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Daily Log for 01.21.2024

Cambridge Police Daily Log for January 19 – 21, 2024

Type #
Date & Time

Info

01/19/202401:10
INCIDENT24000495-1
A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON C265 S15A

CAMBRIDGE ST
Police responded for a disturbance in the 1400 block of Cambridge Street involving an individual spitting at and kicking employees. Jason Duncan, 44, of Boston, was placed under arrested for assault & battery with a dangerous weapon, assault & battery, and disorderly conduct (subsequent offense).

01/19/202401:46
INCIDENT24000497-1
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

HANCOCK ST
A resident reported their backpack, containing laptop computers, was stolen from outside their home. The resident told officers they left the backpack and baby seats on the front curb for longer than planned. When they went to retrieve the items, the backpack was gone.

01/19/202401:52
INCIDENT24000496-1
A&B C265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to the 400 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a fight.

01/19/202407:55
INCIDENT24000500-1
RESPONSE FOR MEDICAL AID

PUTNAM GDNS
Police responded for a disturbance during a medical aid call that was already in progress. A report was taken.

01/19/202408:59
INCIDENT24000498-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
An Arlington resident reported an unknown person(s) took their backpack from a bus stop in Cambridge. A report was taken.

01/19/202410:27
INCIDENT24000503-1
TRESPASS C266 S120

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to a business in the 500 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a report of an individual violating a no trespass order.

01/19/202410:54
INCIDENT24000504-1
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

FULKERSON ST
A resident reported an unknown person(s) stole their electric bicycle.

01/19/202411:08
INCIDENT24000505-1
A&B C265 S13A

MUSEUM WAY
A Revere resident reported they were assaulted while they were in their motor vehicle at a traffic light.

01/19/202411:57
INCIDENT24000506-1
INNKEEPER, DEFRAUD, OVER $100 C140 S12

MEMORIAL DR
Police responded to a business in the 500 block of Memorial Drive. An associate from the business told officers there was a large unpaid bill by a customer.

01/19/202412:06
INCIDENT24000508-1

ERIE ST
Police responded for a report of harassment between neighbors.

01/19/202413:14
INCIDENT24000509-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PERSONAL INJURY C90 S24

GREEN ST
Police responded for a hit & run crash between a motor vehicle and a scooter. The motor vehicle driver left the scene before providing any contact information. Officers determined the scooter was riding the wrong way on a road when it hit the motor vehicle. A report was taken.

01/19/202413:15
INCIDENT24000510-1
UNLICENSED OPERATION OF MV C90 S10

AMHERST ST
Police responded for a motor vehicle crash. One of the drivers was summonsed to Cambridge District Court for operating a motor vehicle with no license.

01/19/202413:42
INCIDENT24000511-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

WINDSOR ST
An employee at a business reported an unknown person(s) stole a check belonging to one of their staff members.

01/19/202413:59
INCIDENT24000515-1
EXTORTION BY THREAT OF INJURY C265 S25

CAMBRIDGEPARK DR
A resident reported a former acquaintance is threatening to post personal photos of the them unless they agree to pay a designated amount of money.

01/19/202414:40
INCIDENT24000513-1
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
An unhoused resident in the 1400 block of Massachusetts Avenue reported they felt threatened by an individual. Officers located the individual who told them they got into an altercation with the unhoused resident but never made threats.

01/19/202415:01
INCIDENT24000514-1
MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO C266 S28

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY
An individual reported they found their car window broken after they went into a business. No items inside the motor vehicle were missing.

01/19/202415:33
INCIDENT24000523-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

PUTNAM AVE
An employee of a utility company reported their work laptop computer was stolen out of their work truck.

01/19/202416:20
INCIDENT24000516-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

GARDEN ST
Police responded for a report of a past hit & run with property damage. A report was taken.

01/19/202417:33
INCIDENT24000518-1
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

LOCKE ST
A resident reported they received a phone call from an unknown person posing as someone from the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office. A report was taken.

01/19/202417:33
INCIDENT24000520-1
TELEPHONE CALLS, ANNOYING C269 S14A

BROADWAY
An associate at a business in the 200 block of Broadway reported being repeatedly harassed on the phone by a former employee.

01/19/202418:23
INCIDENT24000521-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to a business in the 500 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a shoplifting incident.

01/19/202420:16
INCIDENT24000522-1
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME C274 S6

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to a business in the 500 block of Massachusetts Avenue for no trespass order violation.

01/19/202421:02
INCIDENT24000524-1
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME C274 S6

CAMBRIDGE ST
Police took a report for an attempted breaking & entering a residence in the 300 block of Cambridge Street.

01/19/202422:33
INCIDENT24000526-1

ELLSWORTH AVE
Police responded for breaking & entering a residence that was in progress.

01/20/202406:17
INCIDENT24000527-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A resident reported their cell phone was stolen off a table while they were in a business in the 1600 block of Massachusetts Avenue.

