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June 22
12:03 p.m. — Officer Adam Mastrangelo was dispatched to Broughton Road for a report of a neighbor complaint. On arrival, Mastrangelo was met by the caller, who explained that he had gone to the address to visit his sister and that when he knocked, the resident allegedly came to the door, then turned around and locked it. The caller told Mastrangelo he did not live at the residence, said that everything was OK, apologized for calling and added that his sister and the resident had since left the area. No crime was involved, and no further action was required.
June 23
11:30 a.m. — Sgt. Timothy Morley, working as patrol supervisor, was alerted to an active identity fraud incident involving the delivery of a package containing a phone to a Sapphire Avenue address. A Middleton woman had reported that her identity was allegedly stolen and that an unknown individual had her T-Mobile cell phone shut off and ordered a replacement shipped to the Sapphire Avenue address, where she does not live and has no connection. With the package in transit and expected that afternoon, Morley sent Mills to the street to check whether it had arrived and whether anyone appeared to be watching the house; the package had not been delivered, and Mills reported no suspicious activity. Morley then gathered details from the woman by phone. She said T-Mobile told her that someone using her information had canceled her phone and had been directed to Assurant, the carrier's insurance provider, where the individual allegedly filed a false claim using her stolen personal information, resulting in a new phone being shipped to the address, which is currently for sale. FedEx was contacted and rerouted the package, confirmed to bear the woman's name, to a secure facility. The woman said the individual used an email address to help facilitate the alleged fraud; Morley contacted both FedEx and Assurant, which require requests through their legal departments before the address can be released. The investigation is ongoing, and the woman was advised to monitor her personal identifying information and finances.
June 25
3:18 p.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney was dispatched to the station lobby to speak by phone with a caller about alleged fraudulent activity reported from Front Street. The caller, a company employee, explained that someone had allegedly hacked into one of the company's accounts and ordered an Apple iPad shipped to an address on Westwood Avenue in East Longmeadow at a cost of $156.25. The employee said she had flagged the transaction and contacted East Longmeadow police to inform them of the incident. Sweeney advised her to monitor the compromised accounts and had her forward receipts of the transaction.
4:10 p.m. — Officer Tyler Bates and Officer Jason McDonald were dispatched to Ocean Avenue for a report of an unknown man who had allegedly just walked into a home's mudroom and taken off, described by dispatch as a white male with gray hair and a gray shirt. While McDonald canvassed the area, Bates spoke with the homeowner, who said she woke from a nap on her couch, looked toward the mudroom and saw a man of approximately 50 with gray hair and a gray T-shirt standing there before he went back out through the door. She was not expecting anyone, did not recognize the man and said no words were exchanged during the couple of seconds she observed him. Nothing appeared to have been taken while officers were on scene, and the front door had been unlocked before the man entered. A search of the house, the front and back yards and the surrounding area turned up no one matching the description.
June 27
7:54 p.m. — Officer James Donovan was dispatched to Overlook Road to take a report of bottles and jugs that smelled like fish delivered to a residence. The resident told Donovan that at 6:45 a.m. her doorbell camera showed a truck backing into her driveway and dropping off two milk crates holding plastic bottles and jugs, though she was expecting no deliveries. When she investigated, she detected a strong fish odor coming from the bottles — an observation Donovan confirmed as he approached the residence. Further investigation indicated the bottles were filled with fish bait or chum, which the resident said she did not order and could not attribute to anyone near her home. Based on photographs of the truck and the time and manner in which the crates arrived, Donovan concluded the chum had most likely been delivered to the wrong residence.
June 28
5:53 p.m. — Officer Christian Hennigar responded to the area of the Little Harbor Boathouse for a report of an allegedly intoxicated woman in a white top and shorts causing a disturbance. Hennigar found a woman matching the description sitting in the boatyard; asked if she was feeling OK, she said she was fine, questioned why police had been called, then crossed the street and sat down again. A bystander working on his sailboat told Hennigar the woman is a regular at the boatyard who never causes any kind of disturbance, adding that she had been there roughly two hours, had been "nothing but nice" and had even been helping people park their cars for an event at Fort Sewall. When Hennigar approached again to confirm her name, the woman declined to provide it, saying she had done nothing wrong and was upset by his presence. Hennigar noted no signs of intoxication — no odor of alcohol, no slurred speech and a steady gait — and cleared the scene after finding no disturbance.
