Here are the highlights, for one reason or another, from the pages of the Peabody Police Department press log this past week.
Here are the highlights, for one reason or another, from the pages of the Peabody Police Department press log this past week. May 12 May 13 May 14 May 15 May 16 May 17 May 18
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One of four men indicted for their roles in a widespread gaming and loansharking operation has been sentenced to state prison.
A Salem Superior Court judge handed down a state prison sentence of 2 to 2-1/2 years Friday for Peabody man Michael Petrillo. Petrillo, 57, was a gaming agent and loan collector, according to prosecutors, in a large-scale bookmaking operation run by Joseph Giallanella in North Andover. Petrillo was indicted last year and pleaded guilty on April 25 to charges of receiving stolen property, being an accessory after the fact of larceny, conspiracy for larceny, use of a telephone for gaming and conspiracy for gaming. Essex District Attorney Jonathan Blodgett's office announced the news Friday, saying a joint investigation with the special services division of the state police was first launched in 2009 into Giallanella's gaming and loansharking…
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Check out these single-family homes with open houses planned.
Are you a local real estate agent? If so, or if you're a homeowner holding an open house this weekend and don't see yours listed below, upload it here. Just click "Upload Photos and Videos."
Police are investigating a suspicious incident at the McCarthy School that school officials say had them thinking of the attempted kidnapping in Beverly on Tuesday.
Peabody school officials say a suspicious incident, potentially similar to the kidnapping attempt in Beverly on Tuesday, occurred just days later at the McCarthy Elementary School. McCarthy staff reported the incident to police around 1 p.m. on Thursday. During recess, students said, they saw a suspicious looking vehicle with an older male driver inside the car on school property near the playground. The students said the driver, from a distance, leaned out of the window and beckoned them to come over, but instead they left the area to tell an adult what happened. Police said the students did not actually speak to the man in the car. The description of the vehicle was a red four-door sedan, similar to the one seen in the Beverly incident, …
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And the winner is...
According to our readers, the best place in Peabody to buy alcohol is over at Lowe Mart Liquors. With a late surge, the Lowell Street package store won this week's poll with 34 percent of the vote; runners-up were Tremont Market (21 percent) and Kappy's (17 percent). Lowe Mart is a small family-owned business known that offers craft, domestic, imported and microbrewed beers and other wines and liquors. You can also pick up snacks and soda too. If you'd like to leave a rating or review for Lowe Mart, you can do so at its directory page.
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Bostik and the federal safety officials have settled on $600,000 in fines for the explosion that rocked the Middleton adhesives plant in 2011.
Federal safety officials announced Thursday they had reached a settlement with Bostik for $600,000 in fines for the explosion that rocked the Middleton adhesives plant in March 2011 and injured four workers. The Boston Road plant is located right across from the end of Russell Street in West Peabody and right near the town lines with Lynnfield and North Reading -- the Sunday evening explosion rocked nearby houses and was heard and felt across the North Shore. Bostik was originally fined last fall for $917,000 after a six-month investigation by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration found numerous safety violations, but that fine has now been reduced. OSHA cited Bostik for violations of federal safety requirements and procedures …
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The North Shore Tour de Cure is this Sunday to benefit the American Diabetes Association. Marty Miserandino of Fit Werx is riding once again this year in honor of his late mother.
Marty Miserandino and his brother Vinny are biking 100 miles this Sunday to help find a cure for diabetes. They ride from South Hamilton to New Hampshire in honor of their mother Julie, who they lost to diabetes in 2008 as she suffered severe complications from the disease. And they riding for their father Vinny as well, who they recently learned has diabetes. Miserandino, co-owner of specialty bike shop Fit Werx over on Foster Street, has been riding in the North Shore Tour de Cure, a signature fundraiser for the American Diabetes Association, for the past five years. He's serving as the chairperson of the event again this year and is captain of Team Fit Werx/JULES. Prior to the Tour de Cure, Miserandino started the indoor cycling spin-a-…
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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 from May 16-17. For questions on this log, email peabody@patch.com.
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Here's what you need to know to get your weekend started in Peabody.
Today is Friday, May 18. Here are five things to know today in Peabody.
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These single-family homes just came on the market for sale in Peabody.
These five single-family homes just came on the market in Peabody in the past week. Check out the chart below for all the details.
