Crime & Safety

Home Break-in Reported, Male Arrested After Being Detained by Macy's

Burlington Police Department logs for January 6 to 8.

Following are excerpts from the Burlington Police Department log. Note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Monday, January 6- 

  • At 4:40 a.m. a Cambridge Street caller reported a noise complaint. It was an idling truck at L'andana with people working on it. They did not realize they were near a neighborhood. 
  • At 10:09 a.m. a Hess caller reported that a customer who didn't have money to pay for gas a couple days prior had not returned. The customer was an unidentified woman who was allowed to pump $15 worth of gas on the promise she would return later to pay the bill. 
  • At 11:55 a.m. a caller at Market Basket reported their vehicle was struck in a hit and run accident. 
  • At 3:10 p.m. a Terrace Hall Avenue caller reported that sometime within the past two weeks a boarded property currently under action may have been broken into. There was damage to a rear door and it appeared clothing and a flat screen television were missing. 
  • At 5:10 p.m. a caller reported an erratic driver in a beige Toyota on route 3A south. 
Tuesday, January 7- 
  • At 12:29 a.m. police placed a Burlington woman into protective custody after a caller reported a woman in the roadway on Stanwood Street. 
  • At 7:15 a.m. a Lantern Lane caller reported that someone put a box cutter in her vehicle overnight. 
  • At 8:46 a.m. a student at Burlington High School reported his iPad 2 was stolen from the boys locker room on November 19. 
  • At 10:09 a.m. Woburn Police reported they had stopped a box truck with empty beer kegs from Legal Seafoods. A manager of the restaurant said they had given permission to the driver to take broken rice cookers but not the kegs. 
  • At 11:24 a.m. a Mall Road caller reported the pat theft of laptops from a business IT department. 
  • At 3:28 p.m. police arrested Michael Alexis, 29, of 689 Metropolitan Avenue, Hyde Park, on a warrant from another agency. Arrest made after Macy's loss prevention reported detaining a male who gave them false identification. 
Wednesday, January 8- 
  • At 11:03 a.m. a Second Avenue caller reported nails in the roadway. Police checked the area but did not find anything. 
  • At 11:11 a.m. a caller at Memorial Elementary School reported a motor vehicle lockout with a 19 month old child inside. Police assisted with access. 
  • At 6:02 p.m. Sears loss prevention reported a theft on January 6. A female suspect stole over $250. 
  • At 8:49 p.m. there was a report of prostitution. 

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