Nightmare Driving Lesson, Bongo Drums, & More From Area Police Logs

SALEM

• Police responded to Forest River Park on Monday around 9 p.m. on a report of loud bongo drugs. An officer searched the park, but no bongo drums were found.

MARBLEHEAD

• Someone called police to report a suspicious duffle bag at the corner of Green Street and Meadow Lane on Friday around 10 a.m. Officers found it was an empty golf bag.
• Police responded to a report of a cooking knife found outside on Washington Street on Friday around 6:30 p.m.

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PEABODY

• Animal Control responded to a report of a raccoon trying to enter a Roosevelt Avenue home through an air conditioning unit on Wednesday around 6:30 p.m. Officers couldn't get to the animal as it was under the porch.
• A parent teaching her child how to drive accidentally got locked in Harmony Grove Cemetery on Friday around 8 p.m.

BEVERLY

• Police responded to a report of a young person walking around and carrying a large stick on Saturday around 4 p.m. in the area of Cornell Road.
• Officers responded to people yelling on Bow Street on Saturday around 11 p.m. Police spoke to "the least intoxicated person" in the area, who said four very drunk people got in a small fight, but had left.
• Police asked a man to "behave appropriately" while on his phone on Monday around 7:30 p.m. on Cabot Street.

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