7:08 p.m. — Lt. Eric Osattin, working as the evening officer in charge, observed a red electric motorcycle allegedly traveling at a high rate of speed on Ocean Avenue near Desmoulin Lane and confirmed a speed of 42 mph on radar in a thickly settled 25 mph zone without sidewalks, where the vehicle allegedly passed close to a jogger who jumped onto the shoulder and near families gathered by the roadside at Castle Rock. Osattin activated his lights and turned to pursue, but the vehicle moved fast enough that he lost sight of it past Castle Rock before spotting it rounding the corner onto Follett Street, where it slowed behind another vehicle. He caught up with it in the Chandler Hovey Park parking lot as the operator turned to leave, blocked it with his cruiser and ordered the operator to shut it off. The operator, a 19-year-old man, provided a standard Class D driver's license and said the vehicle was not registered because it was an e-bike; Osattin explained that a two-wheeled vehicle capable of that speed requires a motorcycle registration and insurance. Officer Nicholas Michaud arrived to assist, and the officers documented the vehicle's identification number and features — a saddle seat, foot pegs without pedals, and motorcycle-style handlebars, brakes, throttle, suspension, chain drive and wheels — which the report describes as indicative of a motorcycle. The operator remained polite but argumentative, according to the report. Michaud explained the registration process and suggested the operator obtain a Class M permit and enroll in a motorcycle course, and the vehicle, weighing well over 100 pounds, was strapped into the bed of a responding town truck, taken to the police station and impounded until it is properly registered with a properly licensed operator. A friend picked up the operator at the scene. Over the following two days, Osattin spoke twice with the operator — once with his mother, who said the family bought the vehicle online with no warning it could not be driven on the street — as the operator learned he could not register it because it is not street legal. At Osattin's request, the operator provided the owner's manual, which, along with open-source research, indicated the model is sold for off-road use only and is factory-limited to 20 mph, a restriction that can be removed to allow speeds over 50 mph; observation of the vehicle indicated its limiter wire had been cut, according to the report.
June 29
10:25 a.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney was dispatched to the station lobby to speak with a man about a stolen item. The man reported that someone had allegedly taken his Canon camera from his vehicle, which he believed occurred while it was parked at the Eastern Yacht Club or somewhere on Bayview Road, and he estimated the equipment's value at approximately $8,000. Sweeney advised the man that he would document the report and follow up with any additional information. The matter remains open.
11:46 p.m. — Officer Taylor Nolasco and Officer Rizos were dispatched to Kenneth Road for a report of a noise complaint, the second call to the address in as many nights. Nolasco, who had responded to the previous night's complaint as well, heard no noise from inside or outside the residence on arrival, where three cars sat in the driveway and two more were parked on the street. The renter of the Airbnb at the address told officers he was leaving the property in the morning and would keep it down for the remainder of the night. Dispatch identified the property's owner, but an attempt to reach him by phone about an hour later was unsuccessful because no current numbers for him were on file.
June 30
1:15 p.m. — Officer Brandon Boutilier took a walk-in report of an alleged larceny at the station. A resident told Boutilier he had recently sold his Apple MacBook laptop through Facebook Marketplace to a profile displaying no personal information, agreeing on a price of $906 to be paid through Venmo. The man said he had already shipped the laptop via UPS to an address on Express Lane in Sarasota, Florida, but had received no payment despite messaging the buyer that day; a Google Maps search of the shipping address indicated no real business there, only what appeared to be a large warehouse. Boutilier twice called the number the buyer had used and received no answer. None of the seller's personal information was compromised, according to the report, but he is out $906 with no payment received. Boutilier provided the man a department email address in case the payment arrives, and the report was forwarded to the department's Criminal Investigation Division.
6:29 p.m. — Lt. Michael Everett and Officer Jason McDonald responded to a report of a noise complaint and possible domestic disturbance in the vicinity of Doaks Lane while other units were tied up at a motor vehicle crash on Tedesco Street, with heavy rain limiting visibility en route. Hearing nothing on arrival, the officers checked the area around the shanties near Fort Beach Lane and Doaks Lane, and McDonald spoke with the caller on Fort Beach Way, who said the sounds had come from the boatyard near the tugboat and a gray shed. As Everett surveyed that area, a young woman appeared; asked whether she had been yelling or in an argument, she was evasive and refused to give her name, and Everett told her she was not free to leave while officers checked the shed, which appeared to contain living quarters with electricity and a cot but was unoccupied. Sgt. Andrew DiMare arrived, and officers were able to identify the woman, a Swampscott resident, though she remained uncooperative, and the investigation was concluded. Before officers cleared, DiMare — whom the woman recognized from prior interactions — spoke with her alone. She began to cry and alleged she had been "punched in the face" but declined to say when, where or by whom, adding that she had been told by "them up the street" not to bother police because she was a "waste of time." DiMare assured her she was not a waste of time and that she could share what happened if she wished. The woman then said her loud phone conversations with her mother were likely why people call police about her, asked for DiMare's upcoming schedule, said she would come in the next day to speak with him, thanked him and rode off on her bicycle in the downpour.
