Boats Vandalized and Adrift Plus an Occupied Home Broken Into

• At 8:19 a.m., a bicyclist was hit by a car at Harbor Avenue and Brown Street. The patient was transported to the hospital.
• At 8:43 a.m., a Pickwick Road caller said a man came to a neighbor’s door and said he was practicing his sales skills but had nothing to sell.
• At 9:41 a.m., a Harbor Avenue caller reported that an inflatable jet-drive boat was vandalized overnight. Someone tried to use it but the dock line was sucked into the jet drive, apparently ruining it.
• At 11:46 a.m., a caller reported seeing a car pull into the post office in an  erratic fashion with the drive yelling. Soon thereafter the driver was passed out in his car.  
• At 8:09 p.m., a patron at a Pleasant Street establishment refused to pay his tab.
• At 10:22 p.m., skateboarders were moved along on Washington Street.

Saturday, July 20

• At 00:09 a.m., two groups were moved along from Pleasant Street establishments.
• At 1:38 p.m., a caller reported that her husband hit a car in front of them on Village Street and that they struck another car or object while backing up. The vehicle also hit a wall on Village Street, the report indicates.
• At 7:35 p.m., police received a report of a woman in a black dress staggering in the middle of the street at Pleasant Street and Ocean Avenue.
• At 11:07 p.m., a woman fell on Washington Street and received facial injuries. She was transported to Salem Hospital.

Sunday, July 21

• At 00:11 a.m., a possible hit-and-run accident was reported on Washington Street.
• At 2:34 a.m., a Pond Street person sent a Facebook message saying an SUV was driving very fast down Pond Street around 12 a.m.
• At 9:02 p.m., a dinghy broke loose and washed ashore by a house on Salem Harbor.

A Marblehead Police Community Alert released Monday on the department's Facebook page about an incident from the night before:

Community Alert: House break-in.

Marblehead Police have received a report and are investigating a Breaking & Entering of an occupied residential home in the Thompson Road area.

Sometime during the hours of darkness last night, entrance was gained through a rear bathroom window. The suspect(s) moved about the first floor, going through pocket books and ultimately stealing a lap top computer.

The homeowners did not hear anything suspicious during the night but did notice a side door open in the morning which had been locked the night before.

Patrol and detective personnel responded and processed the scene and canvassed the neighborhood but nothing else was found out of order and the laptop has not been recovered. It appears the intruder came in via the window and left via the door.

If you live on Thompson Road or in the general area and heard or saw anything out of ordinary for your neighborhood, please contact the Marblehead Police @ 781-631-1212. Detective Sgt. Sean Sweeney is heading the investigation.

The warmer weather months always see an increase in overnight criminal activity. However, it is usually directed towards unoccupied cars, not houses with people sleeping inside. If you are up or out late at night or early in the morning, please, if you see or hear anything that you feel is out of place, contact 911 so that the activity can be investigated.

Barking dogs, motion sensor lights activating, sounds of footsteps, breaking glass, people walking in residential neighborhoods at odd hours, car or house alarms sounding, even cars on a quiet street that are not familiar to you could provide valuable clues to police investigators. 

As always, lock your doors and ground floor windows at bedtime and if you have an alarm system, please remember to activate it.