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Daily Log 2.17.2019

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: February 15th – 17th

Type #

Date & Time

Info

02/15/2019 05:37

INCIDENT  19001031

WILLIAM ST

Jamake Pascual, 42, of 30 Cambridge Park Drive, Cambridge, was placed under arrest and charged with disorderly conduct, assault, resisting arrest, and witness intimidation. Cambridge Police responded to William Street in regards to a well-being check of a male sleeping on the sidewalk. The male became belligerent once officers woke him up. He attempted to punch an officer, but missed. Officers attempted to place the male under arrest but he refused to place his hands behind his back. He was eventually placed into handcuffs, at which point he threatened officers on scene.

02/15/2019 06:20

INCIDENT  19001032

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

BELMONT ST

Ronaldo Amaro De Lima 36, of 153 Sycamore Street, Watertown was arrested on an outstanding warrant following a motor vehicle stop for a red light violation, and operating a motor vehicle without a license.

02/15/2019 08:08

INCIDENT  19001033

THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME c275 S2

CHURCH ST

Police responded to a shelter to investigate reports of a threat.

02/15/2019 08:13

INCIDENT  19001034

UNLICENSED OPERATION OF MV c90 S10

CHURCHILL AVE

Antonio Dasilva-Pessoa, 41, of 11 Henry Street, Medford was arrested for unlicensed operation of a motor Upon stopping Dasilva-Pessoa in his motor vehicle it was discovered that Dasilva-Pessoa had never been issued a license to operate a motor vehicle

02/15/2019 08:58

INCIDENT  19001035

B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

HOLMES ST

A Cambridge resident called Cambridge Police to report a past breaking and entering of his vehicle overnight. The motor vehicle was parked in his driveway and the driver's door was ajar and the contents of the glovebox strewn about.

02/15/2019 10:02

INCIDENT  19001036

CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to a Massachusetts Avenue address to document a harassment report. The reporting person stated he has been receiving harassing telephone calls related to a non-profit organization where he works.

02/15/2019 10:33

INCIDENT  19001038

B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY c266 S16

FIFTH ST

A Medford man reported multiple tools were stolen from his construction site in Cambridge.

02/15/2019 10:41

INCIDENT  19001039

DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, WANTON C266 S127

EARHART ST

A Hamilton, NJ resident reported that earlier that morning he discovered that a loaner car that he'd been driving sustained a gash, by unknown means, to one of its tires while vehicle was parked on North Point Boulevard.

02/15/2019 11:38

ARREST  19001040

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Lionel Brathwaite, 52, homeless out of Cambridge was arrested on Massachusetts Avenue on a warrant for shoplifting.

02/15/2019 12:59

INCIDENT  19001043

ASSAULT c265 S13A

MT AUBURN ST

A Cambridge Parking Clerk stated that he was assaulted while performing his duties.

02/15/2019 13:24

INCIDENT  19001044

LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

PRENTISS ST

Cambridge Police responded to Prentiss Street to take a larceny report.

02/15/2019 13:53

LOST PROPERTY  19001045

LOST PROPERTY REPORT

AMES ST

An Inman Street resident reported that early in the morning she lost her cell phone somewhere near the Central Square area as she walked to her workplace.

02/15/2019 14:44

INCIDENT  19001046

IDENTITY FRAUD

JACKSON ST

A Jackson Street resident reported a case of identity fraud. A suspect had opened a cell phone account in her name last May and run up a bill totaling over $2700.00.

02/15/2019 15:10

INCIDENT  19001048

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

The Cambridge Police Traffic Unit documented a motor vehicle crash on Massachusetts Ave.

02/15/2019 15:28

INCIDENT  19001047

LOST PROPERTY REPORT

NORFOLK ST

A Norfolk Street resident filed a lost property report. She had lost her driver's license and a credit card in the area of Central Square last Monday.

02/15/2019 16:25

INCIDENT  19001050

MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO c266 S28

RINDGE AVE

A Rindge Avenue resident reported vandalism to his motor vehicle. A suspect had scratched his vehicle repeatedly sometime overnight while it was parked on Rindge Avenue.

02/15/2019 16:29

INCIDENT  19001051

MARKED LANES VIOLATION * C89 S4A

COOLIDGE AVE

A motor vehicle was stopped at the corner of Mount Auburn Street and Coolidge Avenue for a marked lanes violation and a red light violation. After being stopped it was discovered that the motor vehicle was unregistered, had attached number plates that belong on another vehicle, and no inspection sticker. The operator was issued a criminal application and the motor vehicle was towed.

02/15/2019 17:01

INCIDENT  19001052

MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO c266 S28

GOLD STAR RD

A Malden resident reported vandalism to her vehicle. A suspect scratched the driver's side doors of her Subaru sometime overnight while it was parked on Gold Star Road.