10:10 p.m. — Officer Jason McDonald and Officer Nicholas Michaud were dispatched to a motor vehicle crash at Green Street and West Shore Drive, a lit area with clear weather and dry pavement. McDonald found a white 2007 Pontiac sedan facing the wrong direction on Green Street, parked half on the street and half on the sidewalk atop a knocked-over yield sign still anchored at its base, with fresh front-end damage and a debris field on the pavement. The Pontiac's operator, an 82-year-old woman still seated in the driver's seat with the car running, said she was not injured but did not know how she ended up on the wrong side of the road. The driver of a pickup truck stopped in the travel lane told McDonald he had been waiting at the yield sign to turn right when the Pontiac allegedly approached from the left on West Shore Drive, took the corner very wide, crossed the double yellow line, struck his truck and continued off the road and over the sign; he was not injured, and his truck sustained minor damage. McDonald asked the Pontiac's operator to step out to see the damage and explained her car would need to be towed. With Lt. Michael Everett's authorization, McDonald drove the woman home after the tow and left once she was safely inside.
July 1
11:25 a.m. — Officer Andrew Clark spoke with a Dennett Road resident regarding a suspicious letter that arrived in the previous afternoon's mail through the U.S. Postal Service. The letter, addressed to "current resident," carried a return address on Birch Lane in Nitro, West Virginia, and originated from Charleston, West Virginia. In it, the sender wrote that he has a friend who attends a local church and was reaching out to say hello, before going on to say, to the effect, that God is wiping the United States off the earth and that repentance for sins is needed. The resident told Clark he has no enemies but grew concerned after an internet search of the sender's name allegedly indicated the writer was a sex offender. He asked that the incident be documented with police, and Clark did so.
July 2
11:09 a.m. — Officer Brandon Boutilier was dispatched to the area of Washington Street for a report of a car that had crashed into a fire hydrant. Boutilier found the vehicle parked on the sidewalk with its front bumper resting on top of the hydrant, which was stuck underneath. The 72-year-old driver told Boutilier he had been in a rush to drop some things off and did not notice the hydrant, adding that he was not worried about the damage to his car but needed help freeing it without harming the hydrant. Todisco Towing responded and lifted the vehicle off without causing further damage, and the water and sewer department followed shortly after to run a pressure check on the hydrant.
11:23 a.m. — Officer Christian Hennigar responded to the area of Front Street and Circle Street for a report of a bus that had allegedly struck a rock wall, causing damage. Hennigar located the bus on Franklin Street, where the operator explained that he had been turning left onto Front Street, thought he had enough room to make the swing and realized he had collided with the wall, which sustained an estimated $400 in damage. The operator said he had already notified his supervisor and that an inspector was on the way to assess the bus, and the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is aware of the property damage. Hennigar advised the operator that a report would be completed documenting the crash.
11:15 p.m. — Officer Jason McDonald, on patrol near Beacon Street, noticed a group of roughly 10 young men standing in the roadway at a blind corner beside the seawall railing at Grace Oliver's Beach, along with a plastic cooler and three empty Miller Lite cans on the pavement nearby. When McDonald asked whose cooler was in the road, a 20-year-old Vermont man claimed ownership and, asked whether he was 21, acknowledged he was not. The man did not appear intoxicated or impaired and was cooperative and respectful, according to the report. The group told McDonald they were waiting for rides, and he advised them to move to a safer stretch of road by the beach entrance. Opening the cooler, McDonald found six unopened Coors Light cans; he told the man he would be taking the cooler and disposing of the contents, and that the cooler could be retrieved at the police station the next day. The man returned at 5 p.m. the following afternoon and collected his cooler, along with a stern warning about liquor law violations.
July 4
10:39 a.m. — Officer Christian Hennigar responded to Lincoln Avenue for a report of a possible motor vehicle hit-and-run. The car's owner told Hennigar he believed someone had hit his parked vehicle, shattering the rear windshield, and pointed out damage to the rear of the car near the windshield that he said had not been there before. The owner said the car had been parked in its spot for roughly five minutes and that he was not sure whether the damage was caused by a vehicle or a passerby on foot, adding that he simply wanted the incident documented. Hennigar advised him that his statements would be recorded and that an accident report would be written documenting the damage.
