Crime & Safety
A Shoplifter And a Loud 'Boom' Among Weekend Reports
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 between Thursday, January 23 and Sunday, January 26, 2014.
On Thursday, January 23 at 1:01 p.m. police were informed that a woman’s purse was stolen from a car on Stagecoach Lane.
At 4:52 p.m. a shoplifting incident was reported at Justice at MarketStreet Lynnfield. Police issued a summons to a 50 year old Wakefield woman charging her with shoplifting by concealing merchandise 2nd offense, two counts of receiving stolen property -$250, and larceny under $250.
At 8:20 two suspicious vehicles were reported on Ross Drive. They were gone on arrival.
On Friday, January 24 at 4:38 p.m. a caller reported a man running across the highway near the Christmas Tree Shop on Route 1 North. Police located the individual, who had run out of gas, and transported him back to his car near the Fat Cactus.
At 5:45 p.m. an accident with no injury was reported on Condon Circle.
At 6:39 p.m. a caller on Salem Street reported a loud “boom.” Nothing out of order was found.
At 9:24 p.m. police took a walk-in report of a phone stolen at the Yard House.
At 10:43 p.m. a caller on Pillings Pond Road reported hearing noises in the area near the pond. Police found nothing out of order.
On Saturday, January 25 at 10:59 a.m. a caller reported being involved in a hit and run accident.
At 2:28 p.m. a caller on Park Street reported a dog had been barking for several hours. The dog turned out to be stuck on a fence and was freed.
At 5:55 p.m. an accident was reported on Condon Circle.
At 11:45 p.m. an individual reported striking a parked car on Locksley Road.
On Sunday, January 26 at 4:07 a.m. a car reportedly struck a pole on Salem Street. The driver declined medical treatment.
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