Resident Reports Alarming Phone Call

The following is an excerpt from the Swampscott Police Department's log:

Saturday, June 15:

• At 7:46 p.m., a caller reported vandalism to a motor vehicle on Phillips Avenue.
• At 8:07 p.m., EMS transported a semi-conscious elderly person from Gale Road to Salem Hospital.
• At 9:12 p.m., an Essex Road caller reported a utility pole was still leaning towards the roadway.
• At 10:51 p.m., a caller reported to police that someone had called and said she was being raped. A male then snatched the phone and hung it up, the caller said. There was no caller ID nor did the person know where the call came from. Police are investigating.

Sunday, June 16:

• At 11 a.m., police received a call reporting a disabled vehicle in the roadway at Burrill Street and Essex Street.
• At 11:38 a.m., police received a report that a couple was fighting while walking and carrying a child on Paradise Road. The woman reportedly hit the man and ripped off his shirt. A verbal argument took place, police stated. A report is due on the situation.
• At 1:37 p.m., a woman cut her hand and it wouldn't stop bleeding. She was at the Swampscott Mall and refused treatment.
• At 2:41 p.m., in response to a possible case of larceny of medication, police were searching for a green van with possibly two men and three women in it in the area of Eastern Bank on Paradise Road.
• At 3:42 p.m., a minor motor vehicle accident was reported in the train station parking lot.
• At 5:22 p.m., an elderly woman fell at a Robin Lane residence and was transported to the hospital.
• At 9:12 p.m., police received a report of kids lighting fireworks in the street at Middlesex Avenue and Norfolk Avenue. The parties will stop doing this.

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