July 9
1:27 p.m. — Officer Sean Sweeney was dispatched to Evans Road for a report of a stolen package. A resident showed Sweeney a photo of a package from Macy's that had been delivered to the building's front door July 7 and was no longer there. Asked whether she had checked with neighboring units, the resident said the door where the package was left belongs to an unoccupied unit but that she would check with surrounding neighbors as well. Sweeney had her forward the email containing the pertinent shipping information, which he was still awaiting at the time of the report. The matter remains open.
8:26 p.m. — Officer Robert Picariello was dispatched to Swampscott to assist with a missing juvenile when dispatch advised of a caller reporting a barefoot child running down the street and trying to hide in the area of Humphrey Street and Marion Road, described as a young boy in a red shirt and black shorts. Picariello diverted to the caller, who said he had seen the child run behind the Oliver Pond apartments, and Picariello and Sgt. Timothy Morley continued there on foot, where they could see the boy walking away from them. After dispatch provided the child's name, the officers called out to him and he stopped, then walked with them back to the nearest cruiser, where he took a seat to wait for Swampscott police to arrive with his parents. The boy appeared uninjured and offered no reason for having run away from his house before he was turned over to Swampscott police and his parents.
July 12
6:55 p.m. — Sgt. Andrew DiMare, on patrol on Nahant Street, ran a query on the plate of a vehicle parked on the public way in front of the Corinthian Yacht Club, aware from a previous query of an alleged issue with the vehicle's status. DiMare also knew that Sgt. Sean Brady had already given the vehicle's owner a courtesy verbal warning about that status while working a private detail at a graduation party she held June 6. When the new query returned the same status, DiMare confirmed it through dispatch and requested a tow. Todisco Towing removed the vehicle without incident, and DiMare seized the registration plates. The matter remains open.
7:43 p.m. — A man came to the police station to report that he had lost his backpack, and to report that he had since found it with nothing missing. Officer Dean Peralta documented the report, and no further action was required.
July 13
9:31 a.m. — Officer Andrew Clark spoke with an Atlantic Avenue resident regarding an alleged case of identity and credit card fraud. The resident said that on the morning of July 11 he went online and purchased a BJ's Wholesale Club membership with his American Express card, providing his name, email and home address, and that by that evening he had received emails from Sam's Club advising him of a membership enrollment he never made, along with a $25 charge to his card. A purchase of $380 was also allegedly made through the Sam's Club account for two Disney electronic gift cards valued at $190 each, and the following day the resident discovered another purchase on the account — $478.98 toward a Southwest gift card — made with a different card that was not his, leading him to believe someone had added another allegedly stolen card to the fraudulent account. The resident contacted American Express, which confirmed the fraud and canceled his card; reported the activity to Sam's Club; notified BJ's of the possible data compromise; alerted all three credit bureaus and froze his credit for seven years; and reported the incident to the Federal Trade Commission. He asked that the matter be documented with police, and the case was forwarded to the department's Criminal Investigation Division for review.
July 14
6:46 p.m. — Officer Dennis DeFelice spoke by phone with a woman who reported what she described as a "sketchy" interaction with a seller she knew only by name. The woman said she had met the seller earlier in the day in a Stop & Shop parking lot in Swampscott to buy a rug listed on Facebook Marketplace, and that although the interaction itself was fine in nature, she felt uncomfortable. After returning home and inspecting the rug, she said, she found it was not what had been advertised, and when she contacted the seller to say she was unhappy with the product, he allegedly replied that he was sorry but that his uncle was the one who had posted the merchandise. The woman was concerned that the seller had her name and phone number. DeFelice advised her to file a complaint with the marketplace if she was unsatisfied with the sale and told her she could block the seller's number and cease communication. The woman was satisfied and said she may or may not file the incident with the platform.
6:50 p.m. — Officer Jason McDonald spoke by telephone with a resident who reported that someone had allegedly hacked into his company's email system and tricked an employee into sending a $16,000 check to a person in Wisconsin. The man runs a corporate services firm out of his Campbell Way residence, with employees working hybrid schedules from their homes and no physical office, and said he had already spoken with a police officer in the Wisconsin town where the check was mailed. McDonald told him it would be more helpful and official to compile the relevant documents and bring them to the station to begin a formal investigation, even though the matter may fall outside local jurisdiction. The man, who has since notified his bank of the alleged scam, said he would come to the station the next day with the paperwork, and McDonald told him he was welcome to share the officer's contact information with the Wisconsin police officer he has been working with.
