City of Cambridge, MA

10/29/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/29/2025 09:08

Daily Log for October 24, 2025

  • 10/24/2025 12:20 AM
    INCIDENT 25010028
    B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

    LAKEVIEW AVE
    Police responded to a residence on Lakeview Avenue for a past breaking and entering. The reporting party stated their back and side doors were ajar and $130 of miscellaneous items were missing.

  • 10/24/2025 7:25 AM
    INCIDENT 25010029
    TRAFFIC INVESTIGATIONS

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    Police responded for a motor vehicle crash involving a pedestrian. The pedestrian declined medical attention from EMS, the operator of the vehicle was cited.

  • 10/24/2025 9:13 AM
    INCIDENT 25010030
    DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, MALICIOUS C266 S12

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    Police responded to a Harvard Sq. business for a report of an attempted breaking and entering. The reporting party stated their doorbell camera caught an unknown suspect attempting to defeat the lock of a local business.

  • 10/24/2025 9:53 AM
    INCIDENT 25010033
    B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

    MAIN ST FL
    Police responded to the Kendall Square area for a report of a larceny. The reporting party stated one of their tenants laptop was stolen from their secure office by an unknown suspect. There were no signs of forced entry.

  • 10/24/2025 10:12 AM
    INCIDENT 25010032
    DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY -$1200, WANTON C266 S127

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    Carlos Peralta, 20, Unhoused with a last known address in Plymouth, was arrested on a charge of Wanton Destruction of Property $1,200+. An employee of a Harvard Sq. business reported that Peralta had smashed his bike into a glass door of the business, causing it to shatter.

  • 10/24/2025 10:16 AM
    INCIDENT 25010031
    A&B TO INTIMIDATE C265 S39

    BROADWAY
    Police responded to Broadway for a disturbance. Both involved persons stated a verbal argument escalated and led to them spitting on one another. Neither person wished to pursue criminal charges.

  • 10/24/2025 10:38 AM
    INCIDENT 25010034
    SHOPLIFTING BY ASPORTATION C266 S30A

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    An employee of a Central Sq. business reported a suspect had stolen $210 of merchandise and fled prior to the arrival of officers.

  • 10/24/2025 10:58 AM
    INCIDENT 25010036
    FIREARM, DISCHARGE WITHIN 500 FT OF BLDG C269 S12E

    SHERMAN ST
    Police responded to Sherman St for a report of gunshots. Through witness statements and ballistic evidence it was determined that multiple gunshots had been fired. There are no known victims, the incident is under investigation.

  • 10/24/2025 11:15 AM
    ARREST 25010037
    WARRANT ARREST REPORT

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    Eric Girvids, 65, of Jamaica Plain, was placed under arrest for 3 active warrants out of Roxbury District Court.

  • 10/24/2025 1:38 PM
    INCIDENT 25010039
    LARCENY OVER $1200 BY FALSE PRETENSE C266 S34

    ROGERS ST
    A Cambridge resident reported they lost $3,600 in a scam. An unknown person notified the victim that their personal computer was compromised and demanded virtual gift cards as payment for solving the issue.

  • 10/24/2025 1:51 PM
    INCIDENT 25010040
    SHOPLIFTING BY CONCEALING MDSE C266 S30A

    MAIN ST
    An employee of a Main St business reported a suspect had stolen $75 of merchandise and fled prior to the arrival of officers.

  • 10/24/2025 2:16 PM
    INCIDENT 25010041
    LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

    LINNAEAN ST
    Officers responded to Linnaean St. for a past hit & run crash report. Reporting person stated their vehicle was struck while parked, causing damage.

  • 10/24/2025 3:41 PM
    INCIDENT 25010044
    LARCENY OVER $1200 C266 S30

    SOMERVILLE AVE
    Police responded to a business on Somerville Avenue for a report of a Past Larceny. An employee of the business stated an unknown individual stole equipment worth $2500.

