Crime & Safety

Loose Bunny And More From The Peabody Police Log

A bunny on the loose, a parenting dispute, and more from the Peabody Police log.

  • Welch School staff reported that a parent has threatened to harm staff members last Tuesday around 3:40 p.m. Officers informed the person that they are not allowed at the school.
  • A caller was upset because "a random male party" was "trying to teach him how to raise his children" on Friday afternoon at a Howley Street business.
  • Police responded to Foster Street on Friday around 6:30 p.m. on a report of a man laying down in a parking lot. Officers found that the person was charging his phone.
  • Ashley L. Blake, 27, of Lynn, was arrested on charges of drunken driving and failing to drive within the marked lanes on Friday around 10:30 p.m. after police responded to a car accident on Lynn Street.
  • Officers responded to a report of a woman in her 70s wearing a black jacket walking down Route 114 in the middle of the road on Saturday around noon, but didn't find anyone walking.
  • A caller reported a child left alone in a car at the Northshore Mall on Saturday around 5 p.m. Officers found that the child had forgotten their coat in a restaurant, and the parent ran back in to get it.
  • Kevin M. Blade, 25, of Danvers, was arrested on charges of drunken driving, leaving the scene of property damage, trespassing, disorderly conduct, assault and battery on a police officer, reckless driving, and malicious destruction of property. Police made the arrest on Saturday around 10 p.m. after multiple calls about a car that hit a tree on Main Street.
  • Police found a fire alarm going off in a trash can on Lynnfield Street on Monday around 12:30 a.m. Officers turned the alarm off.
  • Officers responded to a hotel on Jubilee Drive on Monday around 3 a.m. after a naked man went to the front desk and said he was locked out after he was "set up."
  • Police dispersed an unauthorized car show in the Northshore Mall parking lot on Monday around 8 p.m.
  • Someone called police to report that a lop-eared bunny was loose in the neighborhood on Hamilton Road on Tuesday around 9 a.m.
  • Officers took a walk-in report of a granddaughter digging a fire pit after she was told not to on Tuesday around 10 a.m.

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