Crime & Safety
Police Log: Public Toilet Destroyed By Cherry Bomb
This is an excerpt from the Marblehead Police log from Tuesday, August 17 through Thursday, August 19, at 6 a.m.
- On Tuesday at 1:32 p.m., a man called police to report he lost his inflatable boat. The man told police that he crashed his sailboat on Tinkers Island and the inflatable boat deflated, but was still floating around. He didn't want to get it because of the risk and the rocks so he left it there. The man is from Italy.
- At 3:52 p.m. Tuesday, a Sewall Street man reported he was being threatened by a neighbor over a flower box. Police told the man to speak to his condo association.
- At 5:11 p.m. Tuesday, a motorcycle struck a car on Bubier Road at Atlantic Avenue. There were no injuries.
- At 7:22 p.m. Tuesday, police encountered a group from MASSPIRG going door-to-door. At the same time, several residents called to complain the group was pushy and it was late. Police told them to shut it down for the night and to register with police if going door-to-door.
- At 8:01 p.m., a Warwick Terrace woman called police and said two hours prior, someone rang her doorbell and left a glossy, one-page note but she can't remember what it said. Now, she is "on the throne" and it's the first opportunity she has had to call police and let them know.
- At 7:57 a.m. Wednesday, a mother called police after her son ran away. She said he was belligerent and this was because he did not want to go to summer camp. He "bailed" out their window and left on foot. Police found him on Atlantic Avenue and returned him to his mother.
- At 3:31 p.m. Wednesday, an Ocean Avenue woman said one of her two orange kayaks was removed from the rack, but not taken because it had a lock on it. She thinks that someone tried to" take it out for a spin or to sell it on ebay."
- At 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, a bicyclist was struck by a car on Spring Street. Police closed Spring Street while they worked to clear the scene. The cyclist was transported to the hospital with injuries.
- A toilet in Chandler Hovey State Park was destroyed Wednesday at 9:59 p.m. when a cherry bomb was set off in the restroom. Police and fire responded and found smoke from fireworks in the area. According to witnesses, five cars fled the scene.
- At 2:28 a.m. Thursday, a caller reported a man walking down Jersey Street, carrying a wrench and "staring down cars." The man was gone when police arrived.
- At 6:22 a.m. Thursday, a State Street resident told police there is a trash truck every Thursday that empties the trash at Crosby's. The resident says that he has asked Crosby's to not have them empty the trash so early in
the morning and that Crosby's has spoken with the company but it still happens. The resident asked police to give them a ticket for violating whatever bylaw applied. Police told the resident there is no bylaw being violated, but police can speak to the driver. The resident said the driver had left.
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