  • 10/24/2025 3:54 PM
    INCIDENT 25010045
    PHOTOGRAPH UNSUSPECTING NUDE PERSON C272 S105(B)

    HIGHLAND AVE
    A Highland Ave resident reported that they believed someone in a neighboring building had filmed them inside their apartment through a window.

  • 10/24/2025 4:27 PM
    INCIDENT 25010052
    LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

    OXFORD ST
    Police responded to Oxford Street for a report of a larceny. The reporting party stated an unknown individual stole their bag, containing $900 of personal possessions.

  • 10/24/2025 4:40 PM
    INCIDENT 25010048
    LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

    SHERMAN ST
    Police responded to a suspicious person call on Sherman St. The reporting party said an unknown individual was caught removing an item from below their porch.

  • 10/24/2025 4:50 PM
    INCIDENT 25010047
    LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

    FULKERSON ST
    A Fulkerson St. resident reported that a package, containing $140 in merchandise, was stolen from the front of their residence.

  • 10/24/2025 5:03 PM
    INCIDENT 25010053
    VANDALIZE PROPERTY C266 S126A

    HAMPSHIRE ST
    Police were called to a Hampshire St residence for a report that a person had urinated on their front porch.

  • 10/24/2025 5:20 PM
    INCIDENT 25010051
    STOP FOR POLICE, FAIL C90 S25

    FULKERSON ST
    A Fulkerson St. resident reported that a package, containing an unknown amount of merchandise, was stolen from the front of their residence.

  • 10/24/2025 6:44 PM
    INCIDENT 25010055
    STOP/YIELD, FAIL TO * C89 S9

    CAMBRIDGE ST
    A Cambridge resident will be summonsed to Cambridge District Court for Operating a Motor Vehicle After License Suspension and other motor vehicle violations. The violations were uncovered during a traffic stop for an observed violation.

  • 10/24/2025 7:47 PM
    INCIDENT 25010057
    WARRANT ARREST REPORT

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE Michael Watkins, 61, of Cambridge was placed under arrest on a warrant out of the Cambridge District Court.

  • 10/24/2025 8:17 PM
    INCIDENT 25010058
    LEAVE SCENE OF PROPERTY DAMAGE C90 S24

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    Police took a report of a hit and run crash that occurred on Alewife Brook Parkway. The reporting party stated an unknown individual sideswiped their vehicle.

  • 10/24/2025 8:22 PM
    INCIDENT 25010060
    ATTEMPT TO COMMIT CRIME C274 S6

    ALEWIFE BROOK PKWY
    Police responded to an Alewife Brook Pkwy business on a possible shoplifting. It was determined that the suspects had not stolen anything, but the store wished for them to be formally trespassed.

  • 10/24/2025 8:34 PM
    INCIDENT 25010059
    LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

    SOMERVILLE AVE
    Police took a larceny report in Porter Square. The reporting party stated they lost their wallet and have since had multiple, fraudulent transactions on the cards that were inside.

  • 10/24/2025 9:30 PM
    INCIDENT 25010062
    LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

    RICHDALE AVE
    A Cambridge resident reported that their bicycle, valued at $1200, was stolen from a fence located on the Alewife Brook Parkway.

  • 10/24/2025 9:33 PM
    INCIDENT 25010061
    LARCENY UNDER $1200 C266 S30(1)

    MASSACHUSETTS AVE
    Police responded to the area of Massachusetts Avenue for a reported larceny. The reporting party stated their bicycle seat, worth $70, was stolen while the bicycle was locked to a bike rack on Massachusetts Ave

  • 10/24/2025 10:46 PM
    INCIDENT 25010063
    B&E NIGHTTIME FOR FELONY C266 S16

    THORNDIKE ST
    Police responded to a residence on a Thorndike Street for a breaking & entering. Reporting person stated they heard someone inside their home that fled before police arrived.

  • 10/24/2025 11:37 PM
    INCIDENT 25010065
    A&B WITH DANGEROUS WEAPON C265 S15A

    CLIFTON ST
    A Cambridge resident reported they were physically attacked by four unknown persons in the vicinity of Russell Field. The victim was transported to a local hospital with injuries. Nothing is believed to have been stolen.

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