Police suspect arson in an early morning blaze at an abandoned house on Perkins Street.
Police were waved down by a Perkins Street resident who alerted police that smoke was coming from the home at 25 Perkins St.. Police knocked on the front door and received no answer. According to police reports, officers then opened the first-floor door, which was unlocked, and yelled for anybody who might have been in the home. Neighbors told officers the home was vacant, but police said it appeared people had been living in the home, according to the police report.
The Gloucester Fire Department took control of the scene and extinguished the fire. According to police reports, there was an empty gas can next to a small alley way in between two homes, which was where the fire started.
The incident is under investigation by the state fire marshal.
Arrests
A Gloucester man was arrested early yesterday morning; he is accused of stealing seven plants from Stop & Shop on Bass Avenue.
William D. Toulan, 21, of 6 Wheelers Point Road, Gloucester, is facing charges of larceny under $250 and driving without a license.
Police were called to Stop &Shop at 1:45 a.m. for reports that four people in a Gray Honda stole plants. Police pulled over the car, driven by Toulan, near White Hen Pantry. Toulan and his passengers first denied stealing the plants but later confessed when police made note that there were green leaves sticking out of the trunk of the car. Police plan on filing charges against two of the passengers, who also confessed to stealing the plants.
Other incidents
A Gloucester man having difficulty breathing was transported to Addison Gilbert Hospital from Stage Fort Park at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
Police were called to Centennial Avenue at 6:35 p.m. Thursday on reports that somebody was riding an air mattress down the street. Police arrived to find a man with a homemade hovercraft powered by a leaf blower. He told police it was a prop for the Fiesta Greasy Pole events with a Jetsons theme and he was testing it out.
Police investigated a minor motor vehicle accident on Washington Street at 7 a.m. yesterday. According to police, one party was transported to Addison Gilbert Hospital and one car was towed. No further information was available.
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