Crime & Safety
Stop Sign Turns Up In Swimming Pool
Information provided by the Lynnfield Police Department. Where arrests are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
responded to these and other calls for service on Wednesday, June 20 and Thursday, June 21.
On Wednesday, June 20 at 7:04 a.m., police and rescue personnel responded to a four-vehicle accident near Lynnfield Street and Lookout Terrace.
At 8:31 a.m., police provided a lift assist to a town resident.
At 11:12 a.m., police investigated a burglar alarm on Summer Street.
At 12:21 p.m., a caller reported a possibly disabled truck. It turned out to be water truck filling a pool.
At 3:10 p.m., police performed a well-being check.
At 4:51 p.m., police and fire personnel went to Salem Street for a report of worker with possible heat stroke.
At 5:21 p.m., a vandalism complaint came in from Cortland Ave.
At 5:31 p.m., an accident was reported on 128 North. One patient was transported to Melrose-Wakefield hospital.
At 6:48 p.m., police took a report involving harassing phone calls.
At 8:06 p.m., a parking complaint came in from Canterbury Road. An officer found the vehicles to be legally parked, although one was too close to a driveway.
At 8:54 p.m., a caller reported passing a woman at a crosswalk near the senior center waving her arms at him. An area search came up negative.
At 10:06 p.m., police handled a civil matter.
On Thursday, June 21 at 12:35 a.m., police assisted a Summer Street resident with an alarm system problem.
At 2:30 a.m., a caller reported some youths were parked and walking around on Willowby Road. An officer sent them on their way.
At 9:50 a.m., police served a restraining order.
At 11 a.m., a parking complaint came in from Thistle Lane.
At 1:46 p.m., police did a well-being check on Carter Road.
At 2:30 p.m., police performed traffic enforcement near Upton Road.
At 3:11 p.m., a minor accident was reported in the parking lot.
At 3:40 p.m., a disabled auto was reported at Exit 43 on 128 South.
At 5:07 p.m., a Lovell Street resident reported that someone had thrown a stop sign into his swimming pool.
At 9:34 p.m., a fireworks complaint came in from Cider Mill Road. An area search came up negative.
At 10:23 p.m., a second fireworks complaint came in from Cider Mill Road. This time, an officer located a nearby resident and advised him to stop shooting off fireworks.
At 10:49 p.m., a Chestnut Street resident called to report that his neighbor had made a campfire that was now blowing smoke into his house. The fire department responded.
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