Medway Safety Log

Aggressive customers, leafblower, unfounded iPhone alert for vehicle crash
Between Dec. 15, 2024 and Jan. 15, 2025, the Medway Police Department responded to hundreds of calls, many related to general traffic enforcement, suspicious and disabled motor vehicles, motor vehicle violations and accidents, parking violations, erratic motor vehicle operators, various alarms, 911 calls, road hazards, various disturbances, lockouts, property damage, drone deployment, blasting detail, animal issues (dogs, cats, deer, cows), suspicious persons, identity fraud, larceny, shoplifting, and warrants issued/recalled. Medway also assisted other departments including Holliston, Millis and Needham.
This is not meant to be an exhaustive list. Entries of note include:
Dec. 15 at 10:21 am, Hunter Ln, injured deer in backyard
Dec. 15 at 11:40 pm, Country Ln, injured cat
Dec. 16 at 5:35 am, Trotter Dr, fire investigation. Strong odor of burnt plastic or rubber, skid marks on road but no trucks in area. No hazards found.
Dec. 16 at 3:26 pm, Winthrop St, assault and battery, tenant issue
Dec. 16 at 6:11 pm, Fisher St, loose cow
Dec. 18 at 3:19 pm, Oakland St, report of individual “harshly walking his dog on a leash”
Dec. 20 at 10:16 am, Main St, motor vehicle violation. A 63-year-old East Sandwich man was arrested.
Jan. 1 at 4:08 am, Village St, assault/assault and battery. Caller reported party knocked on her door and started fighting her husband when he answered the door.
Jan. 3 at 1:50 am, Neelon Ln, drone deployment
Jan. 3 at 1:12 pm, Winthrop St, identity fraud
Jan. 4 at 1:17 am, Main St, unwanted party. Caller reports party sleeping in restaurant.
Jan. 4 at 10:06 am, Sanford St, break and enter. Petsitter reports a broken window and someone sleeping in the bed of the listed resident.
Jan. 7 at 1:55 pm, Main St, lost or stolen. Walk-in from a customer who said her wallet was taken out of her purse when she was shopping at a local store.
Jan. 9 at 10:21 am, Village St. 911 caller reports a lost or stolen firearm but doesn’t know where it came from.
Jan. 9 at 11:39 am, Oakland St, suspicious person. Caller reports a male knocked on their door and appeared to be looking in windows.
Jan. 10 at 9:26 am, Holliston St, assault/assault and battery
Jan. 10 at 3:26 pm, North St, animal control, dog bite
Jan. 11 at 12:14 am, Milford St, accident, unfounded. “Automated iPhone message from listed location alerting to a crash…Officers report check of the area, driveways and side streets, unable to locate any vehicle involved in an accident.”
Jan. 11 at 4:41 am, Meadow Rd, disturbance, leaf blower
Jan. 14 at 7:13 pm, Main St, disturbance. 911 caller reports a customer being verbally aggressive and refuses to leave.
Jan. 15 at 10:46 am, West St, larceny, Venmo was hacked