Crime & Safety
Kid In Locked Car and Youths Throwing Snowballs Reported
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, Dec. 20 and Sunday, Dec. 23, 2013.
On Friday, Dec. 20 at 2:30 p.m. an individual on Chapman Road reported having a child stuck in a locked car. The matter was resolved.
At 3:12 p.m. an accident was reported near North Ave. and Armory Street.
At 6:17 p.m. police spoke to some youths who had been throwing snowballs at a house on North Ave.
At 7:27 p.m. police took a call about some solicitors on Eustis Ave. After the call, they planned to charge the supervisor with a town by-law violation regarding solicitors.
On Saturday, Dec. 21 at 8:54 a.m., police took a theft report.
At 11:24 a.m. a parked car on Avon Street was reported to have suffered past damage.
At 12:50 p.m. Wakefield assisted Melrose in locating the owner of a vehicle involved in a hit and run accident in that town.
At 2:11 p.m. police were informed of a red SUV involved in a hit and run accident on Water Street.
At 2:50 p.m. a caller reported some children throwing snowballs at cars from behind a house on Oak Street.
At 7:07 p.m. a car reportedly slid off the road and struck a rock on Audubon Road.
At 10:52 p.m. police were informed of an intoxicated juvenile who was placed into the custody of his mother.
At 10:54 p.m. a caller on Harrington Court reported stolen medication. Police issued a summons to a 20 year old Wakefield woman charging her with larceny under $250.
On Sunday, Dec. 22 at 12:40 a.m. a caller reported a possibly drunk male in the street near Prospect Street and Brook Street. He was picked up by a friend.
At 12:48 a.m. a woman reported her vehicle’s back window was smashed on Preston Street.
At 1:05 a.m. Wakefield assisted Stoneham with searching near Forest Street for the suspect in an attempted break-in in that town. Nobody was found.
At 3:03 a.m. Wakefield assisted Woburn with investigating a hit and run accident in that town.
At 7:54 a.m. a worker reportedly had his arm caught in machinery at a Main Street business. He was transported to a nearby hospital.
At 9:05 a.m. a caller reported a young child wandering down Main Street. The child was found in care of a grandparent.
At 7:17 p.m. a Thorndike Road resident reported a break-in.
At 9:34 p.m. police were informed that a tree limb fell on Ames Street, damaging a couple of vehicles and possibly striking some wires.
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