Crime & Safety

Hunters Reported Facing Off on Danvers Road

The following is an excerpt from the Swampscott Police logs. Where charges are mentioned it does not indicate a conviction.

Wednesday, Jan. 16

  • At 5:47 p.m., a Sherwood Road caller said parties at the address have her car keys and will not let her leave.

Thursday, Jan. 17

  • At 1:43 a.m., police reported poor road conditions to the Department of Public Works. 
  • At 1:27 p.m., police received a report from Puritan Road of an unauthorized withdrawal from a checking account. 
  • At 7:17 p.m., police received a report of a student threatening another student on Facebook. Police report due.
  • At 9:57 p.m., police received a report from a walker who said she heard a girl or woman calling for help at a Rock Avenue home. Police checked houses in the area. Nothing noted.   
  • At 10:14 p.m., a disturbance was reported on Loring Avenue. It turned out it was two people who had been arguing on a bus and were told to get off the bus. Salem police responded to the scene and were to handle it. 
  • At 10:36 p.m., a caller told police that two men dressed as hunters in brown attire were in the middle of Danvers Road facing each each other. When the caller approached them in his car they began yelling at him and he did not stick around to see what the problem was. Police responded to Danvers Road and did not see the individuals.

Friday, Jan. 18

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  • At 00:04 a.m., police met a caller who had reported seeing a woman flat out on a Middlesex Avenue wall next to the China Green. The caller pointed out to police exactly where he saw the woman. There was no sign of the woman he had seen on the wall.  
  • At 9:18 a.m., police received a report of a person stuck in the elevator at the Swampscott library. 
  • At 12:24 p.m., a Ryan Place caller reported being harassed by a neighbor. A boundary issue is at stake. 
  • At 2:02 p.m., a Columbia Street business reported a deposit being lost due to fraud. 
  • At 6:55 p.m., police received a report of a wallet being taken from a motor vehicle on Lewis Road. 
  • At 9:10 p.m., a Priscilla Road resident reported that kids were ringing doorbells.


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