01945 Spring 2020 V2 — email

SPRING 2020 | 15
June 18
A caller reported at 11:36 a.m. on
Tuesday that she had no phone, email,
or Internet. The dispatcher advised her
that it’s an emergency line only and she
needed to contact her provider.
June 18
A caller reported heavy smoke coming
from a roof at the house across the street
from the Franklin Street station at 1:15
p.m. on Tuesday. Responding crews
reported it was a kid having a book burning
party for the end of the school year.
June 26
A caller reported loud music
on Sewall Street at 6:26 a.m. on
Wednesday. Responding officers found
it was a group of people “jamming out
to Taylor Swift.”
July 28
A Village Street resident reported
his neighbor parked in a bad place
that makes it difficult to navigate out
of his driveway at 11:06 p.m. Sunday.
Police suggested the resident have the
neighbor attempt to back out of the
driveway to see how difficult it is.
Aug. 5
A caller reported at 10:38 a.m. on
Monday that a group of people came up
to his private driveway on Brown Street
and claimed to be Jehovah’s Witnesses.
He stated this isn’t the
first time he’s seen
them in the area
and he’s concerned
they may be
“casing the area.”
Responding officers
were unable to
locate the group.
Aug. 12
The MBTA
dispatch reported a bus
was stuck on Pleasant Street
at 2:21 p.m. Monday and there was
a group of people taking photos and
measurements of it. Police reported the
bus driver was inexperienced and didn’t
think she had enough room, but was able
to get through allowing traffic flow to
resume.
Aug. 17
A caller reported a fancy cat walked
through his yard heading for Ware Pond
at 2:37 p.m. Saturday on Rockaway
Avenue. The cat reportedly had a fancy
pattern of fur and an invisible fence-type
collar.
Aug. 24
A report of a disturbance
at 2:45 a.m. Saturday on
Darling Street. A partially
or completely nude man was
reportedly in the back of the
building moaning and making
animal noises outside. Police
reported the man was on the
back porch clothed, but was
carrying on. He was sent inside
for the night.
Aug. 24
A caller reported three juvenile
squirrels threw themselves out of a tree
and it appeared two had died at 11:26
a.m. Saturday on Flint Street. The third
was badly injured. The caller did not live
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