Crime & Safety

Peabody Police Arrest Man On Drug, Resisting Arrest Charges

The arrest came after police responded to a 911 hangup call from an apartment on Pierpont Street.

PEABODY, MA -- Peabody Police arrested a man on drug and resisting arrest charges Thursday. Todd L. Stevens, 48, of 63 Pierpont Street in Peabody, was arrested on outstanding warrants and charges of possession of a class B drugs and resisting arrest.

Police responded to a 911 hangup call at the apartment building where Stevens lives at 12:23 pm Thursday. The outstanding warrants were for charges of felony breaking and entering and trespassing from Peabody District Court and six counts of uttering a false prescription from Gloucester District Cout, according to the Peabody Police log..

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