02/15/2019 17:06

INCIDENT  19001054

MISC. REPORT TYPE

LEIGHTON ST

A Leighton Street parent called to report his daughter missing. Both daughters returned home a short time later. This matter was referred to the youth services department for follow up.

02/15/2019 17:40

INCIDENT  19001055

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

BROADWAY

Cambridge Police responded to a disturbance after a crash involving a bicycle and a motor vehicle.

02/15/2019 17:45

INCIDENT  19001056

VIOLATION OF POSTED SIGN

CHANNING ST

A resident of Cambridge was summonsed for operating a motor vehicle with a revoked license after a civil motor vehicle infraction at the intersection of Mount Auburn street and Channing Street.

02/15/2019 17:46

TRAFFIC  19001057

MISC. REPORT TYPE

AUBURN PK

Cambridge Police responded to an Auburn Park residence area for a motor vehicle crash report.

02/15/2019 18:14

INCIDENT  19001058

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

DEWOLFE ST

Cambridge Police responded to the intersection of Dewolfe Street and Mount Auburn Street for a report of a motor vehicle crash with Personal Injury. One of the involved parties complained of a neck injury but refused medical attention. There were no visible damages to the involved vehicles.

02/15/2019 18:39

INCIDENT  19001059

A&B ON POLICE OFFICER c265 S13D

CAMBRIDGESIDE PL

John Thomas Mosby, 28, of 10 Temple Street, Boston, was arrested for assault and battery on a Police Officer and resisting arrest. Cambridge Police responded to shopping center on Cambridge Side Place, police were met with a hostile male who During the investigation, Mr. Mosby was combative and obnoxious. Mr. Mosby was advised that he was under arrest and became uncooperative as Cambridge Police were attempting to place him under arrest.

02/15/2019 18:51

INCIDENT  19001061

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

FELTON ST

A Belmont resident reported a past hit and run to his motor vehicle while parked on Felton Street.

02/15/2019 20:41

INCIDENT  19001064

LARCENY FROM PERSON c266 S25

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Police arrested Chad Edwards, 34, homeless, for larceny from a person. Edwards stole a jar of money from the victim’s hands and witnesses stopped him and flagged down police.

02/15/2019 20:54

INCIDENT  19001063

DRUG, LARCENY OF c94C S37

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to a Central Square homeless shelter in regards to a past larceny.

02/15/2019 22:07

INCIDENT  19001066

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

CAMBRIDGE ST

A resident of Salem, MA was stopped in traffic in their motor vehicle on Cambridge Street when the operator of the vehicle in front of theirs put their vehicle in reverse and backed into the front bumper of their vehicle. The operator of this second vehicle refused to exchange paperwork and fled the scene of the accident without identifying themselves.

02/16/2019 00:31

INCIDENT  19001069

MISCELLANEOUS MUNIC ORDINANCE/BYLAW VIOL

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police Massachusetts Avenue for the report of a car alarm continuously sounding. When I arrived, I spoke to the reporting person who works security at the residence who stated that for at least the last hour and half the car alarm was sounding on a gray Honda Pilot. The reporting person stated that multiple residence had been coming down complaining that the alarm was keeping them awake. Cambridge Police was unable to make contact with the owner of the motor vehicle

02/16/2019 00:41

INCIDENT  19001068

B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY c266 S16

HURON AVE

Cambridge Police were dispatched to a Huron Avenue residence for the report of a breaking and entering in progress. Upon arrival Cambridge Police entered the front door and found a male sitting in a living room chair and the residents of the home hiding in the back bedroom. The male party was identified as Brian Ganong, 29, of 57 Armindine Street Dorchester. Ganong was placed under arrest for breaking and entering in the Nighttime.

02/16/2019 07:26

INCIDENT  19001071

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Lionel Brathwaite Jr, 52, homeless out of Cambridge was arrested on Massachusetts Avenue on a temporary warrant for two counts of kidnapping.

02/16/2019 07:51

INCIDENT  19001072

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

SECOND ST

An Otis Street resident reported that on between 1/19/19 and 2/16/19 their motor vehicle which was parked at the corner of Second and Thorndike Street was damaged after it was struck by a passing motor vehicle. The operator of this passing motor vehicle fled the scene of the accident without stopping to identify themselves.

02/16/2019 11:25

INCIDENT  19001074

LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

GRANITE ST

Cambridge Police was dispatched to the area of Granite Street by Magazine Street on a past larceny.

02/16/2019 13:25

ARREST  19001078

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY

Thomas Little, 60, of Salem Massachusetts was arrested for a warrant out of Chelsea District Court after officers were dispatched for a stop and identify from a shoplifting incident in Watertown which involved the driver of a red Chevrolet Silverado bearing Massachusetts registration.

