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February 22, 2012

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Beverly

Monday

Police suspected a woman on Essex Street was "seeing people that are not there," according to the log, after she complained at 6:37 p.m. that "there were people outside her bedroom window flashing lights in her face." An officer tried to reach the woman's daughter and observed "this party should not be living alone."

Matthew David Mezakowski, 23, of 23 Gage St., Beverly, was arrested at 10:36 p.m. on Pleasant Street by Patrolmen Michael Flynn and Dana Nicholson on a charge of domestic assault and battery.

Tuesday

A resident on Tyler Road reported tools stolen from a vehicle at 8:02 a.m.

A woman said her home on Ives Street was broken into "in the night," according to the log at 9:06 a.m.

Salem

Monday

The return of a $4,000 Jeep wasn't all it could have been after it was found on Leach Street with the interior stripped. The owner had reported its loss on Sunday. It was recovered Monday after police gave it a ticket.

A man who felt his girlfriend had been slighted responded at the Boston Street Dunkin' Donuts by knocking another woman off her seat and opening the exit door so violently the handle cracked an 8-foot-by-8-foot glass window, according to the log at 5:31 p.m. Police are reviewing video of the incident in the hopes of identifying the man.

If you're driving your motorized wheelchair in the street, keep to the right. That was the advice police gave at 6:18 p.m. to a man who drove his chair down the middle of Canal Street and up Loring Avenue.

It's happened before, and now police have a name for it — harassment by Facebook. They advised a woman on Proctor Street who had received "unwanted sexual advances" to keep records if she intends to seek a harassment order. She has already blocked the lewd suitor, according to the log at 8:13 p.m.

William Hector Gomez, 49, of 17A Heritage Drive, Salem, was arrested at 10:46 p.m. at his address by Patrolmen Roberson Troncoso and Timothy Salvo on two counts of domestic assault and battery.

Tuesday

Jessica Anne Weiner, 37, of 37 Tudor St., Lynn, was arrested at 2:23 a.m. at Derby Street and Palfrey Court on charges of drunken driving and having an open container of alcohol in the vehicle. Weiner was allegedly found sleeping in her car near Derby Wharf by Salem State police and was unable to pass a field sobriety test. Bottles of vodka were also observed in the car, according to the log. Salem Patrolmen Ryan Davis and Derek White responded.

A gas station on Canal Street reported a series of thefts and vandalism, as logged at 6:23 a.m. A sign was stolen, an air hose cut and a Coleman canoe stolen from the rear of the store.

In the aftermath of a fire that shuttered the business on Jefferson Avenue, the owner of Allied Collision reported a break-in at his facility, which was closed by the building inspector due to structural damage. "Unable to determine at this time what, if anything, was disturbed," according to the log at 6:40 a.m.

A woman called police at 8:24 a.m. because her former boyfriend had stayed the night but "refused to leave unless she gave him a ride to work," according to the log. He was gone, however, by the time officers arrived.

A car was towed on Bridge Street at 11:42 a.m. after police saw it was 3 feet from the train tracks. "A freight train was scheduled to arrive in the early afternoon, (and) this vehicle was impeding the right of way," according to the log.

Peabody

Monday

A man reported a UPS package stolen from his Mason Street residence, according to a 3:44 p.m. log entry.

John Leger, 26, of 197 Washington St., Peabody, was arrested at 6:09 p.m. at Washington Street and Lincoln Place by Detective Eric Ricci on charges of driving with a suspended license, failing to be careful and marked lanes violations.

Tuesday

State police responded to two traffic accidents within moments of each other, at 12:30 p.m. and 12:45 p.m. The first, on Route 128 north near Route 114, involved two vehicles with one left "hung up" on the guardrail, according to police. Passengers included a 14-month-old child who was sent to Beverly Hospital as a precaution, along with three adults. Police said none of the injuries was life-threatening. The second accident on Route 1 north also sent a Beverly woman to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Cameron G. Byrne, 21, of 10 Downing Road, Peabody, was arrested at 1:24 a.m. on Warren Street by Officer James Harkins on charges of driving with a suspended license, speeding, having an unregistered and an uninsured vehicle, and an outstanding warrant. The arrest came after state police reported a driver hitting a pole.

A resident worried about coyotes living in the area of Samoset Road contacted the animal control officer and was told to call MassWildlife. "Animal control does not regulate wildlife," according to the log at 10:11 a.m.

Danvers

Tuesday

Police investigated the report of a domestic dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend on Ash Street at 9:33 a.m.

The report of an ex-husband on the scene brought police to a location on Route 1 at 3:01 p.m. to investigate the possible violation of a restraining order.

Topsfield

Monday

Fridrik Fridriksson, 27, of 6 Big Rock Road, Manchester-by-the-Sea, was arrested at 11 p.m. on Route 1 near the Danvers line by Sgt. Richard Lebel on a charge of drunken driving.

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