Daily Log 11.3.2019

Cambridge Police Daily Log: November 1^st-3^rd, 2019

11/01/2019 00:56
INCIDENT  19008013
TURN, IMPROPER * C90 S14

BISHOP ALLEN DR
Cambridge Police issued a summons to a Somerville resident for Operating a Vehicle With a Suspended Registration and Improper Left Turn. Officers observed her make an improper left turn (posted sign) in her vehicle from Massachusetts Avenue onto Prospect Street, both public ways in the City of Cambridge. Officers conducted a stop on the motor vehicle and, after a query, discovered that her vehicle's registration was suspended.

11/01/2019 03:19
INCIDENT  19008014
VANDALIZE PROPERTY C266 S126A

FRANKLIN ST
At 3:19 a.m. Cambridge Police responded to a Franklin Street residence for a report of a disturbance. It was determined that a suspect wearing a mask threw an  unknown object through one of the residence's windows and then fled the area.

11/01/2019 06:54
INCIDENT  19008015
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

BENNETT ST
At approximately 6 p.m., Cambridge Police responded to a business on Bennett Street to take a report for Larceny of a Credit Card/Identity Fraud.

11/01/2019 07:47
INCIDENT  19008016
B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

WHITTEMORE AVE
At approximately 7:56 a.m., Cambridge Police responded to Whittemore Avenue for a past breaking and entering report.

11/01/2019 10:05
INCIDENT  19008019
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

ELIOT ST
At approximately 10:05 a.m., Cambridge Police responded to a motor vehicle crash report at JFK Street and Eliot Street.

11/01/2019 12:15
INCIDENT  19008023
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge resident was summonsed to court for operating her motor vehicle with an expired license and leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash. This was after the operator of the vehicle she struck took a photograph of her vehicle after she struck him and was fleeing the scene.

11/01/2019 13:02
INCIDENT  19008025
A&B ON +60/DISABLED C265 S13K F

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
At 1:02 p.m., a homeless individual reported a simple assault took place in front of a Massachusetts Avenue business.

11/01/2019 13:05
INCIDENT  19008027
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

CAMBRIDGESIDE PL
Loss prevention personnel for a department store located inside a local mall reported that on 10/29/2019 they attempted to detain a male shoplifter but the suspect fled their store prior to them contacting Police.

11/01/2019 14:04
INCIDENT  19008030
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Officers responded to a parking lot behind Massachusetts Avenue for a past hit and run with property damage.

11/01/2019 16:19
INCIDENT  19008034
DRUG, DISTRIBUTE CLASS A, C94C S32

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
At approximately 4:20 p.m., members of the Cambridge Police Special Investigations arrested Robert Powers, 56, 165 Western Avenue in Cambridge, and charged him with Distribution of a Class A Substance (Heroin). Also arrested and charged with Possession of a Class A Substance (Heroin) was Gregory Gales, 47, 10 Cawfield Street in Boston. Detectives on surveillance in the area of Western Avenue and Franklin Street observed the two engage in a suspected drug transaction. Once stopped, Gales was found to be in possession of a package of suspected heroin. Powers was also stopped and found to be in possession of money consistent with the amount of suspected heroin Gales had in his possession. A subsequent field test using a ThermoScientific TruNarc Analyzer of the suspected heroin recovered from Gales yielded a positive reaction for heroin.

11/01/2019 16:20
INCIDENT  19008032
LARCENY OVER $250 BY FALSE PRETENSE C266 S34

CENTRE ST
At approximately 3:50 p.m., a Cambridge resident came to the police station to report that on or around 10/28/2019 an unknown person fraudulently used her credit card information to purchase thousands of dollars of goods and services.

11/01/2019 16:54
INCIDENT  19008035
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

ELMER ST
Cambridge Police responded to an Elmer Street residence for a report of a package theft.

11/01/2019 17:58
INCIDENT  19008036
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

ELMER ST
Cambridge Police responded to an Elmer Street residence for a report of a package theft.

11/01/2019 18:02
INCIDENT  19008037
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

ELMER ST
Cambridge Police responded to an Elmer Street residence for a report of a package theft.

11/01/2019 18:29
INCIDENT  19008040
MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO C266 S28

ROBERTS RD
A Roberts Road resident reported malicious destruction of property.

11/01/2019 19:06
INCIDENT  19008039
CREDIT CARD FRAUD OVER $1200 C266 S37C(E)

WEBSTER AVE
At approximately 6:50 p.m., a Cambridge resident came to the police station to report that a unknown person(s)  fraudulently used her credit card information to illegally purchase over a thousand dollars’ worth of goods from a store in the state of New York.

