Crime & Safety

Anyone For Tennis? Swampscott Police Have Lost Serving Machine

Swampscott police are looking for the owner of a tennis ball serving machine turned into the department.

SWAMPSCOTT, MA — Lost keys, phones and even a random bicycle are one thing.

A lost tennis ball serving machine is something different for Swampscott police to be looking to reunite with its owner.

Police said the tennis machine was turned into the department "a while back" with the belief that it belongs to someone who would play at the middle school courts in the afternoons.

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Police are looking to identify that man and are hoping those in the tennis community will be able to help them find him so they can return the machine.

Anyone with information on the potential owner is asked to send it to Swampscott police at 781-595-1111 or by contacting Detective Candace Doyle at cdoyle@swampscottpolice.com.

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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)

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