Police Log: Burglary Reported on Lake Avenue

Saturday, Oct. 4

At 1:58 p.m., a Woburn resident reported that someone fraudulently used her credit card to make $861 worth of purchases at Macy’s. She said she never lost her card.

Sunday, Oct. 5

At 4:53 a.m., police responded to Lake Avenue after a burglar alarm was activated in a residence. The home’s owner said he saw a black man in his 20s who was wearing a gray-colored hoodie in his home. When confronted, the suspect told the resident that he must have been in the wrong house. The homeowner pushed the man out the door. Police found that there was a loose window in the basement, which is how the man entered the residence. Police searched the area and a K9 from Burlington tracked the scent to a Winchester residence. The owner of the Winchester residence said no one had left his home that night. The K9 did not pick up the scent elsewhere and the search was called off. There was nothing reportedly taken from the residence.

At 9:25 a.m., police received a call on North Warren Street after someone used a blue pen to write graffiti on an information board. The graffiti included anti-gay slurs, which the resident said was directed at him.

At 11:18 a.m., a Woburn resident reported that her purse was taken from a shopping cart outside Stop & Shop. She said she mistakenly left the purse in a carriage.

At 3:14 p.m., police responded to Webster Avenue after someone tried to steal a pickup truck. Police found the truck’s ignition was damaged and the fuse panel door was lying on the floor. The vehicle was unlocked.

At 8:54 p.m., police arrested Pamela L. Russo, 44, 37 Orange St., Woburn, and charged her on warrants for operating a motor vehicle without an inspection sticker, operating a motor vehicle with a suspended registration and operating an uninsured motor vehicle. Police made the arrest after an unwanted person call on Kimball Court.