Crime & Safety

One-Year-Old Locks Himself in Car Outside of CVS

The following information was submitted by the Beverly Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following is an excerpt from the Peabody Police Department activity logs:

Monday, July 15

  • 3:47 p.m. a caller reported a 19 month old child locked inside a motor vehicle at the CVS Pharmacy on Main Street. The lock-in was accidental by the child with no apparent malicious circumstances. Peabody Fire Department staff opened up the car door. 
  • 4:02 p.m. a caller reported that he was the victim of a scam in front of Sears. A man had said he would sell two televisions to the caller, who gave the man $7,200 and never aw him or the televisions again. 
  • 5:17 p.m. a branch on a wire was reported on Lynn Street. The Public Works Department was notified. 
  • 5:46 p.m. a woman at McDonald's on Main Street reported a couple of youths fighting in the parking lot. The kids were gone on the arrival of an officer. 
  • 9 p.m. a caller reported four youths bullying a younger child on Holten Street. They moved down Holten towards Main Street. An officer could not locate the youths.

Tuesday, July 16

  • 7:02 a.m. a caller reported a homeless man camping along the bike path. 
  • 8:53 a.m. a caller reported finding a hypodermic needle on Theresa Road. 
  • 11:33 a.m. a beligerent caller was harassing Peabody Police staff by misrepresenting himself as a federal investigator. 

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