Crime & Safety
Sleeping Driver and Bus Stop Syringes
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 North Andover Police log.
Wednesday, Feb. 15
At 4:09 a.m., a caller on Salem Street reported that she wanted her husband to leave but he wouldn't go. Police went to the home, and the husband left.
At 12:49 p.m., a caller from a school in Methuen reported a possible disturbance at the home of one of their students. Police went to a home on Sargent Street and arrested a juvenile for assault and battery of a household member and destruction of property.
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At 7:52 p.m., a caller on Winthrop Avenue reported a vehicle in a parking lot with its engine revving for two hours. Police checked, and the driver was napping.
Thursday, Feb. 16
At 7:25 a.m., a caller reported seeing syringes on the side of the road and near a bus stop at Avery Park Drive and Wabster Woods Lane. Police removed the syringes.
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At 12:42 p.m., there was a motor vehicle accident at the corner of Chickering Road and Prescott Street. The accident was believed to have been possibly caused by oil in the road.
At 4:14 p.m., an employee at TJ Maxx reported a shoplifter. Kristin Flynn, 18, of 18 Clark Road, Andover, was arrested for shoplifting.
At 8:15 p.m., a caller on Gibson Court requested a well-being check on her neighbor, who hadn't been heard from in a while. Police checked on the neighbor who was napping.
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