Crime & Safety

Local Cat Dials 911

The following information was submitted by the Marblehead Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following is an excerpt from the 's log:

Wednesday, March 7:

  • At 8:14 a.m., a Susan Road man called police to report that someone was cutting their neighbor's trees and the branches were falling into their yard.
  • At 8:43 a.m., police responded to a burglar alarm on Washington Street.
  • At 9:19 a.m., a Pilgrim Road resident called police to report being the victim of identity theft.
  • At 9:29 a.m., police responded to an accidental 911 call from a home on Jersey Street.
  • At 10:29 a.m., a motorist on the causeway called police to report that a green Jeep had almost hit her as she headed into town and she could see that the driver was texting. 
  • At 10:41 a.m., a local man called police to report that a student at had parked a 2004 Audi SE in front of a fire hydrant on Devereux Street. The vehicle was later ticketed. 
  • At 12:14 p.m., police received word that a slide at l had been damaged and slurs had been drawn all over it with permanent marker. The slurs were successfully removed before students went out for recess.
  • At 12:44 p.m., a Green Street Court woman called police to report ongoing problems with one of her neighbors.
  • At 1:53 p.m., a Darling Street man entered to report that he felt he was being targeted by a neighbor who claimed to have video taped him dumping a can of cigarette butts out on her lawn.
  • At 3:04 p.m., a tenant on Alexander Circle called police to report that the owner of the home broke into his apartment and was "threatening to kill him."
  • At 3:20 p.m., a State Street man called police to request that a cruiser come by because he was having trouble with a first-floor neighbor. The man said his neighbor walked into his apartment, started "giving his son a hard time" and tried to push his mother down a set of steps.
  • At 3:29 p.m., a Cowell Street woman called police to report that she found a nail in her tire and she "felt it was intentional."
  • At 5:42 p.m., a Trager Road woman called police to report receiving a call from a suspected scammer who claimed to be from the DEA.
  • At 7:05 p.m., police received two 911 calls from a home on Pleasant Street and all they could hear were numbers being pressed. Responding officers were told the "cat did it."

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