Police Logs: Motor Vehicle Break-in Reported, Vehicle Damages Road Sign

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.

Jan. 15

• At 11:34 a.m. a woman came to the station to turn in a BB gun for destruction.
• At 12:57 p.m. a caller on Cambridge Street reported that Mass Highway workers were causing a hazard in the roadway. Caller also stated one of the workers challenged him to a fight as he tried to leave a lot. Police advised caller to call the Department of Transportation to file a complaint.
• At 1:08 p.m. a caller reported his vehicle was struck whiled parked at the Starbucks on Mall Road.
• At 1:23 p.m. a salesman from Herb Chambers Honda reported a motor vehicle had been missing from the lot since Dec. 3.

Jan. 16

• Multiple calls of minor motor vehicle accidents due to icy roads throughout the morning.
• At 8:23 a.m. a Mohawk Road caller reported a motor vehicle slid into the fence in front of her house and left the area. Police did not see any damage to the fence but there was damage to a street sign at the corner of Mohawk and Terrace Hall Avenue.
• AT 1:55 p.m. a caller from Burlington Auto Services reported an unregistered vehicle was broken into sometime overnight. Both front windows broken and control box valued at about $300 was taken.
• At 3:33 p.m. a caller at Pine Glen Elementary reported that a person on a dirt bike was damaging the field. Dirt bike rider gone when police arrived.
• At 9:40 p.m. a caller on Blanchard Road reported a male dressed in all black looking in the windows of closed businesses. Police checked the area and all windows and doors checked secure and nobody fitting description seen in the area.