Loose Chickens Make Their Way Home

The following activity for the Wenham Police and Fire Department comes from the Essex County Regional Emergency Communication Center log for Wenham on Wednesday, July 10. 

A false alarm was activated at Wenham Museum on Main Street at 8:32 a.m.

A verbal warning was issued after a car stop at Cedar Street and Topsfield Road at 9:29 a.m.

An accidental 911 call came from a Sias Lane address at 11:16 a.m.

Somebody accidentally misdialed 911 from a Woodside Lane address at 11:43 a.m.

A person was transported to Beverly Hospital after a medical call at Grapevine Road and Hull street at 12:29 p.m.

Chickens were reportedly loose in the area of Gordon College on Grapevine Road at 2 p.m. Officer Bill Foley checked the area and found that the chickens had returned home.

A driver was arrested for allegedly driving with a suspended license after a car stop on Cedar Street at 3:54 p.m.

Somebody dialed 911 accidentally while thinking that they were dialing 411 from a Lake Avenue address at 7:11 p.m.

A welfare check was reported on an elderly man with a walker who was walking near Grapevine Road and Larch Row and seemed confused at 7:18 p.m. Officer Robert Smith checked the area but the man was not located.

A broken down vehicle on Topsfield Road was checked at 8:01 p.m. It was all set.

A verbal warning for defective equipment was issued after a car stop on Main Street at 8:16 p.m.

A car stop was conducted on Main Street at 8:55 p.m.

A warning was issued for defective equipment after a car stop on Grapevine road near Iron Rail at 9:58 p.m.

Suspicious activity was reported at a Topsfield Road address at 11:56 p.m. Two officers spoke to two people and asked them to move along.