Crime & Safety
Stoneham Police Log: Officers Tend to a Child Locked in a Vehicle, Off-Leash Dogs
Check out some of the calls handled by the Stoneham Police Department recently.

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Sept. 16
@1:35 p.m.: Police respond to Main Street following a report of a wallet stolen from a handbag. The incident is being investigated.
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@2:36 p.m.: Police called to Marshall Road on a report of unleashed dogs in the area. Owners advised of leash laws by police.
Sept. 17
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@2:33 p.m.: Police called to a Main Street residence on a report of a small child locked in a vehicle. The situation was resolved.
@2:54 p.m.: Police respond to a box alarm at a Spring Street residence on a report of smoke in the house. Firefighters discovered a fire in the walls and were able to get the working blaze under control shortly thereafter. The scene was cleared shortly after 4 p.m.
@6:16 p.m.: Police receive a call that a sewer backed up into a house on Newcomb Road. A DPW callman is notified of the incident.
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