Copper Pipes Stolen During Home Break-In on Oak Street

The following are excerpts from reports in the Peabody Police Department press log from May 22-23.

Wednesday, May 22

• 3:18 p.m. a caller reported that someone was stealing railroad tracks somewhere in the vicinity of Allens Lane. An officer did not locate anybody stealing railroad tracks. 
• 4:15 p.m. the Danvers police Department called about a Peabody resident involved in a road rage incident near Lowell Street.
• 6:44 p.m. mall security reported a shoplifter detained from Spencer's Gifts. 
• 7:55 p.m. a store employee reported that she was harassed by a customer who was knocking clothes off her counter. 
• 8:53 p.m. a two-car motor vehicle accident with no injuries was reported on Gardner Street. Both vehicles were towed. 

Thursday, May 23

• 6:42 a.m. the larceny of flowers was reported on Fulton Street. 
• 7:06 a.m. a caller reported a stolen motor vehicle on Lowell Street. An officer ended up locating the vehicle and it turned out the owner forgot where he parked it.
• 10:46 a.m. a caller reported that his building on Oak Street was broken into and copper was stolen from the basement. Police believe that the perpetrator entered the house through a boarded-up window and the copper piping was stolen from the basement. 
• 11:19 p.m. police arrested a juvenile for disrupting a school function at Peabody Veterans Memorial High School. 
• 1:52 p.m. police responded to a report of a stolen wood chipper that was purchased online by a company on Winter Street. An officer verified that the wood chipper was at the location on Winter Street and Haverhill Police then took over the case.

For questions on this log, email peabody@patch.com.