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Daily Log 12.13.2017

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Cambridge Police Daily Log: December 13th, 2017

Type #
Date & Time

Info

12/13/2017 06:39
INCIDENT  17008807
MISC. REPORT TYPE

BRATTLE ST
CPD units responded to a Brattle Street business for an open door. The basement door was damaged but nothing was reported stolen from the store.

12/13/2017 07:55
INCIDENT  17008808
MISC. REPORT TYPE

CHURCH ST
Cambridge Police responded to a Harvard Square shelter for a disturbance.

12/13/2017 10:57
INCIDENT  17008813
LARCENY OVER $250 c266 S30

PEARL ST
A resident reported money was taken from their bank account.

12/13/2017 11:50
INCIDENT  17008817
TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

COOLIDGE AVE
Cambridge Police responded to the Cambridge Cemetery where it was reported that a black vehicle struck a tree.

12/13/2017 12:55
INCIDENT  17008816
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION c266 S30A

CHURCH ST
Cambridge Police responded to a Church Street business after a clerk called police to report a Shoplifting.

12/13/2017 13:42
INCIDENT  17008818
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION c266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Police responded to a business located on Massachusetts Avenue for a shoplifting report.

12/13/2017 14:14
INCIDENT  17008819
FORGERY OF CHECK C267 S1

SIDNEY ST
A Sidney Street business reports that unknown person(s) obtained two company checks in which they altered and then cashed them without authorization.

12/13/2017 14:25
ARREST  17008820
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

Fred Gerard, 66, 37 Drake Road in Arlington, was placed under arrest for a warrant issued out of Cambridge District Court for Assault and Battery Dangerous Weapon, Assault and Battery on a Person Over 60, Witness Intimidation and for Threats to Commit a Crime. Gerard was transported back to the Cambridge Police Station by detectives.

12/13/2017 16:31
INCIDENT  17008822
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE c90 S24

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to a motor vehicle hit and run on the corner of Mass Ave. and Temple Street.

12/13/2017 17:43
TRAFFIC  17008823
LEAVE SCENE OF PERSONAL INJURY c90 S24

BEECH ST
A male pedestrian was struck by hit and run motor vehicle at Elm Street and Beech Street.

12/13/2017 17:55
INCIDENT  17008827
TELEPHONE CALLS, ANNOYING c269 S14A

HURON AVE
A Huron Avenue resident complained about receiving harassing phone calls.

12/13/2017 20:20
ARREST  17008831
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police placed Carlos Banks, 45, 1713B Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, under arrest for a warrant out of Roxbury District Court for Trespassing.

12/13/2017 20:54
INCIDENT  17008832
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION

CAMBRIDGESIDE PL
The Cambridge Police EOD/K9 Unit responded to the Cambridgeside Place loading dock for a suspicious item. Officers cleared the item and determined it was a radio left behind by a construction worker.

12/13/2017 21:03
INCIDENT  17008830
LARCENY OVER $250 BY FALSE PRETENSE c266 S34

HARVARD SQ
A Somerville resident reported that, while in Harvard Square, he was scammed by a male who had asked him for money to pay for a vehicle tow. The suspect was given $900 in cash.

12/13/2017 21:04
INCIDENT  17008833
ROBBERY, UNARMED c265 S19

RICHDALE AVE
A Cambridge resident was robbed of his headphones while walking home in the vicinity of Richdale Avenue. The victim sustained a small laceration and bruising under his right eye. The two male suspects fled on foot on Richdale Avenue toward Walden Street.

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