Crime & Safety

Man 'Accosted' While Walking on the Beach: Police Log

Take a look at the latest from the Swampscott Police Department log.

SWAMPSCOTT, MA -

Sunday, Dec. 20

At 10:12 a.m., larceny of mail was reported.

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At 10:58 a.m., a man reported that he was walking his dog on the beach when a woman with a doberman verbally accosted him, telling him to get off the beach and calling him vulger names.

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At 5:51 p.m., a 911 hang-up turned out to be kids playing with the phone.

At 5:51 p.m., a caller reported someone threw a bottle full of urine on his car and this is a pattern of harassment over the past several months.

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