The following is an excerpt from the Marblehead Police Department's log:

Sunday, Dec. 4:

• At 8:28 a.m., a Tully Road resident called the Fire Department to report that her fireplace had caught on fire. The fire, she said, was being fueled by a gas insert. The fire was quickly extinguished.
• At 11:48 a.m., a Gregory Street resident called police to complain about a neighbor who had left a "free fridge" out on the sidewalk with the doors still attached. The man was advised to remove the doors so as to avoid a potential safety hazard.
• At 3:11 p.m., a local resident entered the police station to report losing a dog collar near Redds Pond on Pond Street.
• At 3:49 p.m., a Sewall Street resident called police to report that some kids had been "running the neighborhood" the last three days and she worried they were "setting up a camp next door and possibly going to have a fire."
• At 6:21 p.m., a Summer Street resident called police to complain about a car parked on the sidewalk.
• At 8:41 p.m., a Longview Drive resident called police to report that a beam from a laser pointer came through his window while he and his family were watching television. The man told police his wife has been having trouble with her ex-husband and he believed it was him.

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