Crime & Safety
City Of Cambridge Publishes Daily Log For December 14
A property manager of a Cambridge property reports a potentially suspicious item found on the property.
December 15, 2020
Cambridge Police Daily Log: December 14th, 2020
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12/14/2020
05:53
INCIDENT 20008964
ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME C274 S6
FRANKLIN ST
Cambridge Police responded in the area of Franklin Street for a male attempting to break into cars. A suspect was identified and found in possession of change and other various items.
12/14/2020
09:07
INCIDENT 20008965
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24
FIRST ST
A resident of Cambridge was summonsed for leaving the scene of property damage after a motor vehicle crash. A witness stated they saw a white Nissan crash into a white van that was parked near Linskey Way and First Street and then drive away after the crash. The witness stated this vehicle had front end damage and fled on Memorial Drive towards Harvard Square. This vehicle was stopped on Memorial Drive at the BU Bridge and the operator was identified as the owner. The parked van that was struck was located on Linskey Way and had sustained severe damage to its rear bumper. The force of this crash pushed this van forward into the rear bumper of the vehicle that was parked in front of it. That vehicle sustained damage to its rear bumper and tailgate as well.
12/14/2020
11:01
INCIDENT 20008966
IDENTITY FRAUD
FRESH POND PL
A City of Cambridge employee reports Identity Fraud.
12/14/2020
11:23
INCIDENT 20008967
B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16
SOUTH NORMANDY AVE
A South Normandy Avenue resident reports a breaking and entering into a motor vehicle.
12/14/2020
12:25
INCIDENT 20008968
B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16
GRISWOLD ST
A Griswold Street resident reports three breaking and entering into three different motor vehicles.
12/14/2020
12:48
INCIDENT 20008970
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2
MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Massachusetts Avenue resident reports threats.
12/14/2020
13:16
INCIDENT 20008969
WARRANT ARREST REPORT
CAMBRIDGESIDE PL
James Dominique, 29, 66 Clifford Street in Boston, was arrested pursuant to two warrants issued out of Quincy District Court for Larceny from a Building, Motor Vehicle Equipment Violations, Unlicensed Operation of a Motor Vehicle, and Furnishing False Identification information to law enforcement. Dominique was stopped after a store manager called to have him removed from the store.
12/14/2020
13:25
INCIDENT 20008971
IDENTITY FRAUD
BAY STATE RD
A Bay State Road resident reports Identity Fraud.
12/14/2020
14:09
INCIDENT 20008977
UTTER FALSE/WORTHLESS NOTE C267 S28
ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY
The manager of an Alewife Brook Parkway pharmacy reported that on 12/8/2020 an unknown black male passed a replica $100 bill for $11.37 worth of items and he received $89.63 in change.
12/14/2020
14:21
INCIDENT 20008972
B&E MV IN DAYTIME FOR FELONY C266 S18
FIRST ST
A Boston resident reports a breaking and entering into a motor vehicle.
12/14/2020
14:27
INCIDENT 20008976
MISC. REPORT TYPE
CONCORD AVE
A property manager of a Cambridge property reports a potentially suspicious item found on the property.
12/14/2020
15:13
INCIDENT 20008974
FORGERY OF CHECK C267 S1
PROSPECT ST
Cambridge Police received a walk-in report in regards to a fraudulent check.
12/14/2020
15:16
INCIDENT 20008975
LARCENY FROM PERSON C266 S25
MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police took a report of a past larceny on the 500 block of Mass. Ave.
12/14/2020
16:47
INCIDENT 20008981
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24
PROSPECT ST
A resident of Westborough states on 12/13/2020 he was involved in a hit and run crash on Prospect Street in Cambridge.
12/14/2020
16:50
INCIDENT 20008980
M/V BLOCKING BICYCLE LANE
BROOKLINE ST
Cambridge Police conducted a motor vehicle stop in Central Square. As a result, a resident of Boston will be summonsed for Uninsured Motor Vehicle, Failure to Notify RMV of Address Change, Motor Vehicle Blocking a Bicycle Lane, Attaching Plates, Operate a Motor Vehicle with a Suspended License, and Unregistered Motor Vehicle.
12/14/2020
16:57
INCIDENT 20008979
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47
ABERDEEN AVE
A resident of Aberdeen Avenue reported a fraudulent unemployment claim was filed on her behalf.
12/14/2020
18:45
INCIDENT 20008982
B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26
FRANKLIN ST
A resident of Cambridge states sometime between 12/13/2020 7 p.m. and 12/14/2020 at 5 p.m., an unknown suspect broke into her vehicle while it was parked on the street. The victim states that noting seems to be missing from her vehicle at this time.
12/14/2020
19:16
INCIDENT 20008984
MOTOR VEH, LARCENY OF C266 S28
MAGEE ST
Cambridge Police responded to Hingham Street for a report of a stolen motor vehicle.
12/14/2020
19:22
INCIDENT 20008983
ASSAULT C265 S13A
CAMBRIDGESIDE PL
A Detail Officer was alerted by an employee of a past assault and battery right outside a mall exit/entrance involving multiple juveniles.
12/14/2020
20:46
INCIDENT 20008987
LICENSE SUSPENDED/REVOKED, OP MV WITH C90 S23
RIVER ST
Cambridge Police officers were on routine patrol in the area of River Street and Putnam Avenue in search of a stolen motor vehicle pursuant to a previous call from earlier in the shift. It was noticed that there was a motor vehicle matching the description (same make, model and plate number), which officers had firsthand knowledge that the vehicle in question was currently stolen, located underneath the parking structure at a River Street grocery store. Officers initiated a traffic stop and located Elijah McKinney, 19, 30 Hingham Street in Cambridge, hiding inside the motor vehicle with the engine on. As a result, McKinney of Cambridge was arrested and taken into custody without incident. McKinney is being charged with Larceny of a Motor Vehicle, Operation of a Motor Vehicle after License Suspension, Failure to Stop for Police, Negligent Operation of a Motor Vehicle and multiple motor vehicle offenses.
12/14/2020
23:23
ARREST 20008989
WARRANT ARREST REPORT
MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Cambridge Police responded to the Central Square area for a report of a suspicious male wearing gray pants and carrying a large tan backpack checking car doors. A male matching the description was stopped in the immediate area. Raymond Batista, 53, 1732 Main Street in Concord, was placed under arrest after it was determined that there was a warrant out of Boston District Court for Open and Gross Lewdness.
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