Crime & Safety

Police Logs: Mall Vehicle Stolen, Man Reports Being Punched in the Nose

Burlington Police Department logs for Oct. 9 to 10.

 Following are excerpts from the Burlington Police Department log. Note that this is a sampling of activity in the log, not a complete account. We report all arrests included in the daily police log. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Oct. 9

  • At 4:01 a.m. a Beacon Village caller reported receiving threats from her boyfriend.
  • At 8:31 a.m. a manager from the Marriott Hotel reported that a hotel vehicle had been stolen. Needham Police Department reported officers had found the vehicle in that town.
  • At 11:09 a.m. a Farms Drive caller reported seeing a wild turkey with what looked like a broken leg. Animal Control found the bird and stated the animal had only a minor injury that would heal.
  • At 1:58 p.m. a caller reported illegal dumping on Chestnut Avenue.
  • At 5:18 p.m. a Peach Orchard Road caller reported being harassed by a male driver. Caller said he believed he was followed home by his girlfriend's neighbor who yelled at him in the past for driving past his house too fast. Police contacted neighbor who stated he did not follow the caller.
  • At 5:40 p.m. a construction worker at the Marriott Hotel reported equipment stolen sometime over the weekend from the parking lot.
  • At 5:51 p.m. a Cambridge Street resident reported her ex-husband showed up at her daughter's sweet 16 party the night before and she does not want him allowed there in the future. Police gave her a trespass notice and advised her.
  • At 6:08 p.m. a caller from MJL International reported receiving a package from a Russian individual that she thought had been purchased fraudulently.
  • At 10:54 p.m. a caller reported that a suspicious motor vehicle followed her from Bedford Street to Cambridge Street. Vehicle described as a sporty black motor vehicle with two strip of blue lights on the front grill, possibly a Camaro.

Oct. 10

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  • At 9:46 a.m. a caller at CVS reported being punched in the face. Victim transported to Lahey Clinic with a bloody nose.
  • At 10:02 a.m. a caller at the Mobil station at 50 Middlesex Turnpike reported her two cell phones were stolen from her vehicle while she was buying items inside.
  • At 8:08 p.m. a Cambridge Street caller reported an erratic driver accelerating at high rates of speed and crossing over the yellow line. Vehicle gone when police arrived.


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