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Daily Log 11.17.2020

November 18, 2020 • 3 years ago

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: November 17^th, 2020
Type # Date & Time	Info
11/17/202006:07 INCIDENT 20008122 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12	PROSPECT ST An employee reports a window was broken on the business she works at on Prospect Street.
11/17/202007:22 INCIDENT 20008126 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12	MASSACHUSETTS AVE A witness called to report a disturbed male yelling and spitting on passerbys at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Cameron Avenue. This same male was witnessed kicking in the front glass door of a business establishment on Massachusetts Avenue before making his way to the bike path towards Somerville. Cambridge Police pursued this suspect into Somerville before losing sight of him.
11/17/202007:33 INCIDENT 20008124 LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30	MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY A Connecticut resident came to the police station to report the theft of several tools which happened over a six-week period as he was working here in Cambridge. He provided an itemized list of the stolen tools along with serial numbers for everything.
11/17/202008:45 INCIDENT 20008128 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12	MASSACHUSETTS AVE Businesses on the 2300 block of Massachusetts Avenue had their windows vandalized with spray paint.
11/17/202008:54 INCIDENT 20008127 LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30	MEMORIAL DR A resident reports her bicycle was stolen from a bicycle storage area in her parking garage.
11/17/202009:47 INCIDENT 20008130 LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)	RIVER ST Officers took a report for a stolen package.
11/17/202010:23 INCIDENT 20008131 IDENTITY FRAUD	CORPORAL MCTERNAN ST A resident reports that he was victim of an unemployment scam.
11/17/202010:24 INCIDENT 20008132 IDENTITY FRAUD	GRAY ST A resident reports that he was victim of an unemployment scam.
11/17/202010:59 INCIDENT 20008133 IDENTITY FRAUD	CLIFTON ST A resident reports that they were a victim of an unemployment scam.
11/17/202011:17 INCIDENT 20008134 A&B C265 S13A	CENTRAL SQ A Dorchester resident came to the police station to report a past assault and battery, which he said occurred at the Central Square T station on November 6, 2020. The victim stated that the suspect assaulted him after a confrontation inside a store in Central Square.
11/17/202011:39 INCIDENT 20008135 MISC. REPORT TYPE	125 SIXTH ST A resident of Cambridge arrived at the police station to turn in their LTC and firearms.
11/17/202012:27 INCIDENT 20008137 IDENTITY FRAUD	PROSPECT ST A resident reports that they were a victim of an unemployment scam.
11/17/202012:56 INCIDENT 20008139 B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26	BROADWAY A resident reports his motor vehicle was broken into.
11/17/202013:24 INCIDENT 20008140 MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO C266 S28	WINDSOR ST A resident reports that an unknown suspect scratched her motor vehicle while it was parked.
11/17/202013:56 INCIDENT 20008141 B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26	SUMNER RD A resident reports a suspect gained access to his motor vehicle and stolen several items.
11/17/202014:15 INCIDENT 20008144 IDENTITY FRAUD	PINE ST A Cambridge citizen reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.
11/17/202014:31 INCIDENT 20008149 IDENTITY FRAUD	WENDELL ST A Cambridge resident reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.
11/17/202014:42 INCIDENT 20008142 IDENTITY FRAUD	MASSACHUSETTS AVE A Cambridge resident reported she was the victim of an unemployment scam.
11/17/202014:44 INCIDENT 20008152 DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12	MASSACHUSETTS AVE A business owner from the 2200 block of Massachusetts Avenue contacted the Cambridge Police to report vandalism to a mural located on her property.
11/17/202014:48 INCIDENT 20008151 IDENTITY FRAUD	CARLISLE ST On November 17, 2020 a Cambridge citizen reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.
11/17/202014:56 INCIDENT 20008143 LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30	TROWBRIDGE ST A Trowbridge Street resident contacted the Cambridge Police to report the theft of her bicycle, which was stolen sometime within the past week.
11/17/202015:02 INCIDENT 20008146 EXTORTION BY FALSE REPORT OF CRIME C265 S25	ELLERY ST An Ellery Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report he may have been the victim of identity theft and possible extortion.
11/17/202015:50 INCIDENT 20008150 LARCENY FROM PERSON C266 S25	ELM ST Cambridge Police responded in the area of Elm Street and Harvard Street for a larceny in progress.
11/17/202015:50 INCIDENT 20008154 IDENTITY FRAUD	MAGAZINE ST A Cambridge resident reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.
11/17/202016:22 INCIDENT 20008156 LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)	FAIRMONT AVE A Fairmont Avenue resident contacted the Cambridge Police to report a package theft that occurred earlier on this date.
11/17/202016:23 INCIDENT 20008160 UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47	GREEN ST A Green Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report unknown person(s) had obtained her personal information to fraudulently apply for COVID-19 benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment assistance.
11/17/202016:55 INCIDENT 20008162 UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47	INMAN ST An Inman Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report an unknown person(s) had obtained her personal information to fraudulently apply for COVID-19 benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment assistance.
11/17/202017:10 INCIDENT 20008155 IDENTITY FRAUD	WINTER ST A Cambridge resident reported being the victim of an unemployment scam.
11/17/202017:20 INCIDENT 20008159 IDENTITY FRAUD	EARHART ST An Earhart Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report an unknown person(s) had obtained his personal information to fraudulently apply for COVID-19 benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment assistance.
11/17/202020:23 INCIDENT 20008163 SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION	CONCORD AVE Cambridge Police EOD K-9 unit responded to the area of Concord Avenue and Parker Street for an unattended black bag in the middle of the sidewalk. It was investigated and cleared.
11/17/202021:24 INCIDENT 20008164 LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)	JACKSON PL A resident of Jackson Place contacted Cambridge Police to report the theft of his bicycle, which was stolen earlier this evening from a grocery store parking lot located on Alewife Brook Parkway.
11/17/202022:19 INCIDENT 20008166 SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION	BELMONT ST Cambridge Police and Fire units responded to Belmont Street for a report of a suspicious package in the mailbox. The package was cleared by a bomb tech with a K-9.
11/17/202023:53 INCIDENT 20008167 DRUG, POSSESS CLASS A C94C S34	BROOKLINE ST Cambridge Police arrested Gregory Gales, 48, homeless, on a warrant issued out of Boston District Court for Possession of a Class A Drug (Heroin). Gales was found to be in possession of heroin and four credit cards bearing the names of other individuals unknown to him. As a result, he is also being charged with Receiving Lost Credit Cards.

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