Another Incident of the Threatening Phone Scam

Police attempted to call the phone number that had called the woman but an operator came on and said the voice mailbox for that phone had not been set up yet.

August 20-

At 7:01 a.m. police responded to a Washington Street residence on a report of paintballs shot at a home. Police spoke to the homeowners who said that they found three areas where pink paint balls hit the side of the house causing damage to the vinyl siding. Another paintball hit a window but did not cause any damage.

At 8:24 a.m. a caller on Unicorn Park Driver reported someone cut the catalytic converter off her vehicle.

The logs state this has become an issue recently because of the metals in catalytic converters.

At 4:27 p.m. a man came to the station to report past threats. He said a former acquaintance had recently contacted him after not being in touch for a lengthy period of time.

The man said the acquaintance had made threats that he was going to come and get him, throw him in the back of his truck and dump him in the Charles River. He said the man also threatened to disclose his medical information to his employer. He said he has a medical marijuana card and was afraid his company would find out.

Police advised the man of his rights to seek a harassment prevention order and that he could file a complaint of threats at court.

Police also advised him to research his rights under the Americans with Disabilities Act regarding his medical marijuana use.

At 9:17 a.m. police responded to a Middle Street residence on a report of vandalism. The caller showed police her house which had pink paint splattered on it. The paint was in four locations indicating someone had shot a paintball gun at the house. The caller said her daughter had thought she heard someone outside the house at about 11 p.m. the night before.

At 8:13 p.m. police responded to a New Boston Street location on a report of credit card fraud. The caller said he was the victim of several incidents of credit fraud and unauthorized fraudulent business accounts. All the incidents happened in the last 90 days and involved a former female employee. He said she obtained services fraudulently under the Pierce Properties name.

He said when he fired the employee because of the fraud incidents she said she was the victim of identity theft.

The incidents included a $684 charge to a credit card, a fraudulently opened Sprint Phone business account, an unsuccessful attempt to open a Discover Card account and an unsuccessful attempt to open a Chase Card account.

At 9:39 p.m. a woman came to the station to report the past theft of her iPad. She said she had noticed it was missing Monday morning and that she had had it in her home on Sunday night. She said a friend had been over that night and when she confronted him he admitted to stealing the iPad and selling it.

The woman said she and her friend went to the man he had sold it to and he said it had already been sold to a third party.

The caller said she also spoke to her friend’s mother who said that this is an ongoing issue with him.

The iPad and the black cover it was in were worth about $600.