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Daily Log 7.12.2017

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: July 12th, 2017

Type #
Date & Time

Info

07/12/2017 01:06
INCIDENT  17004736
CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

TEMPLE ST
A Cambridge resident reported being the victim of criminal harassment.

07/12/2017 02:22
INCIDENT  17004737
MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF c266 S28

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Natick resident reports his motor vehicle was stolen from the 1600 block of the Mass. Ave. area.

07/12/2017 04:11
INCIDENT  17004738
LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

BROOKLINE ST
Cambridge Police responded to a Brookline Street residence in regards to a stolen bicycle.

07/12/2017 06:45
INCIDENT  17004739
B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26

ROYAL AVE
A Cambridge resident reports that both her husband and daughter had their cars broken into.

07/12/2017 06:45
INCIDENT  17004741
MISC. REPORT TYPE

Cambridge Police responded to a Dorchester hospital for a report of a past assault and possible robbery, which had occurred in Cambridge.

07/12/2017 08:03
INCIDENT  17004740
LEAVE SCENE OF PERSONAL INJURY c90 S24

KIRKLAND ST
A motor vehicle was rear-ended by a black motor vehicle. The operator exited his motor vehicle and approached the black vehicle to exchange paperwork and the operator of black motor vehicle drove at the operator and struck his upper legs. The black motor vehicle left the area without making himself known.

07/12/2017 09:09
INCIDENT  17004742
NUMBER PLATE, TAKE C266 S139

GERRYS LANDING RD
Cambridge Police responded to Gerrys Landing Road for a report of a larceny from a motor vehicle.

07/12/2017 09:23
INCIDENT  17004743
LEWDNESS, OPEN AND GROSS c272 S16

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A female Cambridge resident was walking on Mass. Ave. towards Porter Square. She crossed Linnaean Street and saw a black male sitting in his car with no pants on masturbating as he watched her. The suspect fled on Linnaean Street in a black Nissan Altima.

07/12/2017 10:39
INCIDENT  17004746
IDENTITY FRAUD

FOSTER ST
Cambridge Police responded to Foster Street for an Identity theft report.

07/12/2017 10:43
INCIDENT  17004745
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

BINNEY ST
A motor vehicle owner reports an unknown person struck his vehicle and then left the area without making themselves known

07/12/2017 11:17
INCIDENT  17004747
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE c266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Allahmanamja Barbel, 29, homeless, was arrested at a liquor store in Central Square for shoplifting by concealing merchandise. Employee's observed Mr.Barbel conceal a bottle in his shirt. When he attempted to leave, the employees tried to stop him but he fled past them. They then confronted him outside where police observed the altercation.

07/12/2017 11:56
INCIDENT  17004748
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

DANA ST
A motor vehicle owner reports an unknown person struck his vehicle and then left the area without making themselves known.

07/12/2017 12:23
INCIDENT  17004749
MISC. REPORT TYPE

CAMBRIDGEPARK DR
Cambridge Police responded to Cambridge Park Drive for a harassing report.

07/12/2017 13:09
ARREST  17004752
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

WOODROW WILSON CT
Cambridge Police responded to Woodrow Wilson Court to effect a warrant arrest of Nelson Portillo, 26, 5 Woodrow Wilson Court in Cambridge. Portillo was arrested without incident on warrants out of Cambridge District Court and Brighton District Court.

07/12/2017 13:11
INCIDENT  17004751
TELEPHONE CALLS, ANNOYING c269 S14A

CONCORD AVE
A Cambridge resident reported being the victim of harassing phone calls.

07/12/2017 13:38
INCIDENT  17004759
MISC. REPORT TYPE

COGSWELL AVE
A Cogswell Avenue resident reported that she received harassing letters in the mail.

07/12/2017 13:48
INCIDENT  17004754
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

GREEN ST
Daniel Culbreath, 60, 112 South Hampton Street in Boston, was arrested for a warrant issued out of Roxbury District Court on 6/27/2017 for failure to register as sex offender. Derek Odoms, 45, 39 Boylston Street in Boston, was arrested at the same location for possession of a class B drug (crack cocaine). An officer observed these two individuals as well as a female known to him enter a parking lot on Green Street and huddle behind a box truck. Upon investigating this behavior, it was learned that Culbreath had a warrant and Odoms was possessing what is believed to be crack cocaine.

07/12/2017 13:54
INCIDENT 17004757WARRANT ARREST REPORT

FAYETTE ST
Maurice Abisdid-Wagner, 26, Hawaii, was arrested on multiple warrants out of Edgartown District Court, Taunton District Court and South Boston Municipal Court. The arrest occurred after it was learned he would be in the area of Fayette Street and while initially attempting to place him in custody, Abisdid-Wagner fled on foot. 

07/12/2017 13:55
INCIDENT  17004756
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$250, MALICIOUS c266 S12

VASSAL LN
Cambridge Police responded to Vassal Lane for a report of a broken window.

07/12/2017 14:17
INCIDENT  17004755
MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF c266 S28

BROADWAY
A Broadway resident reported her motor vehicle stolen.

07/12/2017 14:54
INCIDENT  17004761
LARCENY UNDER $250 c266 S30

WHITE ST
Cambridge Police responded to a business on White Street for a larceny report.

07/12/2017 15:02
INCIDENT  17004758
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE c266 S30A

RIVER ST
Officers were dispatched to a local grocery store on River Street for a shoplifting incident.

07/12/2017 15:42
INCIDENT  17004760
LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

BROADWAY
A Jackson Circle resident reports that on 7/12/17 between 10 a.m. and 3:40 p.m., an unknown person(s) stole their bike from the bike rack outside of Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School.

07/12/2017 16:12
ARREST  17004762
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Michael Maillet, 28, 529 Washington Street in Haverhill, was placed under arrest for a warrant out of Boston District Court for Malicious Destruction of Property $250+.

07/12/2017 16:13
INCIDENT  17004763
ROBBERY, ARMED c265 s17

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY
A bank on Alewife Brook Parkway was robbed by a white male suspect stating he had a knife (though one was not shown). It is unknown how much money the suspect took. The suspect is described as a thin male, in his 30s, who was wearing a red baseball cap, gray jacket, thick sunglasses and white gloves. He had minimal facial hair.

07/12/2017 16:37
INCIDENT  17004766
IDENTITY FRAUD

BROOKFORD ST
Cambridge Police responded to a resident’s home on Brookford Street for an Identity Fraud report.

07/12/2017 16:56
INCIDENT  17004764
LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

PEARL ST
A Stoneham resident reports that on 7/12/17 between 4:50 and 4:55 p.m. an unknown person(s) stole his Dewalt impact driver from the front steps of a Pearl Street house he was working on.

07/12/2017 17:41
INCIDENT  17004767
A&B c265 S13A

GREEN ST
Officers were dispatched to Pearl Street at the Green Street bus stop for a past assault and battery.

07/12/2017 17:57
ARREST  17004768
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police placed Shawn Miller, 25, homeless, under arrest in regards to a warrant out of Dorchester District Court for Assault and Battery.

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