday, a resident of Kenneth Road said when a delivery company dropped off his visa application, the package was torn open and two passports were stolen.
  • At 5:54 p.m. Saturday, police were called about a "possible drug deal" going on around Goldthwaite Road. Police found nothing.
  • At 8:54 p.m. Saturday, police and fire responded to Wharf Path for a report of smoke in a house. The problem was with an obstructed chimney flue. Firefighters ventilated the house; there was no fire.
  • Around 12:02 p.m. Sunday, police responded to two car accidents. The first was on Front Street and involved three parked cars, the second on Front Street involved a car vs. plow. There were no injuries.
  •  At 1:40 p.m. Sunday, a person called police after witnessing a plow driver being threatened by a truck driver who did not want to move his vehicle. The driver was "threatening to have Hell's Angels take care of him."
  • At 5:06 p.m. Sunday, a resident of Pilgrim Road said she saw a pick-up truck drive up on her lawn and get stuck. The pick up truck driver got out, shoveled a little and then walked away, leaving the truck on her lawn.

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