Crime & Safety

Black Friday Shoplifting and Macabre Lawn Delivery

The following information was supplied by the North Andover Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

The following are excepts from the log.

Friday, Nov. 25

At 2:34 a.m., Kohl's reported a shoplifter. Valerie Halpin, 43, of 14 1/2 Webb St., Methuen, was arrested for shoplifting.

At 10:55 a.m., Kohl's reported another shoplifter. Christopher Gray, 36, of 1 Pilgrim Drive, Andover, was arrested for shoplifting.

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Saturday, Nov. 26

At 4:29 a.m., a caller on Pleasant Street reported an altercation with her husband. It was a verbal argument, and peace was restored.

At 10:21 a.m., a caller on Lacy Street reported seeing someone putting nails under his tires. Police filed a report.

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At 10:25 a.m., a caller on Prescott Street reported that someone had thrown a dead deer on his lawn.

Sunday, Nov. 27

At 2:33 a.m., a caller on Marblehead Street reported a party next door. Police brought two girls to the station to wait for a ride and arrested Aaron Zold, 20, of 2 Ellis Court, North Andover, for minor in possession of alcohol.

At 12:01 p.m., a caller reported that his ex-girlfriend was following him in her car and he was heading directly to the police station. Police pulled over the ex-girlfriend while the man went on his way.

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