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Daily Log 4.13.2020

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: April 13th, 2020

Type #
Date & Time

Info

04/13/202001:04
INCIDENT 20002309
MISC. REPORT TYPE

HAMPSHIRE ST
A male reported witnessing suspicious activity.

04/13/202008:27
INCIDENT 20002310
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

ELIOT ST
Cambridge Police took a malicious destruction property report. An associate reported that two in-house fire extinguishers were improperly discharged on both the fourth and roof levels of the garage at Eliot Street.

04/13/202011:46
INCIDENT 20002311
IDENTITY FRAUD, POSSESS TOOLS W/INTENT C266 S37EC1

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Officers received a call from a Cambridge resident stating that the identity of her husband along with her identity was compromised. The victim reports that on 4/12/2020 she and her husband attempted to file their income tax. Turbo Tax notified them through e-mail that their application was denied due to their income tax already being submitted. The victims in this crime report that someone must have obtained their personal information illegally.

04/13/202015:24
INCIDENT 20002317
LARCENY OVER $250 BY FALSE PRETENSE C266 S34

GREEN ST
Officers received a call from a Cambridge resident who said that he sent a payment of $380 to an individual on Facebook Market Place for the purchase of an iPhone. The victim said when he received the phone, it was broken and not operational.

04/13/202016:01
INCIDENT 20002321
MISC. REPORT TYPE

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A city tree was damaged by a falling private tree belonging to a resident of Massachusetts Avenue.

04/13/202016:12
INCIDENT 20002320
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME

FRANKLIN ST
Cambridge Police took a flim flam report from a Cambridge resident who reported receiving an email attempting to swindle her into wiring Bitcoin currency.

04/13/202016:19
INCIDENT 20002322
ROBBERY, ARMED C265 S17

CAMBRIDGE ST
A business on Cambridge Street reports that an unknown person entered their business and stole some merchandise after wielding a knife and punching a Plexiglass window that was located in front of the register. See
https://twitter.com/CambridgePolice/status/1249847619876159489 for more information.

04/13/202017:30
INCIDENT 20002324
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

BLACKSTONE ST
A resident of Newton reports that his vehicle was involved in a hit and run sometime between April 11 and April 14 while it was parked and unattended on Blackstone Street.

04/13/202019:09
INCIDENT 20002329
A&B C265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE REAR
Cambridge Police responded to Green Street for a report of a fight. All parties involved did not want to pursue the matter.

04/13/202019:31
INCIDENT 20002331
OUI DRUGS C90 S24(1)(A)(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A New York resident was summonsed to court for OUI - Drugs, Operating to Endanger, Operating after Revocation, and a Marked Lanes Violation after operating his motor vehicle on the wrong side of Massachusetts Avenue in Central Square and colliding with an unmarked Cambridge Police cruiser. There were no serious injuries.

 

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