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March 18
3:30 a.m. — Officer Taylor Nolasco responded to Broughton Road for a report that a person was asleep in a vehicle. At the scene, Nolasco found a resident sleeping in a red Toyota and used a translation app to communicate because of a language barrier. The resident said he was waiting for a friend who was inside a nearby home. Nolasco advised that the resident could not remain asleep in the car and would need either to be let inside or leave the area. After the resident contacted the friend, another resident came out and allowed him into the home, and the matter was resolved without further action.
11:14 a.m. — Officer Jason McDonald took a report at the station from a resident who alleged that someone had attempted to use her personal information to apply for a credit card. The resident said she had been notified by a bank on March 7 that the application had been made and then denied, and she also reported receiving alleged scam letters and text messages. McDonald documented the complaint, and the resident said she had checked with her bank and had not lost any money at the time of the report. She was advised of available options for protecting her information and addressing the matter.
1:57 p.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney met with a resident in the station lobby regarding an alleged theft connected to a bank check. The resident and another family member said they were alerted that a check for $1,044 had been cashed at a bank by another person, and they explained that outgoing checks were typically placed in a mail drop or picked up from their home. Sweeney documented the report, noted the allegation that the check had been wrongfully negotiated, and advised that the matter would be forwarded to detectives for further review.
4:10 p.m. — Officer Robert Picariello took a report from a juvenile witness and the witness’s parent after the witness described a troubling interaction at a coffee shop on Pleasant Street. The witness said a group of youths appeared to be together when another youth approached on a skateboard, showed something on a phone, said something to the group and then left with several of them, while one girl appeared frightened. Picariello documented the concern, identified the youth the witness believed had approached the group, and searched the area but was unable to locate him. No crime was alleged in the report, but the witness asked that the incident be placed on record.
March 20
12:03 p.m. — Officer Douglas Mills was dispatched to Smith Street for a reported two-vehicle crash and initially found no vehicles at the scene after learning from dispatch that both had left. Later, the reporting driver came to the station and alleged that while stopped in traffic on Smith Street near Pleasant Street, his vehicle had been rear-ended by a pickup truck. Mills documented the reported collision, observed damage to the rear bumper of the reporting driver’s vehicle, and called for an ambulance after the driver complained of shoulder pain. The driver was taken to a hospital for evaluation, and Mills later attempted to contact the registered owner connected to the other vehicle to obtain additional operator information.
1:05 p.m. — Officer Andrew Clark met with a buyer and the buyer’s parent regarding an alleged fraudulent private vehicle sale tied to a meeting in a church parking lot on Atlantic Avenue. They said a seller had arranged the sale through social media, turned over a Jeep, accepted $6,250 and signed the title in what was alleged to be the owner’s name. After the vehicle was taken to a garage on Barnard Street for inspection, the buyer and parent said they learned of multiple serious defects, including an allegedly unsafe fuel tank held by a cargo strap, and that the seller later refused a refund and blocked further contact. Clark documented the allegations, confirmed through dispatch that the vehicle was not reported stolen, and forwarded the report to detectives for review.
1:20 p.m. — Officer Brandon Boutilier met with a contractor at the station who alleged that a former employee had been harassing him following a dispute over work. The contractor said the former employee had become angry after being told there was no future work, allegedly threatened to leave damaging online reviews and recruit workers away, and then appeared at a job site outside town to curse at him in front of a crew. Boutilier advised the contractor to report the out-of-town confrontation to the appropriate police department, said he did not wish to seek a harassment prevention order at that time, and told him not to contact the former employee and to call police if he appeared again.
3:15 p.m. — Officer Douglas Mills took custody of a lost soldering tool kit after a crossing guard reported finding it unattended on the ground near the middle school on Pleasant Street. Mills accepted the tool kit in an orange canvas bag, tagged it as property and secured it in an evidence locker. He then notified the department’s property officers so the item could be processed and held for its owner.
7:49 p.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney and Officer Nicholas Michaud were dispatched to Atlantic Avenue after a resident reported that a child had arrived at a home alleging he had been kidnapped and wanted a ride home. While officers were en route, dispatch advised that another department had issued a bulletin for a missing 10-year-old boy. Sweeney took custody of the child at the scene and transported him to the station, where he asked whether the child needed medical attention and interviewed him further about the allegation. Michaud spoke with the caller, who said the child had appeared at the porch and made the allegation, and officers later turned the child over to the outside agency after coordinating the response and documenting the matter.
March 21
9:40 a.m. — Officer Andrew Clark spoke with a conservation official who reported alleged vandalism in Wyman Woods on West Shore Drive. The official said approximately nine trees had been cut down along a trail near Camp Shore Lea in what appeared to be an effort to create bicycle access. He also reported that tools had been left behind and had been secured. Clark documented the damage allegation and preserved the report for follow-up.
March 22
5:43 p.m. — Officer Robert Picariello met with a resident at the station who alleged that fake social media accounts were impersonating her on Facebook and Instagram. The resident said the accounts were using her photograph and posting insulting messages in her native language, and she further alleged that the same person who had allegedly been harassing a relative for months might be responsible. Picariello documented the complaint, advised the resident to report the accounts directly to the platforms and recorded the account names provided so the matter would be on file.
March 24
9:24 p.m. — Officer Robert Picariello responded to Hobart Road to speak with a resident who alleged that a group of youths had spray-painted the home and had been talking about her family. At the scene, Picariello spoke with the resident in the living room while another household member was present, and that household member said he had been there the entire time and said the reported conduct had not happened. Picariello documented the conflicting accounts and advised that officers would conduct extra patrols in the neighborhood.
March 25
12:41 p.m. — Officer Robert Picariello met with a resident at the station regarding an ongoing dispute with neighbors on Alden Road. The resident alleged that while she was taking photographs from the street of a property line and curb area where items had been planted in the nature strip, a neighbor yelled at her to hurry up and she felt threatened. Picariello advised that property line questions were civil matters and that concerns about plantings in the strip would fall to the highway department. He also provided the resident with a copy of an earlier report she requested and documented the new complaint.
7 p.m. — Officer Tyler Bates took a larceny report at the station from residents who said they had shipped four collectible coins, valued together at $6,800, by express mail to an address in California and later learned the package had arrived without the coins inside. The residents alleged that the contents had been stolen after shipment. Bates documented the reported loss and the shipment details, and the residents said they planned to contact the Postal Inspection Service the following day for additional investigation.
