Crime & Safety
Police: Assault Arrest; Shopping Cart Dispute
Excerpts from the Swampscott Police Department log.

Friday, Jan. 22
At 7:11 a.m., police arrested Robert Lee, 53, of 140 Point Road in East Wakefield, NH on a warrant and on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended licence, subsequent offense, and failing to stop or yield.
At 9:15 a.m., a caller reported that a contractor was at his house on Tupelo Road and acting erratically.
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At 2:07 p.m., police responded to Paradise Road for a dispute over a shopping cart that may have damaged a vehicle in a parking lot.
At 4:44 p.m., a bank manager on Paradise Road found what appeared to be a pool of blood near a car in a parking lot.
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Saturday, Jan. 23
At 5:15 p.m., there was a report of a strong smell of gas on New Ocean Street. The fire department checked it out and gave the all clear.
At 5:21 p.m., there was a motor vehicle accident at Burrill and New Ocean Streets.
At 11:27 p.m., there was a report of kids doing donuts in the back parking lot of the high school.
Sunday, Jan. 24
At 11:20 a.m., there was minor road flooding reported on Atlantic Avenue.
At 11:25 a.m., police arrested Taylor Doucette, 30, of 55 Clark Street in Lynn on charges of assault and disorderly conduct.
>> Editor’s note: This information from the Swampscott Police Department log does not indicate a conviction. Click this link to find out how to get a name removed from a Massachusetts Patch police report.
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