Crime & Safety

POLICE LOG: Kids Allegedly Start Magazine Fire on Oak Street

Check out what types of calls Stoneham Police Department fielded recently.

[Editor's note: The following information was provided by the . Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.]

At 10:24 p.m. May 27, Stoneham police and called to Oak Street for a report of a outside fire. The caller reports kids set fire to a pile of magazines near a recycling dumpster. The fire was extinguished. Police unable to locate suspects.

May 27

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@5:50 p.m.: Police called to Cottage Street on a report of lawn vandalism. The caller claims a moving vehicle did damage to their front lawn. 

@9:44 p.m.: Police respond to the area of Elm and Oak Streets for a report of vandalism. Three male teens were reportedly throwing objects at passing motor vehicles. Suspects were gone on arrival.

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@10:49 p.m.: Police called to a Leisure Lane apartment for a report of a past breaking and entering. Police to investigate.

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