City Of Cambridge Publishes Daily Log For December 6

Press release from the City of Cambridge:

December 7, 2020

Cambridge Police Daily Log: December 4-6th, 2020

Type #
Date & Time

Info

12/06/2020
00:55
INCIDENT 20008749
DRUG, POSSESS CLASS B C94C S34

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge police responded to Harvard MBTA station for a motor vehicle crash. The driver was transported to a local hospital. Prior to the vehicle being towed, Officers located a burned copper coil believed to be used to cook crack cocaine. Officers checked the driver's side door storage and found a container that had a white powdery substance believed to be crack cocaine. The driver was summonsed and charged with Possession of a Class B Drug, Crack Cocaine.

12/06/2020
08:38
INCIDENT 20008750
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

CRAWFORD ST

A Crawford Street resident reports that someone did steal her bike.

12/06/2020
11:52
INCIDENT 20008752
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

LEE ST

A Lee Street resident had his bike stolen from a locked storage unit.

12/06/2020
12:05
INCIDENT 20008753
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

OAKLAND ST

A Prospect Street resident reports that while parked on Oakland Street, someone did hit her car and leave without making themself known.

12/06/2020
13:28
INCIDENT 20008755
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47

WESTERN AVE

A Western Avenue resident is the victim of the unemployment scam.

12/06/2020
13:30
INCIDENT 20008756
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

SEVENTH ST

A resident of Seventh Street reported her bicycle was stolen sometime over the past four days.

12/06/2020
19:29
INCIDENT 20008760
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

FRANCIS AVE

A resident of Cambridge reported their daughter's cell phone had been stolen.

12/06/2020
23:50
INCIDENT 20008762
MISC. REPORT TYPE

SCHOOL ST

Cambridge Police responded for a report of a disturbance.

12/05/2020
02:38
INCIDENT 20008725
A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON C265 S15A

CAMBRIDGE ST

Cambridge Police responded to a medical facility for a past assault.

12/05/2020
09:34
INCIDENT 20008727
IDENTITY FRAUD

HARVARD ST

Cambridge Police took a report for identity theft.

12/05/2020
10:22
INCIDENT 20008728
TAGGING PROPERTY C266 S126B

SHERMAN ST

Police responded to Sherman Street for a graffiti report.

12/05/2020
10:48
INCIDENT 20008729
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

CAMBRIDGEPARK DR

A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report that his bike was stolen sometime during the last week from the bike room in his building.

12/05/2020
11:22
INCIDENT 20008730
MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO C266 S28

SCIARAPPA ST

Cambridge Police took a report for malicious destruction.

12/05/2020
11:46
INCIDENT 20008731
IDENTITY FRAUD

FAYETTE ST

Cambridge Police took a report for identity theft.

12/05/2020
12:09
INCIDENT 20008732
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

HARVARD ST

Cambridge Police took a report for threats.

12/05/2020
13:25
INCIDENT 20008733
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

LEIGHTON ST

Cambridge Police took a report for malicious destruction.

12/05/2020
13:36
INCIDENT 20008734
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

LAMBERT ST

Cambridge Police took a report for a stolen debit card.

12/05/2020
13:45
INCIDENT 20008735
A&B C265 S13A

SOMERVILLE AVE

A Somerville resident called CPD Teleserve to report a past assault. The man said that he was struck in the face by an unknown male. The victim was not injured.

12/05/2020
14:26
INCIDENT 20008736
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Police responded to a business on Massachusetts Avenue for the report of a past shoplifting.

12/05/2020
15:22
INCIDENT 20008737
RECEIVE STOLEN PROPERTY +$1200 C266 S60

MOONEY ST

The owner of a Cambridge-based business called CPD Teleserve to report a case of Receiving Stolen Property Over $1200. The owner explained that a customer had placed some furniture items in storage back in April. A moving company hired with the city's assistance picked up the furniture but also took another customer's furniture by mistake. After it was delivered, the customer is refusing to return the furniture that was delivered in error.

