Burglary is up, but Burglars go down.
Dracut made a nice arrest on a house break Saturday, but it took me a bit to track the story down. It’s still worth a mention I think. They got a call Sunday about 8 p.m., after a resident of 85...
View ArticleTruck and SUV owners' alert level is "platinum," as thieves target catalytic...
A quiet few spring days and nights is apparently exactly the climate in which this one (or more?) pickup truck /Jeep stalker(s) in the Burlington Mall area likes to operate. As he/they cruises around...
View ArticlePrinting Fake Receipts as a Novelty – Seriously?
Pelham, NH Police Chief Joe Roark sent out a message this afternoon asking for help in spreading the word that a receipt may no longer be unassailable proof that a person has made a legitimate purchase...
View ArticleGood News
It turns out there is at least a tiny bit of a local flavor to the good news the FBI released yesterday when they announced that violent crime was down 2.5 percent and property crime was down 1.6...
View ArticleCrash Involving Elderly Driver
This is very unfortunate, but interestingly it comes just as we’ve been debating the need to give vision and road tests to elderly drivers here in Massachusetts. Making it even more interesting, is the...
View ArticleMagazine Salesman Busted
Got a release from Nashua Police this afternoon saying they’ve arrested a door to door magazine salesman this week. I’ve written plenty about these people before, and even a bit earlier this year when...
View ArticleNow This is What I'm Talking About
I’ve had a busy night so I’m just going to paste my story on this right in here. Perfect example of what we’re talking about when I report how often police say they need help from residents to really...
View ArticleEven More People Steal From the Needy?
First there was this, then there was this, and now today we learn that a couple from Pelham is accused of stealing $900 from the Pelham Good Neighbor Fund. Merry Christmas everyone. Pelham Police say...
View ArticleOld enough to steal a car; not old enough to drive.
This is apparently the second-installment of my blog entry from last week that I titled “kids these days.” Lowell Police went rushing to Fort Hill Avenue tonight about 6:45 p.m., after an anonymous...
View ArticleDowntown Lowell – Friday night into Saturday
The police presence in downtown Lowell on Friday night was pretty astounding, but it certainly did not appear to be something the city could afford to continue. I saw well over a dozen cruisers from...
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