Swampscott Crime

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Recent Crime News

• Town Seeks Alternative Parking For Beach-Goers

  Yesterday | via Patch.com 

  A Residents accustomed to parking their cars atA Phillips Park A and walking to the beach have asked selectmen for help securing alternative spaces.

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  Related Topix: Grown Ups, Celebrities, Adam Sandler

• Swampcott Veteran Runs For Fellow Vets

  Monday | via Patch.com 

  A Swampscott resident and veteran Patrick Burke was among the runners and walkers who raised money for injured veterans at the May 20, Run-Walk to Home Base event presented by New Balance.

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  Related Topix: Swampscott, MA, US Military, US Air Force, US Marine Corps

• Columbia Pictures Seeks ZBA Approval For Temporary B...

  Wednesday May 23 | via Patch.com 

  A Columbia Pictures will seek permits and a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeals on Tuesday, May 29, to build a temporary structure for filming at Phillips Park .

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  Related Topix: Grown Ups, Celebrities, Adam Sandler, Swampscott, MA

• DNA Evidence Can Be Important to Swampscott Police I...

  Tuesday May 22 | via Patch.com 

  A DNA evidence helped lead authorities to a suspect in the 2007 murder of Lara Rizzo of Lynn , a case that received widespread media attention Monday with the arraignment of a Lynn man charged with the murder.

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  Related Topix: Lynn, MA, Swampscott, MA

• Swampscott Police Make Two Arrests

  Tuesday May 22 | via Patch.com 

  The following is an excerpt from the Swampscott Police log: Arrests Wednesday, May 16 At 12:42 p.m., police arrested Gerard Male, 27, 180 Norfolk Ave., and charged him with domestic assault and battery.

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  Related Topix: Salem, MA, Lynn, MA, Swampscott, MA

• Cable Club Auction Starts Tonight

  Monday May 21 | via Patch.com 

  A 2012 TV Auction Item Information Guide Monday, May 21 st to Thursday, May 24 th 7 to 10 pm each night Comcast Channel 15 Verizon Channel 40 To bid call 781-596-8830 ext.

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• A Living Tribute Remembers Ultimate Sacrifices

  Saturday May 19 | via Patch.com 

  A Jennifer Harris was a reader who as a teen pushed book carts and shelved works in her high school's and town's libraries.

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  Related Topix: Libraries, US Military, US Marine Corps

• Grown Ups 2 Pool Set at Phillips Taking Shape

  Friday May 18 | via Patch.com 

  A The Grown Ups 2 movie set at Phillips Park will include an "in-ground pool" set well above ground.

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  Related Topix: Grown Ups, Marblehead, MA, Swampscott, MA, Celebrities, David Spade, Adam Sandler, Salma Hayek

• Swampscott Pair Charged With B&E at Humphrey Str...

  Friday May 18 | via Patch.com 

  A Two Swampscott residents are scheduled for hearings in July in Lynn District Court on breaking and entering charges.

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• Police Briefs 05-16-2012

  Wednesday May 16 | via Revere Journal 

  It took awhile for police to sniff out the case, but a Swampscott man was finally charged on Monday for an alleged vicious beating of his former business partner that involved biting off the victim's nose.

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  Related Topix: Swampscott, MA, Revere, MA, Criminal Defense Law, Law, Saugus, MA

• Grown Ups 2 Set Construction Underway

  Tuesday May 15 | via Patch.com 

  A Action on Bondelevitch Way. The first stirrings of what will become a swimming pool set for Grown Ups 2 is underway with the arrival of heavy equipment, fill and survey crews to Phillips Park.

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  Related Topix: Grown Ups, Swampscott, MA, Marblehead, MA

• Man Calls Police, Says He is Drunk and Lost

  Tuesday May 15 | via Patch.com 

  The following is an excerpt from the Swampscott Police log: Thursday, May 3 At 11:36 a.m., vandalism was reported on Essex Street.

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  Related Topix: Fire, Swampscott, MA

• Person Killed After Train Collision Behind Salem Pol...

  Sunday May 13 | via Patch.com 

  A person was reportedly hit and killed by a train on the tracks behind the Salem Police Station in the Mill Hill area Sunday morning, according to scanner reports.

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  Related Topix: Train Disaster, Salem, MA, Swampscott, MA

• Marblehead Man Faces OUI Charges and More

  Friday May 11 | via Patch.com 

  A A 55-year-old Marblehead man is scheduled for a Lynn District Court hearing May 25, on charges including driving under the influence and failure to stop for police.

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  Related Topix: Marblehead, MA, Swampscott, MA

• Alleged Assault Reported at Saltonstall

  Friday May 11 | via Patch.com 

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

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• High School Cable Auction Means Deals and Dreams

  Friday May 11 | via Patch.com 

  A Each year the high school cable television auction raises a few more dollars to maintain and buy cameras and other equiptment.

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  Related Topix: Standardized Testing, Education, Swampscott, MA, University of Miami

• Catch-basin cover thefts heavy lift for Westford crooks

  Thursday May 10 | via Lowell Sun 

  Area communities have long reported thefts of copper pipe and wire by junkies and petty criminals looking to make money from the scrap metal.

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  Related Topix: Westford, MA, Tyngsboro, MA

• Half of Grown Ups 2 Movie Expected to be Set in Swam...

  Thursday May 10 | via Patch.com 

  A A location manager for Columbia Pictures says about half of the Adam Sandler movie Grown Ups 2 is planned to be filmed in Swampscott and about half in Marblehead.

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  Related Topix: Grown Ups, Swampscott, MA, Celebrities, Adam Sandler, Marblehead, MA

• More Growns Ups 2 Expected To Be Filmed In Swampscott

  Tuesday May 8 | via Patch.com 

  A Swampscott and movie representatives are talking about Swampscott's Phillips Park A as the setting for additional scenes in the movie Grown Ups 2, according to town officials.

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  Related Topix: Grown Ups, Swampscott, MA, Marblehead, MA

• Eight Arrests in Nine Days

  Monday May 7 | via Patch.com 

  A These arrests from 4/25 to 5/3 came from the Swampscott Police Department arrest log.

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  Related Topix: Winthrop, MA, Swampscott, MA