Crime & Safety

Suspicious Man Reported Outside Clarke School

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

Monday, Dec. 17

  • At 8:41 a.m., police received a report from a Paradise Road resident stating coins were stolen from his trunk by movers.
  • At 9:23 a.m., a caller reported that a parked motor vehicle was preventing fire trucks from passing at Clairmont Terrace and Phillips Street. The motor vehicle was moved.
  • At 2:52 p.m., a caller reported that a man was gesturing for a young child to come to him outside Clarke School. The man was described as being 5-foot 10-inches wearing baggy blue pants and a green and white hooded sweatshirt. Police checked the area but did not see the person. 
  • At 6:12 p.m., a caller reported a motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian at Burrill Street and Maple Avenue. Fire and ambulance units were dispatched to the scene. The pedestrian was up and conscious and alert. 


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