02/16/2019 14:15

INCIDENT  19001079

LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

A male employee of a business in Central Square reported than an unknown male and female stole his phone off the counter while he was distracted.

02/16/2019 14:25

INCIDENT  19001080

LEAVE SCENE OF PERSONAL INJURY c90 S24

CAMBRIDGE ST

A Lambert Street resident was struck on their left leg by a passing motor vehicle after exiting a bus at the corner of Cambridge and Sixth Streets. The operator of this unknown motor vehicle fled the scene without stopping to identify themselves. The victim was transported to the Cambridge Hospital for treatment.

02/16/2019 15:46

INCIDENT  19001083

CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

OTIS ST

Cambridge Police responded to Otis Street for a female who was being harassed by another female acquaintance.

02/16/2019 17:01

INCIDENT  19001084

ASSAULT c265 S13A

CAMBRIDGESIDE PL

Cambridge Police responded to a fight at a Cambridge Shopping Center. Due to further investigation, both of the parties were summonsed to court.

02/16/2019 17:03

INCIDENT  19001085

ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME c274 S6

BANKS ST

Cambridge Police responded to a Banks Street residence for a report of an attempted breaking and entering.

02/16/2019 17:33

INCIDENT  19001087

LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

BRATTLE ST

A Concord MA resident reported that while on Palmer Street the reporting person placed a purse on the ground while taking pictures. The purse was unattended for a few minutes while the reporting person and friends took photos. When the reporting party went to retrieve the purse it was gone.

02/16/2019 18:16

INCIDENT  19001088

SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE c266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

A homeless male was placed under arrest for shoplifting and an outstanding warrant.

02/16/2019 18:25

INCIDENT  19001089

DRUG OVERDOSE

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to a food establishment on Massachusetts Avenue for a report of an unwanted person in the bathroom.

02/16/2019 19:49

INCIDENT  19001090

THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME c275 S2

ALBANY ST

Cambridge Police responded to an Albany Street business to take a threats report.

02/16/2019 21:36

INCIDENT  19001093

LARCENY FROM PERSON c266 S25

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY

A Ghana resident reported a female stole money from the reporting person’s hotel room.

02/17/2019 02:33

INCIDENT  19001095

LARCENY FROM PERSON c266 S25

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police was dispatched to Massachusetts Avenue for a report of a larceny.

02/17/2019 03:31

INCIDENT  19001096

TRESPASS c266 S120

LEIGHTON ST

Evans Kagame, 20, 1001 Eagle Road, Wayne PA was placed under arrest for trespassing after notice.

02/17/2019 09:18

INCIDENT  19001097

MISC. REPORT TYPE

CONCORD AVE

Cambridge Police responded to Concord Avenue for a report of harassing emails being sent to an individual.

02/17/2019 10:48

INCIDENT  19001098

B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

SEAGRAVE RD

Cambridge Police responded to a Seagrave Street address for a past breaking and entering into a motor vehicle report.

02/17/2019 11:57

INCIDENT  19001101

TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

CHAUNCY ST

Cambridge Police responded to Massachusetts Avenue at Chauncy Street, for a report of a motor vehicle crash with personal injury.

02/17/2019 13:20

INCIDENT  19001102

B&E MV IN DAYTIME FOR FELONY C266 S18

CHESTNUT ST

Cambridge Police responded to a Chestnut Street residence, for a report of a past breaking and entering in a motor vehicle.

02/17/2019 15:10

INCIDENT  19001105

LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY

Cambridge Police responded to a private parking lot on Alewife Brook Parkway on a report of a past hit and run with property damage. There was minor damage to the involved vehicle,

02/17/2019 16:18

ARREST  19001108

WARRANT ARREST REPORT

GREEN ST

Cambridge Police responded to a Central Square store and placed Majesty Ali, 53, of 150 Erie, Cambridge under arrest for an active warrant issued for possession of a class B substance.

02/17/2019 16:24

INCIDENT  19001113

LARCENY UNDER $1200 c266 S30(1)

JACKSON PL

A resident of Jackson Place reported that an unknown suspect stole a package that was delivered for her.

02/17/2019 16:26

INCIDENT  19001114

MISC. REPORT TYPE

BANKS ST

Cambridge Police was dispatched to a vehicle blocking a driveway on Banks Street.

02/17/2019 16:44

INCIDENT  19001109

LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

CAMBRIDGESIDE PL

An unknown male stole $1780 worth of merchandise from a store.

02/17/2019 17:23

INCIDENT  19001112

 CAMBRIDGESIDE PL

Cambridge Police arrested Brendan Lanigan, 33, of 35 Virginia Street, Dorchester, for hoplifting by means of concealment Lanigan was stopped inside of the retail store by Loss Prevention and security, where he admitted to shoplifting multiple electronics.

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