Crime & Safety
A Bank Robbery, Several Accidents, and Goons on the Golf Course
Information provided by the Lynnfield Police. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
Lynnfield Police responded to these and other calls for service on Monday, August 26 and Tuesday, August 27, 2013.
On Monday, August 26 at 12:13 a.m. a caller reported some youths playing basketball on Lakeview Drive. They were gone on arrival.
At 1:07 a.m. a caller on W. Tapley Road asked police to check on a barking dog.
At 9:18 a.m. a two-car accident was reported on Wildewood Drive.
At 9:40 a.m. a worker at MarketStreet Lynnfield reportedly fell about 30 feet off a ladder. He was taken to a nearby hospital.
At 1:30 p.m. the Eastern Bank on Salem Street was robbed. The suspect was described as a white male, 30-35 years old, about 5'8 - 5'10, with dark sunglasses, a "doo-rag" on his head, a green shirt and black pants. He apparently showed no weapon and left in an unknown direction. The matter remains under investigation and was referred to the FBI's Bank Robbery Task Force.
At 3:25 p.m. a suspicious auto was reported on Archer Road. It was gone on arrival.
At 6:06 p.m. some youths at Glen Meadow Park were reportedly throwing rocks at some younger youths. An officer gave them a verbal warning.
At 6:18 p.m. a Cortland Road resident reported some youths had removed something from a neighbor's yard.
At 9 p.m. a golfer at Reedy Meadow Golf Course reported another group of golfers was yelling at his group and hitting golf balls at them without yelling "fore."
At 9:29 p.m. a large group of youths was dispersed from Post Office Square.
At 10:06 p.m. police sent two cars, containing six youths, on their way from the senior center parking lot.
On Tuesday, August 27 at 9:27 a.m. a motor vehicle break in on Park Street was reported.
At 10:37 a.m. an accident with no injury was reported on Condon Circle.
At 1:33 p.m. a rollover accident was reported on 128 North. One was taken to a nearby hospital.
At 3:20 p.m. an accident with injury was reported on Murphy Way.
At 8:23 p.m. an accident with injury was reported on Melch Road. One patient was transported to a nearby hospital.
At 10:08 p.m. a man in the Senior Center parking lot was reported yelling on his cell phone. He checked out OK.
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