City Of Cambridge Publishes Daily Log For November 17

Press release from the City of Cambridge:

November 18, 2020

Cambridge Police Daily Log: November 17th, 2020

Type #
Date & Time

Info

11/17/2020
06:07
INCIDENT 20008122
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

PROSPECT ST
An employee reports a window was broken on the business she works at on Prospect Street.

11/17/2020
07:22
INCIDENT 20008126
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A witness called to report a disturbed male yelling and spitting on passerbys at the corner of Massachusetts Avenue and Cameron Avenue. This same male was witnessed kicking in the front glass door of a business establishment on Massachusetts Avenue before making his way to the bike path towards Somerville. Cambridge Police pursued this suspect into Somerville before losing sight of him.

11/17/2020
07:33
INCIDENT 20008124
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

MONSIGNOR OBRIEN HWY
A Connecticut resident came to the police station to report the theft of several tools which happened over a six-week period as he was working here in Cambridge. He provided an itemized list of the stolen tools along with serial numbers for everything.

11/17/2020
08:45
INCIDENT 20008128
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
Businesses on the 2300 block of Massachusetts Avenue had their windows vandalized with spray paint.

11/17/2020
08:54
INCIDENT 20008127
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

MEMORIAL DR
A resident reports her bicycle was stolen from a bicycle storage area in her parking garage.

11/17/2020
09:47
INCIDENT 20008130
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

RIVER ST
Officers took a report for a stolen package.

11/17/2020
10:23
INCIDENT 20008131
IDENTITY FRAUD

CORPORAL MCTERNAN ST
A resident reports that he was victim of an unemployment scam.

11/17/2020
10:24
INCIDENT 20008132
IDENTITY FRAUD

GRAY ST
A resident reports that he was victim of an unemployment scam.

11/17/2020
10:59
INCIDENT 20008133
IDENTITY FRAUD

CLIFTON ST
A resident reports that they were a victim of an unemployment scam.

11/17/2020
11:17
INCIDENT 20008134
A&B C265 S13A

CENTRAL SQ
A Dorchester resident came to the police station to report a past assault and battery, which he said occurred at the Central Square T station on November 6, 2020. The victim stated that the suspect assaulted him after a confrontation inside a store in Central Square.

11/17/2020
11:39
INCIDENT 20008135
MISC. REPORT TYPE

125 SIXTH ST
A resident of Cambridge arrived at the police station to turn in their LTC and firearms.

11/17/2020
12:27
INCIDENT 20008137
IDENTITY FRAUD

PROSPECT ST
A resident reports that they were a victim of an unemployment scam.

11/17/2020
12:56
INCIDENT 20008139
B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26

BROADWAY
A resident reports his motor vehicle was broken into.

11/17/2020
13:24
INCIDENT 20008140
MOTOR VEH, MALICIOUS DAMAGE TO C266 S28

WINDSOR ST
A resident reports that an unknown suspect scratched her motor vehicle while it was parked.

11/17/2020
13:56
INCIDENT 20008141
B&E MV IN DAYTIME OR NIGHTTIME FOR MISDEMEANOR C26

SUMNER RD
A resident reports a suspect gained access to his motor vehicle and stolen several items.

11/17/2020
14:15
INCIDENT 20008144
IDENTITY FRAUD

PINE ST
A Cambridge citizen reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.

11/17/2020
14:31
INCIDENT 20008149
IDENTITY FRAUD

WENDELL ST
A Cambridge resident reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.

11/17/2020
14:42
INCIDENT 20008142
IDENTITY FRAUD

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A Cambridge resident reported she was the victim of an unemployment scam.

11/17/2020
14:44
INCIDENT 20008152
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY +$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

MASSACHUSETTS AVE
A business owner from the 2200 block of Massachusetts Avenue contacted the Cambridge Police to report vandalism to a mural located on her property.

11/17/2020
14:48
INCIDENT 20008151
IDENTITY FRAUD

CARLISLE ST
On November 17, 2020 a Cambridge citizen reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.

11/17/2020
14:56
INCIDENT 20008143
LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

TROWBRIDGE ST
A Trowbridge Street resident contacted the Cambridge Police to report the theft of her bicycle, which was stolen sometime within the past week.

11/17/2020
15:02
INCIDENT 20008146
EXTORTION BY FALSE REPORT OF CRIME C265 S25

ELLERY ST
An Ellery Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report he may have been the victim of identity theft and possible extortion.

11/17/2020
15:50
INCIDENT 20008150
LARCENY FROM PERSON C266 S25

ELM ST
Cambridge Police responded in the area of Elm Street and Harvard Street for a larceny in progress.

11/17/2020
15:50
INCIDENT 20008154
IDENTITY FRAUD

MAGAZINE ST
A Cambridge resident reports a false unemployment claimed was filed on their behalf.

11/17/2020
16:22
INCIDENT 20008156
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

FAIRMONT AVE
A Fairmont Avenue resident contacted the Cambridge Police to report a package theft that occurred earlier on this date.

11/17/2020
16:23
INCIDENT 20008160
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47

GREEN ST
A Green Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report unknown person(s) had obtained her personal information to fraudulently apply for COVID-19 benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment assistance.

11/17/2020
16:55
INCIDENT 20008162
UNEMPLOYMENT COMP, FALSE IDENTITY FOR C151A S47

INMAN ST
An Inman Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report an unknown person(s) had obtained her personal information to fraudulently apply for COVID-19 benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment assistance.

11/17/2020
17:10
INCIDENT 20008155
IDENTITY FRAUD

WINTER ST
A Cambridge resident reported being the victim of an unemployment scam.

11/17/2020
17:20
INCIDENT 20008159
IDENTITY FRAUD

EARHART ST
An Earhart Street resident contacted Cambridge Police to report an unknown person(s) had obtained his personal information to fraudulently apply for COVID-19 benefits from the Massachusetts Department of Unemployment assistance.

11/17/2020
20:23
INCIDENT 20008163
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION

CONCORD AVE
Cambridge Police EOD K-9 unit responded to the area of Concord Avenue and Parker Street for an unattended black bag in the middle of the sidewalk. It was investigated and cleared.

11/17/2020
21:24
INCIDENT 20008164
LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

JACKSON PL
A resident of Jackson Place contacted Cambridge Police to report the theft of his bicycle, which was stolen earlier this evening from a grocery store parking lot located on Alewife Brook Parkway.

11/17/2020
22:19
INCIDENT 20008166
SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE / EOD INVESTIGATION

BELMONT ST
Cambridge Police and Fire units responded to Belmont Street for a report of a suspicious package in the mailbox. The package was cleared by a bomb tech with a K-9.

11/17/2020
23:53
INCIDENT 20008167
DRUG, POSSESS CLASS A C94C S34

BROOKLINE ST
Cambridge Police arrested Gregory Gales, 48, homeless, on a warrant issued out of Boston District Court for Possession of a Class A Drug (Heroin). Gales was found to be in possession of heroin and four credit cards bearing the names of other individuals unknown to him. As a result, he is also being charged with Receiving Lost Credit Cards.

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