Incidents
A 9-month old baby locked itself in a car with its mother outside calling for help Thursday at 6:13 p.m. in the parking lot of Stop & Shop on Thatcher Road. The mother told police that, while she was outside the car, the baby grabbed her keys, activated the door locks and could not be instructed to open them.
A crew from Tally's tow service arrived and used a tool to open the doors before police arrived. The child was not harmed.
A Gloucester man complaining of neck pain after he drove his car off of Bray Street onto some rocks Thursday was taken to Beverly Hospital at 6:20 p.m.
The man told police he had just finished a strenuous workout at the gym and must have fallen asleep at the wheel. The car destroyed a small tree on its way to being caught sideways on the rock outcropping.
The driver was wearing his seat belt and his airbags deployed. No charges were filed.
Detectives were called to Washington Street to investigate the sudden death of a 38-year-old Gloucester man in a home Thursday at 6:28 p.m. No further details were available.
A Windham, N.H., man reported damage to the passenger-side door of his car Thursday at 5:45 p.m. caused by a car that pulled out of a driveway and struck his vehicle on Essex Avenue north of Stacy Boulevard. The drivers of both cars exchanged information.
A man on Rockport Road told police that two "for sale" signs on his property were stolen Thursday at 5:31 p.m.
A caller lodged a compliant against a pit bull that was brought to Harbor Loop after the Cape Ann Farmers Market on Thursday at 7:33 p.m. The caller said it was going after other dogs.
A caller told police a group of young people were drinking on the steps of St. Ann Church on Thursday at 10:21 p.m. The group ran off when police arrived.
A caller reported a large group of people causing a disturbance at the Tedeschi's convenience store on Washington Street yesterday at 1:12 a.m. The group dispersed before police arrived.
A Volvo was towed from Western Avenue at Babson Court yesterday at 6:50 p.m. for parking in a illegal spot.
Police stepped in to break up a dispute between people looking for and trying to reserve parking spots to watch the Fishtown Horribles Parade yesterday at 7:18 a.m. on Western Avenue. No one was cited or arrested.
The Department of Public Works requested cars be towed from Western Avenue yesterday at 8:35 a.m. There was no record of how many cars were towed.
An Atlantic Road homeowner called police to have fishermen removed from his property yesterday at 9:41 a.m. The men left.
A Fire Department rescue squad transported a woman feeling sluggish and faint from Pond Road at 4:49 p.m. Thursday, and a woman experiencing back pain from Corliss Avenue yesterday at 1:52 a.m. to Addison Gilbert Hospital.
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