Resident Reports Feces Left at Residence

Monday, Dec. 19

• At 10:24 a.m. police responded to Stop and Shop for an argument over parking.
• At 4:44 p.m. a restraining order violation was reported on Brown Road.
• At 7:04 p.m. police responded to a car accident on New Ocean Street. There were no injuries.
• At 8:37 p.m. a woman reported she may have been being followed near the Clark School.

Tuesday, Dec. 20

• At 2:52 p.m. vandalism to a motor vehicle was reported on Sargent Road.
• At 7:47 p.m. police responded to a car accident on Burrill Street.

Wednesday, Dec. 21

• At 3:17 p.m. police transported a woman to a gas station after she ran out of gas.
• At 4:13 p.m. a motorist called police to say she drove over an island on Elmwood Road and damaged her tire and rim.
• At 4:20 p.m. police responded to the middle school for a drug incident.
• At 5:27 p.m. a resident of Barnstable Street reported suspicious activity at their home. The caller told police someone was leaving feces at the residence.

Thursday, Dec. 22

• A break in to a motor vehicle was reported on Woodbine Avenue at 7 a.m.
• A car break in was reported on Puritan Road at 7:09 a.m.
• A car break in was reported on Puritan Road at 7:44 a.m.
• At 8:30 a.m. the DPW reported stolen street signs on Higgins Terrace.
• Two vehicles were found to have been broken into overnight at 8:50 a.m. on Humphrey Street.
• At 3:22 p.m. a car break in was reported on Puritan Road.

Friday, Dec. 23

• At 12:30 a.m. a woman on Windsor Ave. asked police to check her house because her dog was barking and her dog hardly ever barks.
• At 12:33 a.m. loud banging was reported on Essex Street.
• At 12:55 p.m. wires came down on Humphrey Street.
• At 3:50 p.m. police and fire responded to Swampscott Road for a car accident. One person was complaining of back pain.

Saturday, Dec. 24

• Barking dogs were reported on Morton Road at 1:20 a.m. Police did not find or hear any dogs.
• At 10:30 a.m. annoying phone calls were reported by a person on Paradise Road. The person said they received 10-12 calls starting at 5 a.m. from a person mumbling.
• At 2:20 p.m. "suspicious items" were reported in a driveway on Barnstable Road.
• A golden retriever was reported missing from Walker Road at 5:54 p.m.

Sunday, Dec. 25

• At 12:25 a.m. police investigated several calls town-wide telling them a "bearded man in a red suit" was going roof top to roof top shouting "ho-ho-ho!" before disappearing into the night.
• At 11:15 a.m. a black lab with a red collar was found on Puritan Road.

Tuesday Dec. 27

• A person told police they were involved in a "minor motor vehicle crash" and the other person was now harassing them. Police found out the "crash" happened in Lynn and actually involved a jogger and two walkers.
• At 7:59 a.m. police and fire responded to Alvin Road for a car accident involving a pregnant woman with injuries. One person was transported to the hospital.
• At 8:24 a.m. Marblehead Police requested a check for a missing juvenile. Swampscott Police found the juvenile.
• At 8 p.m. juveniles ringing doorbells were reported on Longwood Drive.

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