Daily Log 8.4.2019

Cambridge Police Daily Log: August 2^nd-4^th, 2019

08/02/2019 04:54
INCIDENT  19005446
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A business on Massachusetts Avenue reported malicious destruction.

08/02/2019 05:36
INCIDENT  19005447
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

BINNEY ST
At 5:36 a.m., Cambridge Police responded to motor vehicle crash at Binney Street and First Street.

08/02/2019 07:42
INCIDENT  19005448
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF MV c90 S10

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Medford resident was stopped while operating their motor vehicle on Massachusetts Avenue, after they were observed making an unsafe lane change at Waterhouse Road. A license query of the operator revealed they did not possess a valid license to operate in the commonwealth. A criminal citation was issued.

08/02/2019 10:11
INCIDENT  19005454
LARCENY OVER $1200 BY SINGLE SCHEME c266 S30(1)

CHESTNUT ST
A resident of Chestnut Street reported being the victim of an identity theft.

08/02/2019 10:20
INCIDENT  19005451
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

THIRD ST
A resident of Boston reported their cell phone was stolen from a business in Cambridge between 5:15 p.m. and 5:20 p.m.

08/02/2019 10:37
INCIDENT  19005452
AFFRAY (Common Law)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
At approximately 10:30 a.m., Adam Sorgman, 47, 820 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge and Tony Smith, 51, 330 Bowdon Street in Boston were arrested and charged with Affray (Common Law). Cambridge Police Officers witnessed both parties physically assaulting each other.

08/02/2019 13:36
INCIDENT  19005455
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

OAK ST
A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report her bike was stolen from in front of her house.

08/02/2019 14:22
INCIDENT  19005456
IDENTITY FRAUD

FRANKLIN ST
A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report a case of identity theft. An unknown person(s) opened an account with a wireless phone company in her name.

08/02/2019 15:02
INCIDENT  19005458
B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

GARDEN ST
An Allston resident reported a break-in to his motor vehicle at approximately 3:00 p.m., while the vehicle was parked on Garden Street near Dawes Island. A Marmot backpack containing multiple items was stolen.

08/02/2019 15:30
TRAFFIC  19005460
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

CONCORD AVE
A Stoughton resident reports a leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash causing property damage.

08/02/2019 17:31
INCIDENT  19005463
LARCENY FROM BUILDING c266 S20

BRATTLE ST
At approximately 5:33 p.m., Cambridge Police responded to the Harvard Square area for a past larceny report. Upon arriving on scene and making contact with the reporting party/victim, it was determined that a cell phone was stolen from a local restaurant between 11:50 p.m. on August 1, 2019 and 12:30 a.m. on August 2, 2019.

08/02/2019 17:55
INCIDENT  19005506
MISC. REPORT TYPE

WEBSTER AVE
At approximately 5:55 p.m., Cambridge Police responded to a Webster Avenue address to meet with an individual who stated she was injured early this morning while riding on her bicycle.

08/02/2019 20:22
INCIDENT  19005467
UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE * C90 S9

HAMLIN ST
At approximately 8:30 p.m., police towed a motor vehicle with a cancelled registration from York Street.

08/02/2019 20:42
INCIDENT  19005469
INNKEEPER, DEFRAUD, UNDER $100 c140 S12

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
At approximately 8:42 p.m., Cambridge Police responded to a business on Massachusetts Avenue for a disturbance, after a male could not pay his bill and refused to leave.

08/02/2019 21:32
INCIDENT  19005470
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Charlestown resident reported she left her 2 wheel shopping cart outside a Massachusetts Avenue business while shopping, and when she returned it was gone.

08/03/2019 00:36
INCIDENT  19005475
OUI-LIQUOR C90 S24

CAMBRIDGE ST
Cambridge Police placed Thomas Weihing, 46, 20 Forbes Street in Jamaica Plain under arrest for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Officers responded to the area of Cambridge Street after receiving a report of a possible intoxicated driver. While responding Officers were updated that the vehicle in question possibly turned onto Fulkerson Street. Upon arriving at Fulkerson Street Officers witnessed a vehicle matching the description of the vehicle in question involved in a crash with three other parked vehicles. As Officers approached the vehicle, Weihing was sitting in the driver seat of his vehicle with the motor running. Weihing stated he was not injured and had no medical issues. Weihing had glassy eyes, slurred speech and had difficulty standing on his own. Weihing was informed officers were going to conduct a series of field sobriety tests which he refused to do, and after speaking with Weihing it was determined he was not capable of performing any tests.

