Crime & Safety

Resident Charged With Assault and Witness Intimidation

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

Wednesday, Nov. 21

  • At 12 p.m., Swampscott police received a report from a crossing guard about a youth operating a vehicle that almost struck a pedestrian in a crosswalk. The youth parked on Redington and refused to move. 
  • At 2:42 p.m., store owners at the 7-Eleven mall on Humphrey Street reported a group of youth hanging around the boardwalk area refusing to move for customers. 
  • At 8:23 p.m., police arrested a man on Tidd Street. See the arrest log, below.
  • At 9:28 p.m., police received a report from a customer at the Red Rock Bistro who said that there was an unruly male customer there who customers were trying to control. The unruly male left the property.
  • At 10:39 p.m., the school resource officer called to report that a parent was requesting an officer to speak with her daughter about an ongoing cyber-bullying incident. A previous investigation was underway. 

Thursday, Nov. 22

  • At 1:41 a.m., police received a report from Grant Street about a male being on the porch trying to get from one Grant Street address to another. The caller feared it was a breaking and entering in progress. The log entry indicates the individual on the porch was drunk. 
  • At 12:24 p.m., police received a report that a large skunk, possibly ill, was walking in the street near Spinale Way. The skunk may have gone in a garage. 
  • At 6:55 p.m., a Norfolk Avenue caller reported a motor vehicle accident. The damage was believed to be under $1,000. The drivers exchanged paperwork. 

Arrest Log

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  • Edward Narvaez, 41, of 14 Tidd St., Swampscott was charged with assault and battery, domestic, while a restraining order was in effect, and witness intimidation.

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