Police Log: Arrest Made for Alleged Prescription Drug Possession

Police arrested a Wakefield man as a result of a several months-long investigation into narcotics.

Wakefield Police Log

Police Log: Arrest Made for Alleged Prescription Drug Possession

Police arrested a Wakefield man as a result of a several months-long investigation into narcotics.

Wakefield Police Log for Thursday, May 17, 2012 The following information was supplied by the Wakefield Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Featured item: Kurt Holtsberg, 39, of 30 Richardson Ave. was arrested on drug charges in Wakefield as a result of a several months-long investigation by the Middlesex Regional Drug Task Force.  Police said they were issued search warrants out of Malden Distrct Court for Holtsberg, his car and his home in relation to a narcotics investigation. Police set up surveillance on Holtsberg, and pulled him over on Albion Street. Police said that detectives located a pill bottle in his pocket with two different types of prescription pills: Xanax and …

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Police Log: Car Falls Victim to Lipstick Vandalism

A victim reported someone had written profanity on her car in lipstick while it was parked in the Shell gas station parking lot at the corner of Vernon and Lowell Street.

Wakefield Police Log for Wednesday, May 16, 2012 The following information was supplied by the Wakefield Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Featured item: A resident of Morrison West Rd. reported to police that someone had written profanity on her vehicle in lipstick while it had been parked in the parking lot of the Shell gas station on Monday on Vernon Street. The victim said the lipstick was removed and no other damage was done to the car. Other incidents: 11:10 a.m. - A caller reported seeing a lot of smoke coming from a chimney at 467 Lowell Street. 2:57 p.m. - A minor car crash was reported at the corner of Water Street and Butler Avenue. No injuries were reported. 3:56 p.m…

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Police Log: Bar Fight on Main Street

Wakefield Police responded to an argument between two individuals over a bar tab at a Main Street restaurant.

Wakefield Police Log for Tuesday, May 15, 2012 The following information was supplied by the Wakefield Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Featured item: Police responded to a bar on Main Street around 12:10 a.m. on Wednesday morning for a report that two individuals were reportedly fighting over a bar tab. However, the involved parties were gone upon police arrival, and there was no damage done to the inside of the restaurant. Other incidents: 2:24 p.m. - Wakefield Police responded to a disturbance in an apartment on Bartley Street. Police had no further information on the incident. 3:34 p.m. - A caller reported seeing a group of youths smoking marijuana underneath the handicap …

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Police Log: Attempted Craigslist Scam Reported

A resident trying to sell car parts on Craigslist reported a scam attempt to police.

Wakefield Police Log for Monday, May 14, 2012 The following information was supplied by the Wakefield Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction. Featured item: A resident of New Salem Street reported around 8:30 a.m. that someone attempted to scam him via Craigslist, a goods and services sharing website. The man reported to police he was attempting to sell motor parts for a price of $700 to a buyer. However, several days later the man received a check in the mail from Istanbul, Turkey for a sum of $3,562, he told police. The letter instructed him to keep the $700 and then wire back the difference to Alabama via Western Union, he said. The man did not cash the check and did not lose any …

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Fire Log: Sawdust Fire at Guillow Inc.

A list of calls the Wakefield Fire Department responded to from Monday, May 7 to Sunday, May 20, 2012.

Fire Log for Monday, May 7 to Sunday, May 20 2012: Total calls for service: 51 Fire incidents: The Wakefield Fire Department responded to a structure fire at Guillow Inc., 40 New Salem Street, for a fire that had started in the company's sawdust collection system on May 6.  At approximately 9:30 a.m., a piece of wood got caught in the saw of a large cutting machine, causing a friction fire. The sawdust containment system sucked up the fire and ignited other sawdust debris in the pipe. "It just started throwing sparks all over," said Chief Michael Sullivan of the Wakefield Fire Department. "Dust is very flammable and it ignited the dust." The Wakefield Fire Department removed the pipe system and found a smoldering fire. They extinguished …

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