08/03/2019 02:22
INCIDENT  19005477
OUI-LIQUOR C90 S24

CHATHAM ST
At approximately 2:22 a.m., Cambridge police responded to the intersection of Chatham Street and Hancock Street for a report of a motor vehicle crash. When officers arrived, they found Mikesha James, 38, 76 Howard Street in Cambridge sitting in her vehicle which had driven up onto the sidewalk in front on Hancock Street. James was found sitting in the driver’s seat of the vehicle with the engine running and the keys in the ignition. It should be noted that Hancock Street is a public way owned and operated by the City of Cambridge. James was extremely uncooperative with officers, refusing to answer questions and continuously made demands to call multiple people to come get her. James appeared highly intoxicated at the time officers spoke with her. James spoke with slurred speech to officers, her eyes appeared to be bloodshot and glassy. Officers on scene noticed there was a strong odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from both James and the vehicle. James continuously refused officers commands to exit the vehicle, after approximately 30 minutes of trying to coerce James out of the vehicle, officers guided James from the vehicle at which time James went limp and flopped to the ground next to her vehicle. James refused all Field Sobriety Tests and refused to stand on her own, putting herself into dead weight any time officers tried to help her to her feet. Refusing to stand on her own, officers placed James in handcuffs on the ground and advised her that she was under arrest for OUI liquor. During a search incident to arrest of James’s vehicle, an open container of an alcoholic beverage was found in the rear cargo area, which was easily accessible to the passenger area of the vehicle. James was cited for Open Container. While in the process of being booked, James refused to submit to a breathalyzer test.

08/03/2019 03:14
INCIDENT  19005478
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Officers responded to Massachusetts Avenue for the report of a past hit and run to a motor vehicle.

08/03/2019 04:12
INCIDENT  19005479
A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON c265 S15A

GARDEN ST
At approximately 4:15 a.m., Cambridge Police responded to the area of the Cambridge Common for a report of a past assault.

08/03/2019 07:25
SP ACTIVITY  19005480
MISC. REPORT TYPE

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY
A Watertown resident was found sleeping on the sidewalk outside of a local pharmacy in Fresh Pond.

08/03/2019 08:20
INCIDENT  19005481
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

PROSPECT ST
At 8:20 a.m., Cambridge Police were dispatched to Prospect Street for a malicious destruction of property report.

08/03/2019 08:45
INCIDENT  19005482
MISC. REPORT TYPE

HANCOCK ST
At 8:45 a.m., Cambridge Police were dispatched to Hancock Street for a malicious destruction report.

08/03/2019 08:59
INCIDENT  19005483
CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

COLUMBIA ST
A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report that she is constantly being harassed by a neighbor.

08/03/2019 10:11
INCIDENT  19005485
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

UNION ST
At 10:15 a.m., a Union Street resident reported that sometime during the overnight hours two un-secured mountain bikes were stolen from the side of his home.

08/03/2019 13:09
INCIDENT  19005488
MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF c266 S28

RIVER ST
Cambridge Police were dispatched to River Street on a report of a larceny of a motor vehicle.

08/03/2019 13:15
INCIDENT  19005489
USE MV WITHOUT AUTHORITY c90 S24

PUTNAM AVE
A Putnam Avenue resident reported an unknown person(s) used her motor vehicle without her authority. The vehicle was returned to the general area it had been removed from.

08/03/2019 13:17
INCIDENT  19005487
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

LEIGHTON ST
A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report a larceny. She was attempting to request money via an app from her child's father but mistakenly sent him money. He refuses to refund the money.

08/03/2019 14:32
TRAFFIC  19005491
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

HARVARD ST
At 2:32 p.m., a Cambridge resident reported a hit and run to their parked vehicle.

08/03/2019 15:56
INCIDENT  19005492
LARCENY FROM BUILDING c266 S20

LEIGHTON ST
A resident of Cambridge reported a bicycle stolen from the garage in their apartment building. Happened sometime between 07/31/19 and 08/03/19 at 1 p.m.

