Crime & Safety

Police: Wire on Fire; Speeding Motorcycle

Excerpts from the Marblehead Police Department log.

Tuesday, Oct. 13

At 10:49 a.m., a Pleasant Street resident reported getting an IRS scam phone call.

At 2:32 p.m., police assisted the Salem Police Department with attempting to locate a vehicle that may have struck a pedestrian in Salem.

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At 2:47 p.m., there was a report of a wire on fire on Briar Lane.

At 5:20 p.m., a caller on Ocean Avenue reported that she was passed by a motorcycle traveling too fast.

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