Crime & Safety

Electrical Accident, Liquor Store Shoplifter Among Weekend Reports

Information provided by Wakefield Police. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Wakefield Police responded to these and other calls for service between Friday, October 25 and Sunday, October 27, 2013.

On Friday, October 25 at 7:48 a.m. police and fire personnel were informed that a man at Edgewater Place was injured in an electrical accident. He was treated on the scene.
At 1:30 p.m. police took a report of a possible scam.
At 3:34 p.m. the fire department responded to a reported brush fire near Hemlock Road.
At 5:44 p.m. police took a report involving a problem between neighbors.
At 8:20 p.m. a woman reported that an ex-boyfriend had just violated restraining order by throwing a golf ball at her front door. Police arrested Stephen Carroll, 31, 64 Penny Lane, Stoneham, and charged him with violating a 209a abuse prevention order. The suspect was reportedly located in Stoneham and transported to Wakefield by police from that town.
At 9:01 p.m. the fire department responded to a report of a gas odor coming from a furnace on Flint Street.

On Saturday, October 26 at 8:41 a.m., police issued a summons to a 53 year old Winthrop man charging him with operating with a revoked/suspended license.
At 9:30 a.m. an accident was reported near North Ave. and Prospect Street.
At 9:52 a.m. fire and police responded to Bathol Street for a report of an odor of gas in a building.
At 4:43 p.m. a caller near Foundry Street and Broadway reported seeing three males wearing sweatshirts peering into vehicles. An area search came up negative.
At 5:02 p.m. police arrested Kelly R. Pfeifer, 23, 240 Lowell Street, Wakefield, on a warrant.
At 5:16 p.m. a caller on Vernon Street reported his parked car had been struck by another vehicle.
At 5:41 p.m. police sent a group of youths on their way from Tylers Lane after receiving a report that they may be drinking.
At 6:54 p.m. an accident was reported on Main Street.
At 10:06 p.m. police were informed that a white male, described as about 5’9 and 20 years old, had just shoplifted at S&M Liquors on Water Street and fled across the street to a white Ford Crown Victoria.
At 11:19 p.m. police responded to a family disturbance on Greenwood Street.

On Sunday, October 27 at 2:07 a.m., police took a report during a traffic stop involving a past domestic dispute.
At 3:13 a.m. a stolen iPod was reported on Preston Street.
At 4:01 a.m. a caller on Charles Street reported that the exterior light of a home nearby appeared to be flashing out the “SOS” morse code signal. It turned out to be a malfunctioning light.
At 9:15 a.m. police were informed some cinder blocks were removed from a property on Dillaway Street and placed in the road.
At 9:31 a.m. police took a report of a past vehicle break-in.
At 10:01 a.m. a missing dog was returned to its owner.
At 12:27 p.m. an argument between two males was reported on Salem Street. They were gone on arrival.
At 12:29 p.m. a woman reported some youths had toilet papered the trees and front yard at her elderly father’s house and had also possibly tied a cord onto his steps that could have tripped him.
At 12:50 p.m. a caller reported a man on Richardson Ave. was causing a disturbance with a remote controlled car.
At 2:17 p.m. a homemade “go slow” sign near Birch Hill Ave. was reportedly moved over to the side of the road.
At 12:05 a.m. on Monday, October 28, police arrested Kenneth C. Freitag, 32, 20 Richardson Ave., Wakefield, and charged him with assault and battery – domestic.

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