Crime & Safety

Goat Gets Away; Find a Proper Bathroom: Peabody Police

Excerpts from the Peabody Police Department log.

Friday, March 25

At 2:41 p.m., personal information was reported stolen from a mailbox on Andover Drive.

At 4:30 p.m., there was a report of dirt bikes racing on Hampshire Road.

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At 8:44 p.m., there was a report of a breaking and entering to a motor vehicle at the YMCA on Lynnfield Street.

At 11:21 p.m., there was a motor vehicle accident at Lowell and Lake Streets.

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Saturday, March 26

At 4:27 a.m., there was a report of a phone booth knocked over on Central Street.

At 4:37 a.m., there was a motor vehicle accident on Andover Drive. A light pole was knocked over and one person was taken to the hospital.

At 10:37 a.m., a caller reported that two men urinated in his yard on Pleasant Street. When he told the men to find a bathroom, the men threatened him.

At 2:04 p.m., police arrested Denise Thomas, 44, of Leach Street in Salem and charged her with shoplifting.

At 4:05 p.m., there was a report that a goat jumped over a fence at Brooksby Farm on Felton Street. The goat was kept in one place by a group of people until an employee from the farm arrived to take care of the situation.

At 10:21 p.m., a resident on Crowninshield Street complained about a neighbor jumping up and down and causing a disturbance.

Sunday, March 27

At 3:43 a.m., there was a report of a possible motor vehicle accident near Warren Street. Officers found a vehicle with heavy front-end damage and multiple homes with property damage.

At 11:24 a.m., police arrested Elias DaRocha, 37, of King Street in Peabody on a warrant.

>> Editor’s note: This information from the Peabody Police Department log does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a Massachusetts Patch police report.

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