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Daily Log 1.10.2021

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: January 8-10th, 2021

Type #
Date & Time

Info

01/10/202112:34
INCIDENT 21000191-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

HARVARD ST
A resident of Harvard Street reports that their packages were stolen. The packages contained computer equipment valued at $280. They were delivered between 1/7/21 and 1/8/21 and found the empty packages today at around 12 p.m.

01/10/202115:23
INCIDENT 21000193-1
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47

SPRING ST
A Spring Street resident was the victim of the unemployment scam.

01/10/202115:36
INCIDENT 21000194-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

REGENT ST
Cambridge Police responded to Regent Street for a past hit and run with property damage.

01/10/202116:50
INCIDENT 21000195-1
MISC. REPORT TYPE

MEMORIAL DR
Cambridge Police responded to a Memorial Drive electronics store for a possible shoplifting.

01/09/202108:27
INCIDENT 21000179-1
A&B C265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge resident reported a past assault, which occurred on Mass Ave 01/08/2021.

01/09/202111:13
INCIDENT 21000180-1
LARCENY OVER $1200 BY SINGLE SCHEME C266 S30(1)

PORTER RD
A Cambridge resident reported an attempt to solicit money through an e-mail scam.

01/09/202113:35
INCIDENT 21000182-1
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge resident reported his passport was stolen on 01/06/2021.

01/09/202116:00
INCIDENT 21000183-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

FRANKLIN ST
Cambridge Police Officers took a larceny report.

01/09/202116:24
INCIDENT 21000184-1
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A woman was observed shoplifting from a department store on Mass. Ave. and they called police where they stopped and identified the woman as well as retrieved the property.

01/09/202117:50
INCIDENT 21000185-1
ANIMAL, CRUELTY TO C272 S77

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police placed Matthew Marsh, 40, homeless, out of Cambridge under arrest for Animal Cruelty.

01/09/202118:05
INCIDENT 21000186-1
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

SOMERVILLE AVE
Police responded to a Porter Square business on a report of a shoplifting. The involved party was located outside the store with $89.99 in unpurchased merchandise concealed in a zipped canvas bag. The resident was summonsed for Shoplifting by Concealing.

01/09/202119:13
INCIDENT 21000188-1
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

FRANKLIN ST
Cambridge Police responded to Franklin Street for a threats report.

01/09/202119:33
INCIDENT 21000187-1
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge man went to his gym in Central Square to work out and noticed two jackets and keys had been taken.

01/09/202120:53
INCIDENT 21000189-1
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A New York man placed items in a gym locker in a Central Square gym before working out and later returned to the locker to find cash missing out of his wallet.

01/09/202121:16
INCIDENT 21000190-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

SIXTH ST
Cambridge Police Officers took a report for a larceny via Teleserve.

01/08/202106:54
INCIDENT 21000154-1
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit responded to Massachusetts Avenue near the Johnson Gate for a report of a suspicious unattended bag. Upon arrival, the bag was cleared after determining it was soiled clothing and nothing of value.

01/08/202108:14
INCIDENT 21000156-1
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF MV C90 S10

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A resident of Revere was issued a citation and will be summonsed to court on the charge of Operating a Motor Vehicle on a Public Way without having a license to operate a motor vehicle after she was involved in a motor vehicle crash on Massachusetts Avenue near the intersection of Regent Street.

01/08/202108:57
INCIDENT 21000157-1
MISC. REPORT TYPE

MEMORIAL DR
The manager of a Cambridge apartment building called CPD Teleserve to report a package theft, which occurred Wednesday night.

01/08/202109:03
INCIDENT 21000158-1
B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

PEARL ST
A Cambridge resident called CPD Teleserve to report a past breaking and entering into a motor vehicle to her car, which was parked in front of the house. A gift card and $10 in cash was taken. The car may have been left open.

01/08/202109:20
INCIDENT 21000159-1
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

BISHOP ALLEN DR
A Boston resident reports that while parked on Bishop Allen Drive someone spray painted his truck.

01/08/202110:31
ARREST 21000161-1
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

CENTRAL SQ
Cambridge Police placed Francis Haugh, 41, homeless, under arrest for a warrant out of Cambridge District Court for Assault and Battery with a Dangerous Weapon, Possession of a Class B Drug, and Vandalizing Property.

01/08/202110:36
INCIDENT 21000162-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

STATE ST
Cambridge Police documented a past hit and run collision on Osborn Street.

01/08/202112:23
INCIDENT 21000164-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

VASSAR ST
A Duxbury resident called CPD Teleserve to report a hit and run with property damage to his parked car.

01/08/202112:47
INCIDENT 21000165-1
IDENTITY FRAUD

HANCOCK PK
A Cambridge resident reports being the victim of an online identity theft.

01/08/202113:40
INCIDENT 21000167-1
IDENTITY FRAUD

NORRIS ST
A Cambridge resident called CPD Teleserve to report that he was a victim of the unemployment scam. An unknown person(s) fraudulently used his personal information to apply for unemployment benefits from the state.

01/08/202114:14
INCIDENT 21000168-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

MAIN ST
A Waltham resident called CPD Teleserve to report that his wallet was stolen from his desk at work in Cambridge on Wednesday.

01/08/202114:29
INCIDENT 21000170-1
B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26

CENTRE ST
Cambridge Police took a report for a past breaking and entering to a motor vehicle.

01/08/202114:36
INCIDENT 21000169-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

WESTERN AVE
A resident of Western Avenue reported a package theft.

01/08/202115:15
INCIDENT 21000171-1
MISC. REPORT TYPE

CAMBRIDGEPARK DR
Cambridge Police took a harassment report.

01/08/202116:08
INCIDENT 21000172-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

DUDLEY ST
Cambridge Police took a report for a hit-and-run.

01/08/202121:29
INCIDENT 21000177-1
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to a report of a shoplifting that had occurred at a business on Massachusetts Avenue.


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