Crime & Safety
Icicle Mistaken For A Rifle
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 on Wednesday, January 23, 2012.
At 9:51 a.m. a person walked in to report possible identity theft. It turned out to be a bank error in this particular case.
At 10:35 a.m. police responded to a verbal domestic disturbance on Wakefield Avenue.
At 11:11 a.m. a minor accident was reported in the middle school parking lot.
At 11:19 a.m. a woman walked in to report an identity theft case.
At 11:31 a.m. an individual reported the four tires on their car had been slashed the night before on Vernon Street.
At 1:08 p.m. a larceny from a vehicle on Evergreen Street was reported.
At 1:26 p.m. a past road rage incident on Lowell Street was reported.
At 1:35 p.m. a man on the ice was reported near North Ave. He was sent on his way.
At 2:24 p.m. police arrested Gary Paul Schettini, 44, 81 Chestnut Street, Wakefield, on a warrant.
At 3:08 p.m. a caller reported that a male with an Indian accent had called asking for his bank account and other personal information.
At 3:24 p.m. a man reported that another man on Cordis Street was taking pictures of him.
At 6:43 p.m. the fire department responded to Myrtle Ave. for a reported dryer fire.
At 7:07 p.m. a caller on Hemlock Road reported a man in a black hooded sweatshirt who appeared to be holding a rifle. The man turned out to have been holding an icicle.
At 9:26 p.m. a loud music complaint came in from Richardson Ave.
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