Crime & Safety

Canadians, Baseball: Salem Police Log

Laying down after a long walk, locking yourself in the bathroom, and more from the Salem Police log.

  • Nathaniel Adam Jacques, 35, of Salem, was arrested on charges of assault and battery on a police officer and disorderly conduct last Saturday around 3:30 a.m. on Orchard Street.
  • Police responded to a report of a person who had locked himself in a bathroom on Hathorne Street last Saturday around 4:30 a.m. The homeowners finally got the door open, and the person swore on the way out. Officers located the person, who confirmed the story.
  • Shawn Anthony Bragan, 37, of Lynn, was arrested on charges of driving with a suspended license, miscellaneous equipment violation, possession of a class B drug, and possession of a class E drug last Monday after a traffic stop on Jefferson Avenue around 1 a.m.
  • Benardino Peralta, 52, of Salem, was arrested on charges of possession to distribute of a class B drug last Sunday around 5 p.m. after police responded to a report of a suspicious person on Lafayette Street.
  • Police responded to a report of a man lying in the grass in the area of Sylvan and Tremont streets on Monday around 7 p.m. Officers found a man sitting in Mack Park who had just walked from Peabody and was just resting.
  • Jesica Leigh Felix, 25, of Beverly, was arrested on charges of escaping municipal lockup and disorderly conduct last Tuesday around 9 a.m. on Federal Street.
  • Thomas J. Clark, 43, of Salem, was arrested on charges of assault with a dangerous weapon, resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, disturbing the peace, and possession of a class B drug last Wednesday around 3 a.m. after a violent struggle with officers on Harrison Avenue.
  • Janet Doak, 50, of Lynn, was arrested on charges of drunken driving on Friday.
  • Officers recovered Canadian IDs from the Visitors Center last Friday around 3 p.m.
  • Police responded to a report of kids hitting baseballs toward people's homes on May Street on Saturday around 5 p.m. Officers found that the baseball diamond is set up facing the homes, and the kids were just hitting baseballs from home plate.

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