Crime & Safety

Rat Poison on the Road, Missing Safe, OUI Arrest: Police Log

Here's the latest from the Swampscott Police Department log.

Saturday, Nov. 21

At 12 p.m., a caller reported that a gas station employee had blocked her car and was refusing to move.

At 1:01 p.m., an unwanted woman was reported to be standing on a front porch.

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At 2:28 p.m., two small dogs were reported to be running loose in the street.

At 4:27 p.m., a caller reported kids trespassing on a neighboring property.

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Sunday, Nov. 22

At 5:07 a.m., a motor vehicle door was reported to be open.

At 7:06 a.m., a caller reported that rat poison was possibly on the side of the road. An officer found it wasn’t rat poison.

At 12:30 p.m., a person came into the station to report that a suspicious person had opened their car door, but nothing had been taken.

At 4:04 p.m., a resident reported their safe was missing from their garage.

At 7:25 p.m., police arrested Christine Beane, 48, of Swampscott. Beane was charged with OUI liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle.

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