11/01/2019 19:10
INCIDENT  19008042
B&E DAYTIME FOR FELONY C266 S18

HOLWORTHY ST
Cambridge Police responded to a residence on Holworthy Street for a report of a past breaking and entering.  

11/01/2019 20:02
INCIDENT  19008041
MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO C266 S28

DUDLEY ST
At approximately 8 p.m., a Malden resident came to the police station to report that sometime between 7 p.m. on 10/31/2019 and 7 a.m. 11/1/2019 an unknown person(s) slashed the tires of her rental vehicle which was parked on Dudley Street.

11/02/2019 00:49
INCIDENT  19008047
ASSAULT C265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
At approximately 12:50 a.m., a Jamaica Plain resident reported being assaulted by an employee of a Central Square Business.

11/02/2019 02:52
INCIDENT  19008049
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME C274 S6

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
At approximately 3:00 a.m., Cambridge Police responded to a North Cambridge convenience store on a report of a disturbance. It was learned that after a disagreement a customer attempted to steal an item from behind the counter and when leaving caused damage to a store display.

11/02/2019 04:46
INCIDENT  19008050
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

CLIFTON PL
At approximately 4:40 a.m., Cambridge Police responded to a residence on Clifton Place for a disturbance. Upon arrival, Officers located woman and advised her to not to return.

11/02/2019 07:28
INCIDENT  19008051
MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF C266 S28

REED ST
At approximately 7:50 a.m., officers responded to the area of Reed Street for a report of a stolen motor vehicle.

11/02/2019 11:25
INCIDENT  19008053
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION

CARDINAL MEDEIROS AVE
At approximately 11:25 a.m., the Cambridge Police Explosive Ordnance Unit responded to Cardinal Medeiros Avenue for an unattended briefcase next to a bush. The briefcase was found to be empty and properly disposed of.

11/02/2019 14:07
INCIDENT  19008054
LARCENY FROM PERSON C266 S25

CHURCH ST
At approximately 4:07 p.m., police were dispatched to a business on Church Street for the report of a larceny in progress.

11/02/2019 19:54
INCIDENT  19008057
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

BLACKSTONE ST
Cambridge Police responded to Western Avenue by Blackstone Street for a reported hit and run motor vehicle crash.

11/02/2019 21:32
INCIDENT  19008059
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY
An Alewife Brook Parkway business reported a shoplifting of store merchandise. The suspect fled the area prior to police being notified.

11/02/2019 22:03
INCIDENT  19008060
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

GARDEN ST
At approximately 3:30PM a visitor to a Cambridge hotel felt threatened by a Boston cab driver when being dropped off at a hotel. A report was taken to document the threats and the visitor was directed to also file a report with the Boston Police Hackney Bureau.

11/03/2019 11:42
INCIDENT  19008064
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

MT AUBURN ST
Cambridge Police responded to a local hospital on a report of a patient making threats to a nurse.

11/03/2019 15:02
INCIDENT  19008066
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

HARVARD ST
A Cambridge resident reported to the Cambridge Police that a delivered package was stolen from the vestibule of her apartment building.

11/03/2019 16:56
INCIDENT  19008067
B&E DAYTIME FOR FELONY C266 S18

PUTNAM AVE
At approximately 4:57 p.m., Cambridge Police responded to Albany Street for reports of a breaking and entering in progress. Amanda Jones, 31, 139 Forrest Street in Weymouth, was subsequently placed under arrest after a named and identified witness observed Jones enter a dwelling of which she has no right of access and attempt to take possession of a bicycle which does not belong to her. Jones was charged with Breaking and Entering in the Daytime for a Felony.

11/03/2019 18:42
INCIDENT  19008070
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

INDUSTRIAL PARK RD
Cambridge Police responded to North Point Boulevard for a report of a stolen bike.

11/03/2019 19:32
INCIDENT  19008072
MISC. REPORT TYPE

CLIFTON PL
Cambridge Police responded to a residence on Clifton place for a disturbance.

11/03/2019 19:50
INCIDENT  19008073
A&B C265 S13A

CARDINAL MEDEIROS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to an assault report at Cardinal Medeiros Avenue.

11/03/2019 19:54
INCIDENT  19008071
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Woburn resident reported a larceny.

11/03/2019 21:00
ARREST  19008074
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Darren Parker, 51, 929 Blue Hill Avenue in Dorchester was placed under arrest for warrants out of Quincy District Court.