Explosions Heard on Bridge Street
The following information was submitted by the Salem Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.
The following is an excerpt from the Salem Police Department's log:
Sunday, Nov. 18:
- At 5:06 p.m., a woman called police to report that she lost a white envelope containing $900 cash at the Market Basket on Pope Street.
- At 6:16 p.m., a Fowler Street man called police to report that he had a party on Friday and someone damaged his kitchen door. The man said his landlord asked him to have police file a report.
- At 9:29 p.m., police responded to a report that a juvenile had damaged a wall at the Access Starr Program. A male juvenile was placed under arrest for malicious destruction of property valued above $250.
- At 10:53 p.m., police responded to a report of suspicious activity on Front Street. Ronald H. Talbot, 56, of the streets of Salem, was arrested on a charge of trespassing. John J. Lapointe, 53, of the streets of Salem, was arrested on a charge of trespassing.
Monday, Nov. 19:
- At 12:22 a.m., police responded to a report of loud explosions in the area of Bridge Street. Did you hear the explosions? Let us know in the comments section below.
- At 12:35 a.m., police stopped a motor vehicle at the intersection of Derby and Liberty streets. Renee A. Jodrie, 23, of 40 Derby St., Salem, was arrested for having an outstanding warrant.
- At 8:59 a.m., police responded to a customer dispute at the Shell Gas Station on Boston Street. A man reportedly threw a small traffic cone at the rear of another man's vehicle and broken the tail light. A man was summonsed into court on a charge of malicious destruction of property valued under $250.
- At 10:52 a.m., a Marion Road man entered the police station to report that someone stole a wrought-iron yard bench from his backyard overnight.
- At 11:10 a.m., police received word that a resident at the John Bertram House resident found that he was missing a check from his checkbook. The check was reportedly written out to a woman in the amount of $2,000.
- At 12:40 p.m., a man entered the police station to turn himself in. Francis Abreu, 19, of 50 Warren St., Peabody, was arrested for having an outstanding warrant.
- At 2:16 p.m., police attempted to serve a default warrant on Church Street. Barry R. Lauzon, 38, of 15 Puritan Road, Swampscott, was arrested for having an outstanding warrant.
- At 3:25 p.m., police conducted a well-being check on a woman on East India Square who was in the bathroom for an extended period. Officers determined the woman "had a cup of coffee which didn't agree with her."
- At 3:43 p.m., an East India Square business owner entered the police station to report that she suspected that someone has been stealing shirts from her store.
- At 4:09 p.m., police responded to a report of broken glass in a driveway on Lafayette Street.
If you have a question about this police log, please send it to Salem Patch.
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Jared Robinson
7:56 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Yeah. The explosions on bridge st were wicked loud. There were like 4-5 loud ones.
Carolyn Costain
12:56 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Hey Jared, I hope, Peabody and Salem can find and explanation for the explosions and I hope they "are" just transformers. I do a lot of research and people have described and heard the same kind of unexplained explosions as we heard ,usually before an earthquake. I have been looking at the earthquake live maps but see no activity, " yet" when we felt that quake a few months ago, there were reports of the same kind of explosions heard and within only a few short days the quake struck. I hope both Salem and Peabody find the "actual source" and that its not the earth shifting in our area? Before that last quake the explosions were heard for hundreds of miles away???
KlassySalem
8:45 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I heard those explosions on Derby St.
Lisa Dolloff
9:03 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
I heard 3 while walking across the Common.
Jared Robinson
9:22 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
they happened just after midnight on Sunday/Monday.
Really large booms. not like fireworks at all.
Diana lugo
10:10 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
What was it???
Owen Boss
10:19 am on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
The Salem Police log said local officers checked the area of Bridge Street but were unable to locate the source of the noises.
Carolyn Costain
12:34 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
At 12.15 am I heard exactly 5 explosions, all the way from up Tremont st . My son ran down stairs asking if I know what it was ??? last week the same kind of explosions 3 to be exact on the weekend, were hear from Tremont in Salem to Aborn st in Peabody and had Peabody police and Salem looking for the source. These explosions were one week apart, they were as loud as a transformer blowing out but to have 3 blow in one night, then 5 blow out "one right after the other" on Sunday night Nov. 18th, yet' there were not reports in either case of power outages?? It just don't make any sense at all and really needs some kind of investigating.
Don Nadeau
8:08 pm on Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Perhaps someone discharging a firearm at the beach or park out over the water at Collins Cove?? Some Cities are mic'd to pick up gunshots and triangulate on them. I have heard loud heavy "fireworks" in smooth succession from time to time, like someone firing rounds.
Meg Elizabeth
8:50 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
I was right across the river in north salem, and have a perfect view of the bridge street area skyline - looked out my window (from the third floor) after the first boom, and saw nothing in the sky during the second and third booms. They were very loud; positive not fireworks.
Jenny
9:56 am on Wednesday, November 21, 2012
I also heard an explosion last night around 11:30pm on Marlborough Rd. Not sure where it came from or what it was but it was pretty loud...seemed louder than a gunshot. I was outside with my dog when I heard it... scared me! Looked around for a while but didn't see anything. Wonder what it could be..
ACG
10:07 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Seneca Guns?
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/learn/topics/booms.php
ACG
10:34 am on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Could be bottle bombs. I won't list the how to, but they are very easy to make with household ingredients. They can be quite loud. Especially at night when it is quiet. There would not be any smoke or flash with them. I used to be a police officer and we would always be chasing down these type of calls and unless you found the exact spot where the bottle blew up it is hard to find where it occurred as they leave very little evidence. I think I also saw in the police log that on one of these nights in question the PD also had a call on Bridge St. for underage drinking.
Carolyn Costain
2:15 pm on Saturday, November 24, 2012
Last night there were 3 more loud explosions as My sister and I walked the dogs . the noises were the direction of North st towards Peabody between 9-10pm moments later were heard police and fire going in that direction. Does anyone know what happened?