Teens’ film project gone wrong, camera controversy on Pond Street

Tuesday, July 25 12:13 p.m. — Officer Timothy Morley dispatched to Broughton Road to speak with a woman who reported alleged identity theft and false tax return filed in her name. She provided paperwork from the Massachusetts Department of Revenue requesting information for a tax return she claims not to have filed. She suspects unknown individuals allegedly committed fraud without her knowledge until now. Morley explained her personal identifying information was likely compromised. She indicated she informed the Revenue Department about the alleged fraud and implemented a credit freeze. Morley advised her to contact her bank for further security measures. She consented to provide the paperwork, which was added to the report.

1:22 p.m. - Officer Timothy Morley dispatched with Officer Charles Sweeney to Commercial Street on a report of an unwanted relative on the property. A woman called police to escort her adult son off the property. Upon arrival, the officers made contact with the man in the garage. He cooperated and agreed to leave the property. He claimed to have no other place to go and insisted it was also his house. However, it was confirmed the man does not live at the home, and the woman does not want him there.

The man showed no impairment.

The officers advised the woman to take a more active role in stating her son was allegedly trespassing. She declined to have her son arrested or press charges. She said she would seek help for her son from known people.

3:18 p.m. - Officer Charles Sweeney dispatched to Chestnut Street for a report of an alleged past hit-and-run. He met with a man who showed his blue Honda Ridgeline had been struck on the left rear. According to the man, a coworker informed him a red vehicle allegedly backed into his vehicle around Chestnut Street. Further investigation to follow.

Wednesday, July 26

4:30 p.m. - Officer Michael Farewell was dispatched to the station lobby to take a report of alleged harassment. In the lobby, he spoke with a woman from Broughton Road, who reported continuous alleged harassment by her boyfriend’s ex-girlfriend from Collins Street in Danvers.

The woman stated the ex-girlfriend found out she was dating her ex, allegedly leading to constant harassment. She said she had allegedly received harassing text messages, phone calls, Facebook messages, along with posting pictures of unidentifiable women in lingerie on her child’s Facebook using fake accounts. Farewell reviewed the Facebook posts and advised the woman to further restrict access to her account and apply for a harassment protection order against the ex-girlfriend at Lynn District Court on Thursday, July 27. He also instructed her not to contact the ex-girlfriend and to document any further alleged harassment for court notification.

4:21 p.m. - Officer Jason McDonald responded to Pond Street due to a neighbor complaint. A woman showed video evidence that her upstairs neighbor had repositioned her security camera located near her front door, though the camera wasn’t damaged. McDonald suggested she seek a harassment protection order at Lynn District Court if she felt threatened. Speaking to the neighbor, she described the camera’s voice alerts as bothersome and believed it violated condo association rules. She considered having it removed, citing it as a nuisance. McDonald advised her not to touch the camera, to possibly seek a harassment order and to check the camera’s legality with the condo association.

7:04 p.m. - Officer Michael Farewell was dispatched with Officer Jason McDonald to Birch Street for a male party with dogs on the lawn, allegedly refusing to leave when asked by the property owner. Upon arrival, they found a woman homeowner and a man with two dogs standing peacefully on the front lawn. The officers then separated the parties. Farewell spoke with the man, who explained there was no sidewalk due to the homeowner placing wood mulch and flowers on it, making it unsafe to walk. The man stated when asked to leave the lawn, he refused, expressing the homeowner could not cover the sidewalk and he wouldn’t walk in the street with his dogs. Farewell informed the man he was on private property and should have moved when asked. He asked the man to step off the property onto the road. The man agreed and did so. Farewell suggested if the man didn’t feel comfortable standing on the side of Birch Street with no traffic present, he should cross to the other side of the road, where the walkway continued and not remain on private property. The man agreed but asked the officers to cite the homeowner for allegedly parking her car partly on the sidewalk next to the home. Farewell assured the man they would handle it and asked him to leave. The man agreed and departed. Farewell then spoke with the homeowner, informing her the man would not return to the property and was advised to walk on the other side of the street, not on the lawn. He also asked her to move the vehicle off the sidewalk onto the street, to which she agreed. The officers then cleared the scene.

9:30 p.m. - Officer Dean Peralta dispatched to Stramski Way for a report of “kids” allegedly making a lot of noise. Upon arrival, he observed a group of young teens and a Jeep Wrangler in a gully. The operator of the Jeep approached Peralta and explained he was making a movie for school and had used the Jeep’s headlight to illuminate the area. Unfortunately, he forgot to apply the emergency brake, causing the Jeep to roll into the gully. AAA was called and extracted the vehicle. There were no injuries and no apparent property damage.