Daily Log 8.29.2022

Cambridge Police Daily Log: August 29^th, 2022

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Date & Time

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08/29/202200:34
TRAFFIC22006567
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

WINDSOR ST
An Everett resident reports a leaving the scene of property damage.

08/29/202206:14
INCIDENT2200657
B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

ALLSTON ST
A Cambridge resident reported that their vehicle, while parked overnight on Allston Street, had been broken into.

08/29/202209:32
INCIDENT22006571
MISC. REPORT TYPE

GREEN ST FL
Cambridge Police responded to a service center on Green Street to take a report for larceny/threats.

08/29/202212:04
INCIDENT22006573
CREDIT CARD FRAUD UNDER $1200 C266 S37B(G)

WHITE ST
Khari Ruffin, 20, 42 Mount Ida Road in Boston, and Bradley Prince, 20, 42 Mount Ida Road in Boston, were arrested after they attempted to purchase $300 in gift cards, and succeeded in purchasing $660 in gift cards with a stolen credit card from a pharmacy in Porter Square at White Street.

08/29/202212:25
INCIDENT22006575
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

DANA ST
Cambridge Police responded to Dana Street for a past malicious destruction report.

08/29/202212:27
TRAFFIC22006572
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to Mass Ave for a report of a pedestrian struck by a bicyclist. The pedestrian sustained minor non-life-threatening injuries to lower extremities and were transported by ambulance to hospital for medical evaluation. The bicyclist did not report any injuries.

08/29/202212:52
INCIDENT22006574
IDENTITY FRAUD

CHESTNUT ST
A Cambridge resident reported an identity fraud.

08/29/202215:48
INCIDENT22006579
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

CANAL PK
Cambridge Police responded to an area of Canal Park for a reported threat to commit a crime.

08/29/202215:55
INCIDENT22006577
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to a department store at Massachusetts Avenue for the report of a shoplifting in progress. A suspect was stopped, identified, and the goods were returned.

08/29/202216:20
INCIDENT22006580
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

GREEN ST
Cambridge Police responded to the area of River Street for a report of a disturbance.

08/29/202216:21
INCIDENT22006578
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

BROADWAY
Cambridge Police took a larceny report.

08/29/202216:39
INCIDENT22006589
UNREGISTERED MOTOR VEHICLE * C90 S9

BOW ST
A resident of Brookline was summonsed for attaching plates, having an unregistered motor vehicle on a public way, and having an uninsured motor vehicle on a public way.

08/29/202217:56
INCIDENT22006582
MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF C266 S28

AMES ST
Cambridge Police took a report for a stolen moped.

08/29/202218:53
INCIDENT22006586
BREAK INTO DEPOSITORY C266 S16

BENNETT ST
An employee called from a local hotel to report an unknown suspect broke into an old unused parking garage booth and then broke into an old unused safe. Nothing appeared to have been taken.

08/29/202220:48
INCIDENT22006587
A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON C265 S15A

WHITE ST
The Cambridge Police responded to a Porter Square restaurant for a fight on Monday around 9:30 p.m. As a result, James Wright, 40, homeless, was placed under arrest and charged with two counts of Assault and Battery with a Deadly Weapon. In addition, a Somerville resident was summonsed for Assault and Battery. After an investigation, it was determined that an employee was struck in the head with a closed fist at least one time after a verbal argument in which he informed the parties that they could not sit outside his business. After being punched, the employee was struck by Wright from behind in the head twice with a guitar. As a result of the head strikes, the employee sustained a head injury and was transported to the hospital. The guitar was recovered and submitted as evidence.

08/29/202221:42
INCIDENT22006588
LARCENY UNDER $1200 BY FALSE PRETENSE C266 S34

MEMORIAL DR
Cambridge Police responded to the 800 block of Mass Ave for reports of a larceny by single scheme.