01/20/202407:52
INCIDENT24000528-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

ROCKINGHAM ST
A resident reported their delivered package was stolen from outside their residence.

01/20/202411:03
INCIDENT24000530-1
TRESPASS C266 S120

BISHOP ALLEN DR
Police responded to a business for a small group of people participating who were participating in a protest throwing debris in the lobby. When the police arrived, the small group had dispersed and there was no threat of violence towards the staff or any damage.

01/20/202412:17
INCIDENT24000531-1
MISC. REPORT TYPE

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to a business in the 500 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a report of an unwanted individual inside.

01/20/202412:46
INCIDENT24000532-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

WENDELL ST
A resident reported a hit & run involving their motor vehicle which was parked outside their residence.

01/20/202413:00
INCIDENT24000533-1
LARCENY UNDER $1200 BY SINGLE SCHEME C266 S30(1)

CAMBRIDGEPARK DR
A resident reported they made a purchase on social media but never received the item.

01/20/202415:59
INCIDENT24000534-1
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A resident flagged down officers at the Central Square substation and reported a hit & run involving their motor vehicle when it was parked outside their residence.

01/20/202416:27
INCIDENT24000535-1
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

HURON AVE
Police responded to a business in the 300 block of Huron Avenue for a past shoplifting. A report was taken.

01/20/202419:56
INCIDENT24000537-1
A&B C265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to a business in the 900 block of Massachusetts Avenue for an assault in progress.

01/20/202420:54
INCIDENT24000540-1
B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

LANGDON ST
Police responded to a breaking & entering a residence in progress. A report was taken.

01/20/202421:19
TRAFFIC24000541-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

EIGHTH ST
A resident reported their parked motor vehicle was struck and damaged. There was no information left behind by the person responsible.

01/20/202421:22
INCIDENT24000542-1
B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

CHANNING PL
Police responded for a report of a past breaking & entering to a residence.

01/21/202401:46
INCIDENT24000543-1
A&B C265 S13A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded for a report of an assault in progress in the 400 block of Massachusetts Avenue.

01/21/202408:41
INCIDENT24000544-1
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

BROADWAY
Police responded to a larceny from a building. An employee at the business believes one of their employees went inside and stole a cash box containing money.

01/21/202410:30
TRAFFIC24000545-1
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

PACIFIC ST
Police responded for a motor vehicle crash. A report was taken.

01/21/202412:04
INCIDENT24000546-1
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

WHITE ST
A resident reported their bicycle was stolen outside a business while they were inside.

01/21/202413:00
INCIDENT24000548-1
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, WANTON C266 S127

WHITE ST
A Bedford, New Hampshire resident reported another vehicle pulled up close to them in Porter Square and struck their car door while getting out. The New Hampshire resident told officers the other driver would not provide their insurance information.

01/21/202414:24
INCIDENT24000551-1
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

CONCORD TPKE
A resident reported they were hit by a motor vehicle while they were walking in a retail store’s parking lot. A report was taken.

01/21/202415:28
INCIDENT24000550-1
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

ALBANY ST
Police responded to a facility for a larceny.

01/21/202415:40
INCIDENT24000553-1
LEAVE SCENE OF PERSONAL INJURY C90 S24

CONCORD AVE
A resident reported they were struck by a motor vehicle while in a crosswalk.

01/21/202417:23
INCIDENT24000558-1
BOMB CHEM OR BIO THREAT, FALSE C269 S14

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded with another law enforcement agency to the 1500 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a bomb threat and a man with a weapon. No suspicious persons or devices were located. The scene was cleared.

01/21/202417:29
INCIDENT24000557-1
CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

EARHART ST
Police responded for a harassment involving someone repeatedly knocking on a resident’s door.

01/21/202419:33
INCIDENT24000560-1
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

GREEN ST
Elder Castillo-Sanchez, 32, of Boston, was placed under arrest for an outstanding warrant out of Boston District Court.

01/21/202419:43
INCIDENT24000562-1
TRESPASS C266 S120

EARHART ST
Police responded for a disturbance involving a person who had a no trespass order at a property. Officers tried multiple times to escort the person away, but the individual returned multiple times. Angel Calvin, 31, of Providence, RI, was placed under arrest for trespassing.

01/21/202420:18
INCIDENT24000564-1
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

MAIN ST
Police responded for a disturbance in the 200 block of Main Street. A report was taken for a shoplifting.

01/21/202422:16
INCIDENT24000565-1
MISC. REPORT TYPE

PHILLIPS PL
Police responded for an alarm sounding on a building. Police confirmed there was no security issue.

01/21/202422:47
ARREST24000566-1
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

WESTERN AVE
Officers conducted a traffic stop on a motor vehicle after observing a moving violation. Senat Dufren, 31, of Dedham, was placed under arrest for outstanding warrants.

01/21/202423:29
INCIDENT24000568-1
SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

WHITE ST
Police responded to a business for a reported shoplifting.

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