Crime & Safety
Portsmouth Police log: Massachusetts Fugitive Arrested
Check out the dispatch log from the Portsmouth Police Dept. from Apr. 16 to 18.

PORTSMOUTH, NH - Check out the dispatch log from the Portsmouth Police Dept. from Apr. 16 to 18.
Monday, Apr. 16
- Police were called to Lafayette Road for a dog bite. According to police, a female victim was taken to the hospital.
- Police were called to Lafayette Road after a customer driving a white Honda Accord left the Big Apple without paying for $15 worth of gas.
- A caller on Howard Street reported someone had taken 30 pill of Klonopin from a hiding place under his girlfriend's bed.
Tuesday, Apr. 17
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- Suspicious vehicle reported on State Street.
Wednesday, Apr. 18
- A caller reported a male making threats on the phone at a cafe on Parrott Ave. The man, a white male in his 40's, was heard to be yelling and threatening to kill a staffer at Seacoast Mental Health.
- A resident reported that someone went into her purse and stole her iPhone.
- A woman called police after a male in his 30s wearing a black hooded sweatshirt blocked her in her car and wouldn't let her get out. According to the caller, the man didn't say anything but just stared at her.
- Staff at a business on Andrew Jarvis Drive called to report stolen gift cards.
- Willie Dortch, 45, of 3 Caton St. in Mattapan, MA was arrested for breach of bail and criminal threatening on Junkins Avenue.
- An anyonymous caller reported a rooster running around on Lafayette Road. No word on the chicken.
- Police were called to State Street after a caller reported a male yelling in the area. The suspect was warned for disorderly conduct.
Editor's Note: This post was derived from info supplied by the Portsmouth Police Department. It does not indicate a conviction. This link explains the name removal request process for New Hampshire's Patch police reports.
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