POLICE LOG: Items Stolen From Residence, Suspicious Text Messages

The following is an excerpt from the Woburn Police Department log. Please note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log.

May 15-

At 5:24 p.m. a man came to the station to report past thefts. He said that over the past two years he and his family have noticed items missing from their Eastern Avenue home. He said the house hasn’t been broken into.

The man said that two years ago he noticed two Razor scooters missing from his yard. Six months later a motor vehicle jump-start system was stolen and on May 12 of this year a Play Station Portable device went missing. The man said all the items totaled about $500.

Police checked the house and there were no signs of forced entry. Police advised the man to call as soon as possible if another theft occurs.

At 7 p.m. police responded to an Eaton Avenue residence on a report of suspicious text messages from an unknown party. The caller said her daughter had been receiving text messages the past two days from someone claiming to be one of her friends. The text messages asked the daughter about her boyfriend and her sexual relationship with him, which she responded to believing she was speaking to a friend. When she realized the person she was texting was not the friend the person claimed it was they called police.

The friend in question confirmed to police it was not her sending the messages. The unknown person could be known to the caller’s daughter or found her on Facebook.

Police tried to call the number from where the text messages originated but it came back to a “pinger number,” which can be used on the internet to send messages to someone anonymously. Police advised the caller to have their phone company block the number.

At 7:31 p.m. police issued a citation for unregistered use of a motor vehicle to a driver following a motor vehicle stop at the corner of Main Street and Coolidge Street. The driver was operating a vehicle with expired/nonrenewable plates. The vehicle was also towed.