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March 28, 2012

Police

Salem

Monday

Felipa S. Pena, 60, and Maria M. Rosario, 45, both of 12 Pope St., Salem, were arrested at 4:30 p.m. at the Highland Avenue Market Basket by Patrolmen Thomas Cunningham and Michael Levesque on charges of shoplifting. According to the manager, quoted in the log, "as the two selected various groceries to purchase, they were also placing items from the store's shelves in black shoulder bags that each of them were carrying." The Department of Children and Families was notified, as the women had two small children with them.

Leaving the 2-year-old and 6-year-old in the car while running into Crosby's on Canal Street turned out badly for a man at 6:13 p.m. Not only did he get a stern warning from police regarding the danger, but bystanders didn't like it either. "An older female did 'yell and scream' at him as he was entering his motor vehicle," according to the log.

A woman on Lafayette Street complained at 10:20 p.m. to police about a video game sound coming from the downstairs neighbor's apartment. The neighbor invited officers in, where they discovered he "has very few possessions in his apartment and no video game system," according to the log. The woman was told and now plans to consult the landlord.

Tuesday

Vanessa Rae Capone, 24, of 17 Ryan Place, Swampscott, was arrested at 1:38 a.m. on Derby Street by Patrolmen Daniel Tucker and Derek White on charges of drunken driving and having an open container in the car.

The report of a woman screaming at 4:07 a.m. on Essex Street led officers to Beckett Street and a woman who told police she had been fighting with her boyfriend, first about money and then about sneakers. Police informed both of their rights to seek protection.

A three-car accident on North Street at 10:18 a.m. sent one individual to Salem Hospital.

Police were informed at 2:24 p.m. that an employee of a Canal Street auto supply store is to be fired after he "was caught taking miscellaneous items from the store valued at approximately $70," according to the log.

In a slap-and-run, a suspect known to the victim only as John reacted when he saw her hugging another friend on Front Street at 3:01 p.m. "John came up and slapped her and left the area," according to the log. Police asked her to provide the last name if she learns it.

Peabody

Monday

An accident on Lake Street split a telephone pole and sent Eric Regan, 35, of Eisenhower Road, Peabody, to Salem Hospital via Atlantic Ambulance, according to a 3:08 p.m. log entry.

Meryem Chehbouni, 27, of 960 Saratoga St., Boston, was arrested at 7:26 p.m. at the Northshore Mall Sears by Officer Gerald Fitzgerald on a charge of larceny over $250. (Update: The charges were later dismissed upon payment of $300 in court costs.)

Jamie D. Finnemore, 44, of 4 Ledgewood Way, Peabody, was arrested at 11:10 p.m. at his address by Officer James Leclerc on two counts of assault and battery and on an outstanding warrant.

Tuesday

A two-car crash at the Route 1 exit on Route 128 south at 8:15 p.m. resulted in a rollover for one vehicle and sent a passenger to Union Hospital in Lynn with minor injuries.

Danvers

Tuesday

A GPS and other items were on the list of missing items after a vehicle was broken into on Roosevelt Avenue.

Beverly

Monday

Police heard a complaint at 5:07 p.m. of bikes taken from a yard on Williams Street.

Concern about a man banging on the window were solved when police informed the homeowner at 10:38 p.m. at Prides Park that "the banging noises were from the furnace in the basement," according to the log. They suggested calling the oil company.

National Grid was summoned to McKay and Balch streets over a complaint at 11:01 p.m. of the strong smell of gas.

Tuesday

Charles G. Knudsen IV, 27, of 9604 Sundance St., Uxbridgeville, was arrested at 6:57 a.m. on Elliott Street by Patrolmen Samuel Lane and Timothy Mezza on two counts of possessing a Class B drug.

Vandalism to a vehicle was reported on Iverson Road at 8:07 a.m.

Police were called to Herrick Street when a man told them at 12:15 p.m. that he could not find his laptop. A break-in was suggested.

An ambulance was summoned following a two-car accident at Essex and Spring streets, according to the log at 4:08 p.m.

An unwanted boyfriend was "escorted off property," according to the log, after the girlfriend's parents told police he was not wanted at 5:06 p.m.

Bones on the beach near West Street at 7:24 p.m. were judged to be from an animal.

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