Crime & Safety

A Spate of Break ins, Identity Theft, Malicious Damage: Arlington Police Logs

This week police responded to a spate of break ins and multiple reports of identity theft, malicious damage, and larcenies.

ARLINGTON, MA — Arlington Police release a public log of the types of calls they receive and events they log each day, detailing the time the call was logged and the manner of the call and the street name. The information below comes from that log between July 24 and July 27 . Be advised that just because someone called to report something to police doesn't mean that's what police found when they responded.

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Monday, July 24

Who are you? A Wildwood Avenue resident called in a report of identity fraud.

Scheme: Someone reported a theft, police wrote up a report of someone committing larceny of an item that was worth more than $250, by a single scheme on Mass Ave.

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Hit and run: Someone reported a hit and run in front of the CVS on Mass Ave.

Tuesday, July 25

Not cool: Someone was reported for maliciously damaging some property on Acton Street, and someone else reported malicious damage to a property on Rawson Road and later another report came in for something on Grove Street.

Stalking: Police wrote up a report about someone stalking someone on Marrigan Road after they got a report of harassment there.

Identity theft: A Lake Street resident reported their identity had been used fraudulently.

Wednesday, July 26

Injured: Someone reported an injured animal on Henderson Road.

Lost: Someone reported they lost property on Lawrence Lane.

Stolen: Someone reported a larceny on Oxford Street around 5:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 27

Break ins: There were three break ins reported, one on Franklin just after 5 a.m. and the other on Randolf after 7 a.m. and another call came in about an overnight break in on Lake Street.

Stolen: Someone on Hillsdale reported a larceny, someone reported a larceny worth something more than $250 on Symmes Circle.

Vandalism: Someone destroyed something on Peter Tufts Road, and police deemed it 'malicious damage.'

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