08/03/2019 16:54
INCIDENT  19005498
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

OTIS ST
A Cambridge man reported a tool was stolen off of his bike while it was locked to a rack on Linskey Way.

08/03/2019 17:12
INCIDENT  19005497
MISC. REPORT TYPE

MAGAZINE ST
At approximately 5:13 p.m., Cambridge Police responded to an apartment on Magazine Street for a report of a disturbance.

08/03/2019 18:43
INCIDENT  19005500
MISC. REPORT TYPE

BOARDMAN ST
A citizen registered an animal complaint in the area of Broadway and Boardman Street.

08/03/2019 22:40
INCIDENT  19005502
MISC. REPORT TYPE

EIGHTH ST
Cambridge Police responded to the area of 8th Street to speak with a resident who would like to report a suspicious person that was looking into vehicles in the area.

08/04/2019 02:02
INCIDENT  19005505
ROBBERY, UNARMED c265 S19

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
On 08/04/19 at approximately 2:02 a.m., police responded to a Mass Ave business for the report of a larceny.

08/04/2019 09:19
ARREST  19005507
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

PUTNAM GDNS
On the above date and time, Charlene Graustuck, 56, 13 Putnam Gardens in Cambridge was arrested on a Warrant.

08/04/2019 13:37
INCIDENT  19005509
ASSAULT c265 S13A

MAIN ST
At 1:45 p.m., a Boston resident reported that at approximately 1:30 p.m. he was the victim of 'Road Rage' incident while driving in the area of Ames Street and Main Street after another operator became irate at him for apparently obstructing his path. Victim states that enraged suspect threw a soft drink cup at him striking his vehicle's dashboard and splashing him with some of its liquid content prior to speeding down Main Street towards Massachusetts Avenue. No injuries or damages were reported.

08/04/2019 13:42
INCIDENT  19005510
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

SOMERVILLE AVE
Cambridge Police were dispatched to a Somerville Avenue retail store on a report a male seen taking an item and removing the security feature prior to leaving the store. Loss prevention followed the male and pointed him out to Cambridge Police arriving in the area. The male was identified as John McGourty, 27, 93 Adams Street in Waltham, an active warrant was located for McGourty and he was placed in custody for the warrant. The item was recovered from the backpack of McGourty, and was returned to loss prevention, who issued a trespass for the shoplifting.

08/04/2019 16:06
INCIDENT  19005513
ASSAULT & BATTERY (A&B), AGGRAVATED C265 S13A/D

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police arrested Shawn White, 35, 444 Harrison Avenue in Boston, for Assault and Battery Causing Serious Bodily Harm, after he punched an individual in Carl Baron Plaza at Massachusetts Avenue and Western Avenue, rendering him unconscious and appearing to have broken his nose impairing his ability to breathe.

08/04/2019 16:28
INCIDENT  19005514
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

MAGAZINE ST
Cambridge Police responded to Western Avenue for a report of a past hit and run and property damage, leaving severe damage to the motor vehicle.

08/04/2019 17:40
INCIDENT  19005515
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

DAVENPORT ST
A resident of Davenport Street reported that he parked his undamaged vehicle by his residence only to discover upon his return that it had been damaged by an unknown person.

08/04/2019 17:47
INCIDENT  19005516
LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

BRATTLE ST
A Brattle Street resident reported a larceny of a bicycle from their driveway. The larceny occurred between 5:25 p.m. and 5:30 p.m.

08/04/2019 19:00
INCIDENT  19005517
MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO c266 S28

PUTNAM AVE
Cambridge Police documented an instance of malicious destruction to a motor vehicle that occurred on Putnam Avenue.

08/04/2019 19:10
INCIDENT  19005518
LARCENY FROM PERSON c266 S25

BROADWAY
A resident of Third Street reported that while at a coffee shop their backpack was taken.

08/04/2019 19:40
INCIDENT  19005520
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

WHITE ST
A Cambridge resident reported an unknown person(s) struck their motor vehicle and left the scene without making themselves-known. The crash occurred in local shopping center parking lot.

08/04/2019 20:45
INCIDENT  19005521
IDENTITY FRAUD

WINDSOR ST
A resident of North Miami Beach, FL reported that an unknown person stole his identity.