Monday, May 20, 2013
The Peabody Police Department's 3rd Annual Commendation Awards Ceremony is Tuesday, May 21 at 4 p.m. at City Hall.
Twenty-eight officers will be publicly recognized for their "tireless efforts in rendering exemplary public service" May 21 at City Hall. The Peabody Police Department is holding its 3rd Annual Commendation Awards Ceremony at 4 p.m. on Tuesday in Wiggin Auditorium and the public is invited to attend. Chief Robert Champagne will present citations to the following officers:
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The department is once again joining the national "Click it or Ticket" initiative, leading up to Memorial Day later this month.
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The department is once again joining the national "Click it or Ticket" initiative, leading up to Memorial Day later this month.
The Peabody Police Department joins the nationwide "Click it or Ticket" initiative again, starting Monday and lasting through Memorial Day weekend. So Chief Robert Champagne just urges everyone to buckle up -- it's for your own safety. Peabody and other numerous other local departments are partnering with the state police and Executive Officer of Public Safety and Security's Highway Safety Division on the 2013 seat belt enforcement mobilization from May 20 to June 2 and will be cracking down on motorists who are not belted. Police say that more than half of the 21,253 people killed in car crashes in 2011 were not wearing their belts, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. "As …
Monday, May 6, 2013
Police say an armed man stole a dog from a person and fled the scene in one incident Friday morning and then early the next morning, a man attacked and robbed a taxi driver on Route 1. Both men are Salem residents.
A Salem man was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly stealing a dog at gunpoint in Peabody earlier in the day. A Salem man (but not the same man) was also arrested early Saturday morning for allegedly attacking and robbing a taxi driver on Route 1 in Peabody. The Salem News reports the first man was taken into custody at gunpoint as he was ordered out of his car by Salem police. According to the paper, Adolfo Tejeda Jr., 28, of 6 Heritage Dr., Salem, was charged with armed robbery, carrying a firearm without a license, unlawful possession of ammunition, possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute, possession of a firearm during a felony, two counts of assault with a dangerous weapon and possession of a large capacity feeding …
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Veteran Peabody officer Mark Saia was deployed with a SWAT team from NEMLEC and spent most of Friday combing Watertown for the second bombing suspect until he was finally captured that night.
Peabody police officer Mark Saia says he could hear Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s screams of pain as he was pulled out of the boat he was hiding in Friday night – that’s how close Saia was to the 19-year-old bombing suspect at the close of the manhunt in Watertown. Saia, a SWAT team member with the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council, tells the Salem News he was deployed early that morning after MIT police officer Sean Collier was gunned down in his cruiser and a wild shootout and manhunt ensued in Watertown for the Tsarnaev brothers. Saia, 49, is one of five Peabody officers who serve on different teams within NEMLEC, which is represented by 53 police and sheriff’s departments. For instance, Detective Eric Ricci was also part of …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Swat forces and rapid-response teams combing Watertown Friday included several Peabody officers assigned to NEMLEC.
Peabody police officers assigned to a regional taskforce of specialists were part of the massive manhunt Friday for the remaining suspect in Monday's bombing at the Boston Marathon. The Salem News reports that Peabody officers and other North Shore representatives in the North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council were among teams that went house-by-house in Watertown searching for 19-year-old Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. In fact, Detective Eric Ricci was apparently present or involved in the shootout in Watertown early that morning that resulted in the death of the older suspect, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, reports the Salem News. Peabody Deputy Chief Scott Carriere told the paper all five officers who represent the department in NEMLEC …
Friday, April 19, 2013
Ten veteran Peabody officers assisted the Boston police Thursday with traffic control and logistical challenges during the interfaith prayer service for the victims of the marathon bombings. The service was attended by President Obama and the First Lady.
Ten Peabody police officers were among a contingent of uniformed volunteers Thursday morning assisting the Boston Police Department with traffic control and other logistical challenges presented during a prayer service for the victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama flew in for the service, which was drew hundreds of locals and other dignitaries and was held at Church of the Holy Cross in the South End. The Obamas also spoke with victims at Boston hospitals. A Facebook post by the Peabody Police Department says those officers volunteering Thursday were Bruce Bowden, Antonio Santos, David McGovern, Michael Eon, Brendan O'Brien, Robert Gallo and Sgt. Doug Marcus. Deputy Chief Martin Cohan…
Thursday, April 18, 2013
Local officers who are part of a region-wide organization of specialists headed into Boston earlier this week to provide assistance.
Among the contingent of North Shore police officers who responded to Boston in the wake of Monday's bombing were Peabody Chief Robert Champagne and the department's liaisons to NEMLEC. The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council is comprised of 53 police and sheriff's departments in Essex and Middlesex counties. Soon after the explosions Monday afternoon, Boston police requested assistance mainly with crowd control at the blast scene and providing security at local hospitals treating the victims. The Salem News reports Champagne and Salem Police Chief Paul Tucker, who are on the executive board for NEMLEC and the Mass. Major City Chiefs Association, were briefed on the incident by Boston Police Commissioner Edward Davis. Four …
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Police say "your instincts are usually right," so don't hesitate to report any suspicious activity or anything out of the ordinary -- it could prove the difference between intervention and tragedy.
Peabody police are cautioning residents to remain vigilant about reporting suspicious activity -- terrorists and tragedy can strike anywhere, and your instincts are often right. "The Peabody Police Department wants to remind its citizens...that the senseless and tragic events of [Monday] are an ever present danger and possibility in the times that we live in," says a message posted to the department's Facebook page. "It is not something that is a threat only to the inner cities. It can happen at any time and any place in this country." "The lesson learned is that we must remain ever vigilant and keep our eyes and ears open to suspicious activity," the message continues, noting the city has a large shopping mall, industrial parks and …
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
A 23-year-old Peabody man wanted for Tuesday night's armed robbery is now in custody and is being held at Middleton Jail.
Peabody police say the man wanted for an armed robbery Tuesday night at Holden Oil turned himself in earlier this evening at the police station. Sgt. Robert Waugh said John Doucette, 23, of 35-1/2 Lynn St., Peabody, was taken into custody on a warrant charge of armed and masked robbery and is being held overnight at Middleton Jail. Doucette is expected to be arraigned at Peabody District Court tomorrow morning. An employee at Holden Oil told police Doucette, who was wearing a black mask, showed a handgun during the robbery, but it's unclear if police have located that weapon. Waugh said nothing was taken from Doucette during booking.
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Saber Walsh
1:15 pm on Monday, May 20, 2013
The White House has trained us well. Put out a topic entitled, "Tomorrow is May 21st," and you will immediately have two sides draw up and start fighting. One side will be the graduates of with liberal arts degrees, who will cite important works that say something like, "the future is inevitable, so every day is May 20th and we don't need to check off any more days." (It wasn't Groucho who said … more ›