Crime & Safety

Kids with Ladder Reported on Daniels Street

The following was provided by the Salem Police Department. Where charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The responded to the following calls and made the following arrests on Wednesday and Thursday.

Wednesday, April 4

4 p.m. — A possible fight was reported at Congress and Ward streets.

4:14 p.m. — An intoxicated man trying to get into a building was reported on Heritage Street. When the officer arrived, police said she saw a man slouched over sitting on the stairs to the entrance of a building. Police said Phillip A. Leblanc (see below) was arrested on multiple charges.

4:31 p.m. — Police said a lost wallet was located at on Bridge Street. The wallet was returned to the owner, who picked it up at the police station.

5:57 p.m. — A dispute was reported on Salem Street. Police said the issue was between a landlord and a tenant over items from a common basement that were thrown away.

8:02 p.m. — Cars racing were reported at Orchard Street and Orchard Terrace. Police said there were no vehicles found in the area when they arrived.

8:14 p.m. — Police received a call from Rainbow Terrace about a person who was being followed home.

11:09 p.m. — Two people fighting in the street were reported on Loring Avenue. Police arrested Dave Bernard (see below) after responding. Police said they stopped Bernard's vehicle a short distance from the incident after he was "attempting to flee the scene."

Wednesday Arrests

Dave A. Bernard, 50, of 13 Jackson Tr. was arrested on charges of domestic assault and battery and attempted murder.

Phillip A. LeBlanc, 32, who is listed as homeless in Lynn was arrested on charges of illegal possession of a class B substance and giving a false name to a police officer. He was also arrested on a warrant.

Thursday, April 5

12:22 a.m. — Two kids with a ladder were reported on Daniels Street. Police said the ladder was found on the sidewalk in front of a home. The ladder, a "24' aluminum model," may have been taken from a nearby building where there was scaffolding set up, police said. The ladder was entered into property, but police said they were not able to locate the kids.

1:34 a.m. — An open front door to a Preston Road home was reported. Police said the main door was open, but the outer glass door was locked.

1:57 a.m. — A woman sitting in a vehicle out front was reported at the . A member of hotel staff told police a woman came into the lobby requesting information about a function room. The staff member said the woman then went out the lobby door, went into her vehicle and sat in the rear seat. The man said he found the woman's behavior to be strange, so he called the police. He also said the passenger side front window of the car was tarped. When police arrived, the woman was gone.

4:10 a.m. — Police received a call a patient walked out with tubes at .

10:32 a.m. — Police responded to Porter Street on a report someone tried to break into an apartment the night prior. A man told police when he left his apartment to go to work he locked his door. When he returned, He found his door open and several items were missing. Police said they could visibly see fresh pry marks on the door to the apartment, and the inside of the doorway was also damaged.

10:51 a.m. — Larceny of a ring was reported on Hancock Street.

10:58 a.m. — A dispute at the was reported.

12:31 p.m. — Identity fraud was reported on Salem Street.

2:35 p.m. — The Salem Police Department assisted the at a fire at

Thursday Arrests

William O'Donnell, 23, of 23 Sparhawk Road in Lynn was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge.

Damien Curtis Henderson, 30, of 17 Winter Ave. in Malden was arrested on a warrant and  a violation of a protective order.

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