Aggressive Darts, Rusted Payphone: Peabody Police Log

Police received a report of a phone or pole that fell in the parking lot of a gas station on Newbury Street on Wednesday, March 8, around 9:30 a.m. Officers found that a payphone had rusted out and fallen over.

Leroy Scott, 27, of Queens, NY, was arrested on charges of four counts of credit card fraud under $250, two counts of credit card fraud over $250, disorderly conduct, resisting arrest, credit card forgery, and assault and battery on a police officer on March 8, around 3:30 p.m. after police were called to Andover Street on a report of possible credit card fraud.

Police took a report of a car fire in a Holten Street driveway on March 8, around 8:30 p.m. Peabody Fire extinguished the fire.

Michael Mackay, 21, of Peabody, was arrested on charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of property damage, and negligent driving on Friday, March 10, after police were called to Emily Lane around midnight on a report of a damaged fire hydrant and mailbox.

A mother and daughter reported that their tires were slashed overnight on Sheldon Road around 6:30 p.m. on March 10.

Someone reported a customer at a Washington Street bar "playing darts aggressively," and possibly trying to hurt the caller on March 10 around 9 p.m.

Caleb Anderson, 20, of Gloucester, was arrested on March 10, just before midnight, at a Newbury Street hotel on charges of two counts of destruction of property, and trespassing, after the front desk called police to report a possible break in.

Robert A. Tagliamonte, 24, of Danvers, was arrested on Sunday on charges of drugged driving, after a caller reported a running car on the curb on Newbury Street with the driver slumped over the wheel around 3 p.m.

Someone reported graffiti that reads "RIP Mark Greenlaw," spray painted on the side of a Walnut Street building on Monday morning.

A car was stopped on Lowell Street on Monday morning after a person reported a gray car with the word "help" written on the back window. The driver was unaware of the message.

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