Crime & Safety

Peabody Police Log: Abnormally Slow Driving & More

Slow driving, letting off steam, and more from the Peabody Police log.

  • Police responded to a report of a person screaming as though they were in pain on Friday around 8 p.m. on Lowell Street, and found someone "letting off steam."
  • Charles L. Copponi, Jr., was arrested on charges of trespassing on Saturday around 10:45 a.m. from Russell Street.
  • Cuevas Jarmal Jones, 31, of Forest Park, GA, was arrested on charges of shoplifting on Saturday around 6:40 p.m. on Andover Street.
  • Officers stopped a car on Newbury Street after it was driving abnormally slowly on Sunday around 9 p.m.
  • A caller reported that her house may have been damaged by a car on Monday morning on Putnam Street.
  • Phone scammers had a victim purchase two $2,000 Best Buy gift cards on Tuesday around 2:30 p.m.

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