Police Report Snowblower Theft

The following is an excerpt from the Portsmouth Police log from Tuesday, Jan. 1 through Wednesday, Jan. 2.

Tuesday:

• At 3:18 p.m., police reported a theft of a cell phone from a Winsor Road home.

Wednesday:

• At 8:19 a.m., police reported a theft of prescription drugs at the Robert J. Lister Academy on Sherburne Road.
• At 9:11 a.m., police reported a theft at Beechstone Apartments after a mother said her 13-year-old son stole $100 from her bank account.
• At 9:34 a.m., police reported a theft of a snow blower on Greenland Road valued at $1,300- to $1,800.
• At 10:45 a.m., police reported a motor vehicle accident with injury on Gosling Road and the Spaulding Turnpike.
• At 11:16 a.m., police reported a theft of scrap metal on Marjorie Street.
• At 11:39 a.m., police reported a theft of a cell phone at the Thirsty Moose on Congress Street.
• At 10:24 p.m., police arrested a Portsmouth man wanted as a fugitive from justice on Morning Street. Robert D. Gaskill Jr., 43, of 87 Morning St. was wanted for criminal threatening (intimidation).