Crime & Safety

Police Log: Juvenile Arrested Near Tufts Park on Assault Charge

Medford police log. Monday, March 19 to Thursday, March 22, 2012.

An unidentified minor was arrested near Tufts Park on Main Street Thursday on an assault charge, according to the police log.

The arrest was made about 5:15 p.m.; the juvenile was charged with unarmed assault to rob, according to the log.

Here's a look at some of the events from the police log (Charges are alleged, not an indication of guilt. Events, locations and times are recorded as they appear in the Medford Police Department's public journal):

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Monday, March 19

  • 12:49 a.m, larceny, 15 Canal St.
  • 9:04 a.m., larceny, 353 Salem St.
  • 2:05 p.m., car fire, 16 Worster St.
  • 3:20 p.m., shoplifting, 3620 Mystic Valley Parkway
  • 3:58 p.m., vandalism, 45 Harvard St.
  • 4:15 p.m., larceny, North Street and Piggott Road
  • ARREST: 5:43 p.m., 8 Hancock Ave. Ext. Info: Dawn Baker, 42, 6 Hancock Ave. Ext., outstanding warrant
  • 6:00 p.m., larceny, 278 Mystic Ave. (Bank of America)
  • 6:15 p.m., shoplifting, 467 Salem St. (Rite Aid)

Tuesday, March 20

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  • ARREST: 11:40 a.m., 4040 Mystic Valley Parkway Info: Taylor Campbell, 25, Cambridge, possession of a class E drug, outstanding warrat
  • 3:08 p.m., breaking and entering, 90 Ashcroft Road
  • 3:13 p.m., car fire, Main Street and Pearl Street
  • 4:49 p.m., larceny, 461 Salem St. (Family Dollar)
  • 5:06 p.m., fight, 30 Marion St.
  • 5:39 p.m., larceny, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway (Meadow Glen Mall)
  • 7:43 p.m., shoplifting, 61 Locust St. (Shaw's)

Wednesday, March 21

  • 11:46 a.m., vandalism, Main Street and Wareham Street
  • 12:45 p.m., larceny, 469 Salem St.
  • 5:22 p.m., fight, 61 Locust St. (Shaw's)
  • 6:54 p.m., larceny of a motor vehicle, 50 Water St.

Thursday, March 22

  • ARREST: 12:08 p.m., 81 Hicks Ave. Info: Sean MacMullin, 26, Somerville, larceny over $250, outstanding warrant
  • 1:07 p.m., shoplifting, 3850 Mystic Valley Parkway (Kohl's)
  • ARREST: 5:14 p.m., 437 Main St. Info: Unidentified juvenile, unarmed assault to rob
  • 7:53 p.m., assault, 5 Eliot St.

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