12/05/2020
15:39
INCIDENT 20008738
A&B C265 S13A

CENTRAL SQ

Cambridge Police responded to a convenience store in the city for a report of a fight.

12/05/2020
17:27
INCIDENT 20008740
THREAT TO COMMIT CRIME C275 S2

MUSEUM WAY

A Cambridge resident called CPD Teleserve to report that he was threatened online after visiting a dating website.

12/05/2020
17:57
INCIDENT 20008743
MISC. REPORT TYPE

MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY

A local hotel reported an unwanted person.

12/05/2020
19:18
INCIDENT 20008742
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

MT AUBURN ST

A Watertown resident called CPD Teleserve to report a road rage type incident he had seen earlier this evening. He pulled into a metered spot to park and go to the grocery store. A woman was attempting pull into the parking spot behind him. She shouted for him to pull his car forward a few feet. The reporting party said he didn't have any room to pull forward. He tried to explain that to the woman, who responded with a series of vulgarities and pulled her car up striking the rear bumper of his car.

12/05/2020
19:20
INCIDENT 20008744
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to a store in the city for a report of a larceny.

12/05/2020
22:16
INCIDENT 20008746
A&B C265 S13A

CONCORD AVE

Officers responded to a medical facility for a past assault.

12/04/2020
06:15
INCIDENT 20008688
MISC. REPORT TYPE

COLUMBIA ST

Cambridge Police responded to Columbia Street for a report of a party with a firearm. No firearm was shown and there was no actual mention of any weapons.

12/04/2020
07:14
INCIDENT 20008689
B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

BERKSHIRE ST

A burglary was reported on Berkshire Street in which tools were stolen. The breaking and entering happened sometime after 2:30 p.m. on 12/3.

12/04/2020
08:47
INCIDENT 20008691
IDENTITY FRAUD

BOND ST

CPD took a report for a fraudulent unemployment claim filed with the victim’s employer.

12/04/2020
08:47
INCIDENT 20008690
LARCENY FROM BUILDING C266 S20

CAMBRIDGEPARK DR

A resident of a Cambridge Park Drive apartment building reports his bicycle was stolen out of the locked bike cage in the building's garage sometime over the past week. The perpetrators had cut the chain link fence to access the locked area.

12/04/2020
09:18
INCIDENT 20008694
IDENTITY FRAUD

CHAUNCY ST

CPD took a report for a fraudulent unemployment claim filed with the victim’s employer.

12/04/2020
10:00
INCIDENT 20008700
A&B C265 S13A

CAMBRIDGE ST

Cambridge Police responded to the area of Cambridge Street for a past assault.

12/04/2020
10:37
INCIDENT 20008697
B&E FOR MISDEMEANOR C266 S16A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police were called to the 1400 block of Massachusetts Avenue for a past breaking and entering.

12/04/2020
10:57
INCIDENT 20008696
IDENTITY FRAUD

PEARL ST

A Cambridge resident came to the police station to report that she was a victim of the unemployment scam.

12/04/2020
11:29
INCIDENT 20008699
IDENTITY FRAUD

ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY

CPD took a report for a fraudulent unemployment claim.

12/04/2020
12:23
INCIDENT 20008702
SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Police were dispatched to a business on Massachusetts Avenue for a past shoplifting.

12/04/2020
12:44
INCIDENT 20008703
IDENTITY FRAUD

WEBSTER AVE

CPD took a report for a fraudulent unemployment claim filed with the victim’s employer.

12/04/2020
13:14
INCIDENT 20008704
IDENTITY FRAUD

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

CPD took a report for a fraudulent unemployment claim filed with the victim’s employer.

12/04/2020
13:48
INCIDENT 20008705
CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

CLEVELAND ST

A Cambridge resident contacted the police regarding ongoing harassment.

12/04/2020
14:10
INCIDENT 20008706
B&E DAYTIME FOR FELONY C266 S18

WALDEN SQUARE RD

A Walden Square resident reports a theft from inside her apartment.

12/04/2020
14:24
INCIDENT 20008707
MISC. REPORT TYPE

UNIVERSITY RD

Cambridge Police responded to University Road for a person looking to file a police report.

