Crime & Safety

Hit-and-Run, Computer Scam, Suspicious Person and Sprinkler Issues

Excerpts from the Marblehead Police Department log.

Monday, Jan. 12

At 12:56 p.m., a potential computer scam was reported.

At 3:59 p.m., a person reported spotting a man in a brown jacket and black gloves outside the caller’s home.

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At 5:04 p.m., a woman called asking police to check on her friend. Dispatchers confirmed that the friend had been transported to the hospital earlier.

At 5:15 p.m., a sprinkler issue was reported on Foster Street.

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At 5:49 p.m., a witness reported seeing a car back into another vehicle at the laundromat and then leave.

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