Crime & Safety

Melrose Police Log

Bike thieves, drugs, counterfitters and a suspect in a Wu-Tang shirt

On Monday, May 16, at 94 Linwood Ave., police reported larceny of bicycles.

On Friday, May 20, at 20 Birch Hill Rd., police reported a stolen lawn mower.

On Friday, May 20, at 884 Main St., police reported several counterfeit $20 bills passed at Rite Aid.

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On Friday, May 20, at 118 Main St., police received a report of a past assault around West Foster St. The victim told officers she was assaulted by an intoxicated 5 foot 5 inch woman wearing a Wu-Tang Clan shirt.

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On Saturday, May 21, at Lincoln School, police received a report of “two males yelling, chest bumping and causing a disturbance.” A witness told officers a man fled in a Mercedes.

On Sunday, May 22, at 133 Upham St., Sean Charles Schilpp, 20, of 47 Chestnut St., Saugus, was arrested and charged with operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, possession of a class B drug and carrying a dangerous weapon.

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