Daily Log 7.5.2016

Cambridge Police Daily Log: July 5^th, 2016

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Date & Time

Info

07/05/2016 00:20

INCIDENT  16004799

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

ALBANY ST

Cambridge Police responded to Mass. Ave for a past hit-and-run report.

07/05/2016 03:12

INCIDENT  16004801

THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME c275 S2

MT AUBURN ST

Cambridge Police responded to a Mount Auburn Street address for a threats report.

07/05/2016 06:44

INCIDENT  16004802

ASSAULT c265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to Harvard Square for the report of an assault.

07/05/2016 08:21

INCIDENT  16004805

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$250, MALICIOUS c266 S12

CAMBRIDGE ST

A business owner reported that unknown person(s) damaged the flowers within a planter out front of the building.

07/05/2016 08:24

INCIDENT  16004806

BURN MOTOR VEHICLE c266 S5

SMITH PL

A Smith Place business owner reports on 7/4/16 between 6:19 p.m. and 8:20 p.m., a terminated employee contacted the owner of the company threatening by phone and text to “end her business.” At 4:30 p.m., he stole a backhoe, returning it after taking it to move around a dumpster. The subject damaged the engine after parking it in the same spot. He also kept the keys. At 11:30 p.m., the Cambridge Fire Department responded to the parking lot on the Mooney Street side of the company for a truck on fire. An attempt was made to set fire to the cab of another truck. Four mirrors were shattered on four other trucks. The incident remains under investigation.

07/05/2016 08:27

INCIDENT  16004804

MISC. REPORT TYPE

CANAL PK

It was reported to the Cambridge Police that outside of a Canal Park department store, there was a backpack that appeared suspicious. It was later determined that it was an empty cooler.

07/05/2016 09:17

INCIDENT  16004807

LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

A resident of Albany Street came to the police station to report that on 6/24/16 some of his "friends" from the shelter stole his debit card and took close to $600. The victim states that he is legally blind and they told him they gave the debit card back to him but it was a "Charlie Card" that they returned. The suspects are known to him.

07/05/2016 09:59

INCIDENT  16004811

ASSAULT & BATTERY (A&B), AGGRAVATED C265 S13A/D

WALDEN SQUARE RD

Cambridge Police were dispatched to Walden Square Road for a past domestic dispute.

07/05/2016 10:25

INCIDENT  16004810

MISC. REPORT TYPE

MARKET ST

A resident of Market Street reported an ongoing family issue.

07/05/2016 10:37

INCIDENT  16004814

B&E DAYTIME FOR FELONY c266 S18

PLEASANT ST

A Cambridge resident reported that his motor vehicle has since been recovered from a recent theft and upon recovery a list of expensive tools were stolen from his personal contractor's truck.

07/05/2016 11:31

INCIDENT  16004812

LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

BRISTOL ST

A Wayland resident walked into the police station to report that someone stole all of the furniture and the furnishings from her rental unit on Bristol Street. The tenant moved out on July 1 and she went there on July 2 and everything was taken.

07/05/2016 11:51

INCIDENT  16004813

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

MT AUBURN ST

A resident of Huron Avenue reported that her vehicle was struck and damaged, sometime between 10:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on 7/1/16, while it was parked in a Mt Auburn Street parking lot. Damage was caused to the front bumper and radiator of the victim’s vehicle. No suspects were identified at the time of report.

07/05/2016 14:14

INCIDENT  16004815

CAMBRIDGE PKWY

A Cambridge resident walked into the police station to report a breaking and entering and a larceny. The woman stated that she left her apartment to bring some trash down. She was only out of the apartment for approximately 20 minutes. Once she returned to her apartment, her handbag containing her driver's license and checkbook was missing. She left to notify the bank to cancel her checks that were stolen.

07/05/2016 15:58

INCIDENT  16004820

SHOPLIFTING $100+ BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

WHITE ST

Cambridge Police were dispatched to a Porter Square business for a past shoplifting report.

07/05/2016 16:10

INCIDENT  16004819

ASSAULT c265 S13A

MAIN ST

Cambridge Police responded to Main Street for a past assault report.

07/05/2016 16:21

INCIDENT  16004822

MISC. REPORT TYPE

SMITH PL

Cambridge Police were dispatched to Smith Place to retrieve found ammunition next to a dumpster.

07/05/2016 16:48

INCIDENT  16004821

MISC. REPORT TYPE

HOLYOKE PL

While conducting out of town pick-up enforcement, a Boston taxi driver was issued a city ordinance citation for picking up a hailed fare in Cambridge.

07/05/2016 17:03

INCIDENT  16004824

LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

MULLER AVE

A Muller Avenue resident reported a past larceny.

07/05/2016 17:15

INCIDENT  16004823

MISC. REPORT TYPE

HOLYOKE PL

While conducting out of town pick-up enforcement, a Boston taxi driver was issued a city ordinance citation for picking up a hailed fare in Cambridge.

07/05/2016 17:27

INCIDENT  16004828

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

LINCOLN WAY

A Cambridge resident reported that their parked vehicle was damaged sometime between 11 a.m. and 4:30 p.m.

07/05/2016 17:47

INCIDENT  16004825

A&B c265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Police responded Mass Ave. for a past assault.

07/05/2016 18:24

INCIDENT  16004830

MISC. REPORT TYPE

LINNAEAN ST

Cambridge Police responded to Linnaean Street for possible suspicious activity.

07/05/2016 19:07

ARREST  16004827

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

GILMORE ST

Matthew Harrington, 25, 16 Ellsworth Avenue in Cambridge, was arrested on Western Avenue on a warrant issued out of  Middlesex Superior Court charging him with Unarmed Robbery and Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon.

07/05/2016 19:39

INCIDENT  16004829

ASSAULT c265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

A resident of Albany Street reports an unknown male attempted to spit at her, but she moved and he missed her.

07/05/2016 19:52

INCIDENT  16004831

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to Mass Ave. at Memorial Drive for the report of a motor vehicle accident with minor injuries.

07/05/2016 21:10

INCIDENT  16004834

MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO c266 S28

BROADWAY

A resident of Bristol Street reports while turning on Broadway onto Norfolk , a bicyclist got in front of her motor vehicle and wouldn't go into the bike lane on the left side. The bicyclist then ended up causing damage to the motor vehicle with her hand.

07/05/2016 21:30

INCIDENT  16004836

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$250, MALICIOUS c266 S12

CHESTNUT ST

Police responded to Chestnut Street for a Malicious Destruction report.

07/05/2016 23:42

INCIDENT  16004838

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

ELM ST

Cambridge Police responded to a Elm Street residence and a male party --  John McNamara, 38, 58 Old Princeton Road in Sterling, MA – was placed under arrest for a warrant.