12/04/2020
15:14
INCIDENT 20008709
INSPECTION/STICKER, NO * C90 S20

PLEASANT ST

A Mattapan resident was summonsed for operating a motor vehicle without a valid driver’s license and failing to wear a seat belt after they were observed operating a motor vehicle with an expired inspection sticker on Pleasant Street at Putnam Avenue. The owner of the vehicle was a passenger and a resident of Mattapan, who was summonsed for attaching wrong registration plates, uninsured motor vehicle, and failing to wear a seat belt.

12/04/2020
15:48
INCIDENT 20008710
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

TRAYMORE ST

Cambridge Police documented a past larceny of a package that occurred on Traymore Street.

12/04/2020
16:31
ARREST 20008711
WARRANT ARREST REPORT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police observed a motor vehicle obstructing a bicycle lane at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Pleasant Street. The registered owner -- identified as Katherine Abreu, 33, 151 Franklin Street in Haverhill, was taken into custody on a warrant out of Haverhill District Court for Distribution of a Class D Drug.

12/04/2020
16:33
INCIDENT 20008713
LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

JFK ST

Cambridge Police documented a past hit and run property damage crash that occurred on JFK Street.

12/04/2020
17:31
INCIDENT 20008714
CRIMINAL HARASSMENT

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police documented a criminal harassment situation that occurred on Massachusetts Avenue.

12/04/2020
18:10
INCIDENT 20008715
IDENTITY FRAUD

WALDEN ST

Cambridge Police documented an identity fraud situation for a Walden Street resident.

12/04/2020
18:20
INCIDENT 20008718
B&E DAYTIME FOR FELONY C266 S18

SCIARAPPA ST

A Sciarappa Street resident reports that at approximately 9:47 a.m. their apartment was broken into and a number of items were stolen, including a laptop computer and a smart speaker.

12/04/2020
18:31
INCIDENT 20008717
ROBBERY, ARMED C265 S17

NORMANDY AVE

Belmont Police received a 911 call to Brighton Street in Belmont for a stabbing following a fight over a drug transaction. When Belmont Officers arrived, they found one victim suffering from a stab wound, another party with abrasions and contusions, and two defendants with cuts on their hands. The victim was transported to While investigating the crime, Belmont Police discovered that the rear packing lot where the crime occurred was actually in Cambridge. Belmont PD then called for Cambridge units to respond. Dijuan Moore, 19, 8 Marie in Dorchester, was taken into custody and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (knife), Armed Robbery, and Assault and Battery (shod foot). Jean Bastien, 18, 16 Sonoma in Dorchester, was also arrested and charged with Assault with a Dangerous Weapon (knife), Armed Robbery, and Assault and Battery.

12/04/2020
18:44
INCIDENT 20008716
A&B ON +60/DISABLED WITH INJURY C265 S13K

MASSACHUSETTS AVE

Cambridge Police responded to Massachusetts Avenue for a fight between two males. As a result of this fight, Keith Perry, 47, 51 Beacon Street in Somerville, was placed under arrest for Assault and Battery on a Person 60 or older, and Assault by Means of a Dangerous Weapon (knife) on a Person 60 or older.

12/04/2020
19:22
INCIDENT 20008720
IDENTITY FRAUD

LINNAEAN ST

A Cambridge resident reports being a victim of identity fraud.

12/04/2020
21:02
INCIDENT 20008723
B&E MV / BOAT NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

INMAN ST

Cambridge Police observed a male going through a vehicle on Inman Street. Justin West, 48, 820 Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge, was placed under arrest and charged with Breaking and Entering to a Motor Vehicle at Nighttime for a Felony.

12/04/2020
21:10
INCIDENT 20008722
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

JFK ST

Cambridge Police summonsed a resident Somerville to Cambridge District Court for Threatening to Commit a Crime and Malicious Destruction under $1,200. Staff from a Harvard Square establishment showed a brief video of the defendant fleeing the scene of a crime, in which the police were able to quickly find and positively him.

This press release was produced by the City of Cambridge. The views expressed here are the author’s own.