Crime & Safety
Drummer Doesn't Take to Lord's Message on Halloween
Police say there are no suspects in case of drummer who cut the cord on preacher.

There are currently no suspects in the case of the drummer who cut the preacher’s cord, according to the Salem police incident log.
In the grand scheme of Salem Halloween, it was a fairly quiet night for Salem police on Saturday and early Sunday morning.
But with eight arrests and people of all kinds traveling through the city, that doesn’t mean the police were without anything to do early Sunday morning.
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Shortly after midnight, a self-proclaimed preacher came into the police station and reported that he had been preaching the lord on the Essex Street Mall during the Halloween festivities when a man he described as a drummer cut the cord to his microphone.
Apparently, this drummer may have had some issues with the preacher’s message before, since the preacher said he has had issues with the drummer in the past.
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However, the police report stated that there are currently no suspects in the case.
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