Crime & Safety

Drug Violations, Theft of Fire Helmet and Man Cleans Pool in Street

The following information was provided by the Peabody Police Department. Where charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following excerpts are from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log on Sept. 25-27.

Wednesday, Sept. 25

  • 2:20 p.m. An employee at North Shore Bank on Route 114 reported there was a male who punched and kicked a female out in the parking lot. The two then left in a car headed east on Route 114. The male was described as Hispanic and wearing a red baseball cap sideways and a red jacket. Police checked the area, but didn't find the car and said the license plate belonged to a blue Oldsmobile Alero.
  • 2:39 p.m. The school resource officer at Higgins Middle School reported he was investigating a drug violation at the school.
  • 3:28 p.m. Starmeka M. Kelly, 29, of 28 Holten St., Danvers, was arrested, following a report of a shoplifter at JC Penney. Kelly was charged with shoplifting by concealing merchandise and on a warrant out of Salem District Court. Constantino Sicard, 66, of Dorchester, was also arrested. He was charged with receiving stolen property under $250 and obstruction of justice.
  • 5:40 p.m. Report of a shoplifter at Stop & Shop. Police said a white female with long, black hair, wearing a purple shirt and pushing a baby carriage left the store on foot. She was located in Salem and the merchandise was returned to the store.
  • 6:08 p.m. Samuel Reinoso, 38, of 67 Birch St. #2, Lynn, was arrested, following a motor vehicle stop on Bow Street near the West School. He was charged with driving on a license suspended OUI.
  • 6:43 p.m. Middleton police reported there was an intoxicated female driving a blue 2002 Ford Taurus back to her residence at Foxwood Circle. They received a tip from the female's mother.
  • 7:07 p.m. A caller at Mobile Estates reported a larceny of a fire helmet.
  • 8:41 p.m. State police reported they received a call from a person at a Northend Street home who said someone was trying to break into the house and kill the caller. An officer located the group who made the call and said he believed it was neighborhood kids playing a prank.
  • 9:13 p.m. Report of a hit-and-run accident at Stop & Shop. Police said the suspect vehicle was a brown sedan with front-end damage.
  • 10:50 p.m. A caller on Martinack Avenue reported a male was standing outside her house for more than 10 minutes. She said the male was about 25, white and wearing a baseball cap. Police subsequently arrested Adam Parsons, 35, of Weymouth, on charges of possession of Class C and E drugs and on a default warrant out of Chelsea District Court.

Thursday, Sept. 26

  • 9:07 a.m. Officers conducted a mock lock-down at the Brown School.
  • 10:14 p.m. A resident approached an officer on detail on Mason Street and said there was a suspicious person -- a male wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and a backpack -- going through cars in the parking lot outside an apartment complex at the corner of Foster and Masons street. Police checked the area, but didn't find anything.
  • 12:08 p.m. An employee at A&L Liquors on Foster Street reported a heavyset male entered the store, grabbed a bottle and then left in a gray Jeep.
  • 2:31 p.m. A caller on Harrison Avenue reported an attempted home break-in. Police said there was minor damage to the front door near the deadbolt, but it didn't appear the person got inside the home.
  • 2:57 p.m. A caller on Chestnut Street reported his scooter was stolen.
  • 5:40 p.m. A caller reported an act of vandalism at the Carroll School. Police said a video showed two teenaged males damaging the flood lights at the school.
  • 6:12 p.m. A Peabody male riding a scooter on Washington Street was transported to Mass. General Hospital by ambulance after the scooter was involved in an accident with a car.
  • 9:54 p.m. Police responded to a burglar alarm at Babies R Us, but arrived to find nothing out of the ordinary. An officer said signs were blowing around inside the store and might have set the alarm off.

Friday, Sept. 27

  • 12:20 a.m. Police found a male lying in a parking lot near 74 Endicott St. The 17-year-old was taken to his home on Ellsworth Road, but his father refused to take custody of him. The teen was then placed in protective custody and taken back to the station. The Department of Children and Families conducted an investigation and said child endangerment charges would be filed. The teen was eventually picked up by his aunt.
  • 6:01 a.m. A caller at Christian Book Distributors reported a car was spray-painted on both sides and on the hood. The vandal also used black magic marker to write on the windows.
  • 7:32 a.m. Ian Kierstead, 27, of 2 Lincoln Pl., Peabody, was arrested, following a motor vehicle stop at the corner of Walnut and Fulton streets. He was charged with driving with a suspended license and in an unregistered vehicle.
  • 8:38 a.m. A caller reported there was an injured seagull on Centennial Drive. The bird was transported to Borash Veterinary Clinic to be euthanized.
  • 9:01 a.m. Lindsay Cirone, 28, of Wilmington, was arrested, following a motor vehicle stop on Elm Street. She was charged with possession of a Class C drug and driving with a suspended license.
  • 9:23 a.m. A female walked into the station to report a past argument with an unidentified man at the Brown School over the use of profanities.
  • 1:48 p.m. A caller on Lynn Street reported a problem with a neighbor. Police spoke to a man and told him he shouldn't be cleaning his pool in the street.

For questions on this log, email peabody@patch.com.


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