Man Walking Down 114 Near Mall in Blizzard Says Trying to Get to Salem

The following excerpts are from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log from Jan. 2-3.

Thursday, Jan. 2

• 2:11 p.m. Report of a car that hit a guardrail on Route 1 and then turned into the Turnpike Car Wash. State police were notified.
• 2:15 p.m. Police assisted DPS with two cars that needed to be moved on North Central Street.
• 2:20 p.m. Police responded to a report of a dispute on Sabino Farm Road between two people on where a plow driver was placing snow.
• 2:54 p.m. Police were unable to reach the owner of a vehicle parked on Hancock Street that was blocking plow trucks. The vehicle was towed.
• 3:07 p.m. DPS requested a tow on Sherman Street, but police said the owner of the vehicle was actually leaving for work.
• 4:38 p.m. A burglary was reported at a Peabody Municipal Light Plant substation off Bartholomew Street. The lock to the gate was cut and copper equipment grounds were stolen. The break-in occurred sometime between last week and that afternoon. Police said it was difficult to determine what was stolen or when due to the amount of snow on the ground at the time.
• 5:04 p.m. A 13-year-old was transported to North Shore Children's Hospital after a domestic incident at a Swampscott Avenue home. Police said child endangerment charges would be filed.
• 5:13 p.m. Christine Knowles, 20, of 2 Coleman St., Peabody, was arrested, following a report of a theft by an employee at Shaw's Supermarket. She was charged with larceny over $250 and on a warrant out of Peabody District Court.
• 7:25 p.m. Report of a three-car accident involving a plow at the corner of Lone Pine Lane and Lowell Street. There were no injuries.
• 7:29 p.m. A caller on Sylvia Road reported hearing what sounded like gunshots. Other residents reported hearing fireworks about 45 minutes earlier.
• 8:57 p.m. Police requested DPS plow out the front lot of the police station -- there was more than a foot of snow there and no one had cleared it yet.
• 11:28 p.m. Report of a manhole cover missing at Goldthwaite Place.

Friday, Jan. 3

• 12:30 a.m. Report of a water main break on Forenza Road.
• 12:47 a.m. Police received a 911 call and the person hung up. Upon calling back the number, the following message played: "This magic jack customer is unable to take call at this time." Police were unable to find a customer service number for Magic Jack.
  
• 3:46 a.m. A caller on Irving Street reported the neighbor was out using the snowblower.
• 4:18 a.m. The Fire Department reported there was a person walking on Route 114, possibly intoxicated. Police found the man standing in the middle of the road near Prospect Street. He said he was trying to get to Salem. An officer gave him a ride to that address.
• 9:18 a.m. A resident on Balgreen Drive reported she had no water service. She said he had water earlier, but then nothing. An officer checked the home and reported that the woman had an outside water tank and that might be why there was no water.
• 9:25 a.m. Report of a car doing donuts in the parking lot at the Hess gas station on Lowell Street.
• 9:46 a.m. One vehicle was towed on Lowe Street for impeding snow removal.
• 9:52 a.m. Lindsey L. Brown, 28, of 48 Abington Ave., Peabody, was arrested at her home as a courtesy booking for an incident that occurred in Salem earlier in the day. She was charged with malicious destruction of property.
• 11:08 a.m. Report of a car parked on the sidewalk and in the fire lane at 75 Central St. Police ticketed the  vehicle.
• 12:56 p.m. A caller reported a snowmobile operating erratically on Donegal Road. An officer located the snowmobile and spoke to the owner who said he wouldn't be driving it home.