Marblehead Police Log, Porta-Potty Department

It seems to have been a busy few days in the Birthplace of the American Navy and the Yachting Capital of the World.,

Friday, April 17

• At 9:34 a.m., an residential attempted breaking and entering was reported. Police found a window had been forced open, but the resident didn’t believe anything had been taken.


• At 10:21 a.m., a caller reported a tax return had been fraudulently filed using his Social Security Number.


• At 12:32 p.m., vandalism was reported in which someone threw cereal in a urinal. My mind is boggling at the moment. What kind of cereal? Was there milk with it? Sugar-coated or plain?


• At 1:32 p.m., a store employee reported a group of five men had made large purchases of gift cards with credit cards and he believed those credit cards could have been fraudulently used. Police spoke with several other nearby police agencies and tracked a group through a few towns. It was undetermined at the time whether the credit cards were in fact fraudulently used.


• At 6:05 p.m., a caller reported that money had been taken from a locker at the high school. The money was from selling items for a fundraiser.

Saturday, April 18

• At 12:56 a.m., a caller reported that a Porta-a-Potty was in the roadway on Ocean Avenue. An officer was able to move it back to the sidewalk area where it had been previously. Was there cereal in it?