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Daily Log 1.16.2020

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: January 16th, 2020

Type #
Date & Time

Info

01/16/2020 00:33
INCIDENT  20000384
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to the 400 Block of Massachusetts Avenue for a shoplifting.

01/16/2020 01:26
INCIDENT  20000386
WIT/JUROR/POL/COURT OFFICIAL, INTIMIDATE C268 S13B

ALBANY ST
A Boston man reports he was involved in a hit and run on Mass. Ave. The passenger of the suspect vehicle got out and assaulted the Boston man and took his phone from him, preventing him from contacting the police or documenting the incident.

01/16/2020 08:43
INCIDENT  20000388
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

FULKERSON ST
A Fall River resident came to the police station to report a hit and run property crash to his work truck, which occurred on January 14, 2020.

01/16/2020 09:41
INCIDENT  20000390
LARCENY OVER $250 BY FALSE PRETENSE C266 S34

RINDGE AVE
A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report that he was the victim of an internet scam via Facebook for two years. He lost a large sum of money.

01/16/2020 10:26
INCIDENT  20000391
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

BROADWAY
Cambridge Police documented a motor vehicle crash at Broadway.

01/16/2020 12:20
INCIDENT  20000393
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

OXFORD ST
A Columbia Terrace resident reports a leaving the scene of property damage to their motor vehicle.

01/16/2020 12:35
INCIDENT  20000392
ROBBERY, UNARMED C265 S19

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge resident reported a past robbery on Mass Ave.

01/16/2020 12:55
INCIDENT  20000394
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

MARION ST
Cambridge Police responded to Marion Street for a report of a larceny of a cell phone.

01/16/2020 14:35
INCIDENT  20000396
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A member of a sports club located at Mass Ave. reports that an unknown person stole her coat as well as her bag from her locker.

01/16/2020 15:19
INCIDENT  20000399
ASSAULT W/DANGEROUS WEAPON C265 S15B

JFK ST
Officers responded to JFK Street for a report of a person with a gun. Chayanne Velazquez, 28, 71 Elm Hill Avenue in Dorchester, and Stephanie Ford, 25, 34 Hanover Street in Lynn, were arrested in Central Square following a search of a described suspect. A loaded firearm was located in a backpack carried by Ford and crack cocaine was found in her possession. Velazquez was arrested for Assault with a Dangerous Weapon, Carrying a Firearm without a License, Threat to Commit a Crime, Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License, and Possession to Distribute a Class B Drug. Ford was arrested for Carrying a Loaded Firearm without a License, Carrying a Firearm without a License, Possession of a Firearm without an FID Card, and Possession of a Class B Drug. Read Media Announcement.

01/16/2020 15:32
INCIDENT  20000398
LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED, OP MV WITH C90 S23

HAMPSHIRE ST
A Somerville resident was summoned to court for a red light violation and Operation after Suspension. Meuse was stopped after a red light violation at the intersection of Prospect Street and Hampshire.

01/16/2020 17:32
ARREST  20000402
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
John Kenney, 62, 820 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, was placed under arrest for a warrant out of Cambridge District Court for Trespassing from a pharmacy on Mass Ave.

01/16/2020 18:07
INCIDENT  20000403
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

WHITE ST
A bicycle was stolen from the area of White Street.

01/16/2020 18:26
INCIDENT  20000405
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

VASSAR ST
A Boston man reports his rear windshield was smashed on Vassar Street by an unknown person.

01/16/2020 18:30
INCIDENT  20000404
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF MV C90 S10

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge resident was summonsed for operating a motor vehicle without a valid license after the motor vehicle they were operating was obstructing the marked bicycle lane in front of the 500 block of Massachusetts Avenue.

01/16/2020 20:09
INCIDENT  20000406
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

CAMBRIDGESIDE PL
A Dorchester resident was summonsed to Cambridge District Court after video surveillance captured him shoplifting from a department store. He was captured removing and concealing two boxes of perfume valued at $145 each from a sales counter and passing all points of sales.

01/16/2020 22:43
INCIDENT  20000407
A&B C265 S13A

CHURCH ST
A pedestrian states that while crossing Church Street, a motor vehicle drove close to the pedestrian, who then confronted the driver of the motor vehicle and they exchanged words. The pedestrian approached the motor vehicle while the operator was sitting in the motor vehicle. The operator punched the pedestrian in the chest and then drove away. The pedestrian was not injured.


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