Weekend Police Log: Woman Says Parakeet Snatcher Used Her Shower

The following incident report is based on dispatch logs for Friday, March 4, through Sunday, March 6. Look for weekday incident reports each Saturday and arrest logs each Tuesday on Brookline Patch.

• A High Street woman called police on March 4 to report that a stranger had come into her apartment, used her shower and taken one of her two parakeets. Dispatchers noted that there had been a “history of similar calls” from the woman.
• A teenage girl called police on March 6 to ask for a protection order against a friend who demanded she pay up for a dog that had been given to her as a gift and threatened to “smash” the dog and take it if she didn’t pay. Police determined that the situation didn’t warrant a protection order.
• A woman called police on March 6 and reported that a stranger was “kicking down the door” of her apartment and claiming that she had shoes that belonged to the stranger’s child.

• A double stroller worth around $700 was stolen from a home on Crafts Road sometime before 9 a.m. on March 6.

• Someone broke into two cars near Beacon Street and Dean Road and a third car on Regent Circle sometime early on March 5. In all three cases, the thief smashed a window and stole a GPS unit from inside the car. The stereo units were also ripped out of at least two of the cars, and one had other damage to the interior as well.
• A caller reported that they were checking their parents home on Goddard Circle on March 5 and noticed that a window was opened and something were out of place.

• An Alton Street resident reported a bat in the house around 6 p.m. on March 6.
• Someone reported an injured crow in bushes off Cypress Street south of Route 9 on March 6. The Animal Rescue League was sent to retrieve the bird.
• Police received a call about an injured dear near Horace James Circle on March 5.
• A coyote was spotted near the Longwood Mall on March 4.

• A neighbor reportedly struck their Parkway Road neighbor sometime on March 6.
• Police responded to an allegedly assault and battery on Egmont Street on March 5.

• A portable toilet was reportedly knocked over on St. Mary’s Street and appeared to be leaking on March 5.
• Someone on Smythe Street reported that three of the tires on his car were slashed around 2 p.m. on March 5.

• A Gerry Road resident told police they felt threatened by a neighbor who came over to complain about their children playing the piano on March 6.