LAWRENCE — A 15-year-old boy was charged with breaking into a Bernard Avenue home after admitting to the crime to a Guilmette School safety officer, police said.
Officer Ariel Montas was sent to the scene at 56 Bernard Ave., where the victims told him an Xbox 360 video game console, 32-inch LCD flat-screen television, a Cartier watch, a Movado watch, and 15 pairs of shoes had been taken.
As Montas checked the area to see if he could find anyone carrying those items, he received a call on his cell phone from the school safety officer, who told him he had a teenager who admitted taking part in the break, police said.
Montas drove to the school and found the boy there.
The boy told him he had been at home when three of his friends approached and asked him to help them break into the Bernard Avenue home, police said.
He told Montas he had entered the apartment but had only gone as far as the stairs, and had not taken anything, police said.
He told Montas he did not know the names of his friends except for one named Michael, who lives on Howard Street.
The boy was arrested and charged with breaking and entering in the daytime with intent to commit a felony, police said.
Car burns at parking deck
HAVERHILL — A 2001 Volkswagen Passat was destroyed by fire while it was parked in front of the parking deck at 20 Main St., police said.
Officers were sent to the scene about 6 p.m. Thursday and found firefighters putting out the fire.
The owner of the car told police he had parked the car there 20 minutes earlier after driving it for about 10 minutes, and that he had only had the car for three weeks and had not had any problems with the car.
Police said fire officials told them the cause of the fire appeared to be electrical in nature, but could not pinpoint the exact location where the fire started.
The following were taken from area police logs for Thursday:
Methuen
Vandalism: 20 Longwood Drive, van window smashed, 7 a.m.
Vandalism: 66 Capitol St., car damaged, 1:09 p.m.
Arrest: George Santiago Jr., 27, 21 Oakland Ave., violation of a court order, 21 Oakland Ave., 2:10 p.m.
Break: 43 Center St., house broken into, 4:49 p.m.
Theft: 27 Elm St., laptop computer taken, 6:52 p.m.
Arrest: Shannah Maker, 29, Madison, Maine, possession of heroin, 90 Pleasant Valley St., 7:57 p.m.
Arrest: Brian Alliette, 27, 320 Pelham St., assault and battery on a household member, 320 Pelham St., 8:39 p.m.
Arrest: Jagger Camilo, 26, 48 Melvin St., Lawrence, malicious damage to property over $250, 20 Washington St., 10:31 p.m.
North Andover
Break: 323 Middlesex St., car broken into, 8:12 a.m.
Noise complaint: Ardmore Court, loud bangs in the area, officer reports nothing found, 11:31 p.m.
Andover
Animal complaint: Odyssey Lane, report of a puppy locked in a car, officer reports they were able to free the pet, 1:04 p.m.
Vandalism: Memorial Circle, rock thrown through window, 5:48 p.m.
Lawrence
Vandalism: 69 Wesley St., property damaged, 12:09 a.m.
Vandalism: 10 Phillips St., property damaged, 12:56 a.m.
Vandalism: 165 Crawford St., property damaged, 9:37 a.m.
Arrest: Vicente Nunez Jr., 41, 55 Oxford St., shoplifting under $100, 700 Essex St., 10:36 a.m.
Car crash: 58 Hancock St., no injuries, 12:02 p.m.
Arrest: Debbie Moccia, 52, 12 Melrose St., assault with a dangerous weapon, two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, Essex and Amesbury streets, 1:09 p.m.
Break: 61 Amherst St., car broken into, 1:57 p.m.
Break: 74 Berkeley St., car broken into, 1:58 p.m.
Theft: 75 Water St., car taken, 4:51 p.m.
Break: 38 Olive Ave., apartment broken into, 7:22 p.m.
Vandalism: 21 Clarke St., property damaged, 8:21 p.m.
Arrest: Barbie Deforest, 28, 72 Inman St., distribution of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school zone, distribution of cocaine, Andover Street and South Broadway, 8:30 p.m.
Arrest: A 12-year-old Lawrence boy, assault and battery on a household member, Tremont Street, 8:45 p.m.
Arrest: Jamison Kelly, 26, 120 Railroad Ave., Salisbury, attempted larceny, 304 Jackson St., 9:40 p.m.
Arrest: Richard Hiraldo, 25, 92 Bennington St., public drinking, Bennington and Fern streets, 10:40 p.m.
Haverhill
Disturbance: 24 Washington St., noise reported, 1:03 a.m.
Noise complaint: 17 Vine St., loud music, 2:19 a.m.
Theft: 393 River St., property taken, 9:45 a.m.
Disturbance: Arlington Street, noise reported, 10:13 a.m.
Vandalism: 4 Avon Place, car damaged, 11:05 a.m.
Theft: 46 Hilldale Ave., property taken, 1:45 p.m.
Disturbance: 139 How St., noise reported, 2:41 p.m.
Noise complaint: 31 Bartlett St., loud music, 3:07 p.m.
Vandalism: 552 Main St., car damaged, 4:54 p.m.
Noise complaint: 18 Beacon St., loud music, 6:06 p.m.
Disturbance: 21 Cedar St., noise reported, 7:51 p.m.
Break: 248 Boxford Road, house broken into, 9:06 p.m.
Arrest: Joseph Richard, 25, 7-9 Clinton St., assault and battery, resisting arrest, receiving stolen property, possession of a firearm without a firearms identification card, possession of ammunition without a firearms identification card, Arlington Street, 10:58 p.m.
Disturbance: 341 Washington St., noise reported, 11:02 p.m.
Disturbance: 16 Nichols St., noise reported, 11:06 p.m.
Noise complaint: Boardman Street, loud music, 11:08 p.m.
