Crime

Mar 20, 2010

Methuen Co-op Bank held up in midday robbery 3/17

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From the Eagle Tribune: March 18, 2010 12:15 am
Methuen Co-op Bank held up in midday robbery
By Bill Kirk
MeTHUEN — A bank robber pulled off a brazen, midday holdup of Methuen Co-operative Bank at 243 Broadway yesterday. Despite immediate containment of the area by police, a search by a K-9 patrol, a good description and digital [...]


Oct 23, 2009

Computer software for disabled students stolen at GLEC

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From the Eagle Tribune
October 23, 2009
Computer software for disabled students stolen Burglar smashed car window at educational collaborative
By Mark E. Vogler
METHUEN — A car burglary in the parking lot of the Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative has hampered learning for at least 15 non-verbal students with disabilities. Several thousand dollars worth of special computer [...]


Oct 19, 2009

Increased patrols on Rt 97 catching speeders

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From the Eagle Tribune
Police crack down on Route 97 speeders
By Paul Tennant
Published: October 19, 2009
HAVERHILL — If you plan to drive on Route 97, also known as Broadway, you’d better keep your speed down.
Residents along this well-traveled road, especially in the outlying section on the way to Methuen, have complained about speeding vehicles and [...]


Oct 1, 2009

Clean River Project down to last four vehicles in Merrimack

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More stolen vehicles pulled from Merrimack River
By J.J. Huggins
October 01, 2009
METHUEN — Ronald Reagan was president when the rusted 1977 Pontiac Grand Prix was dumped in the Merrimack River. The car, which was reported stolen in Lowell in 1982, was probably ditched in the river that same year. A crew from Clean River Project, state [...]


Sep 3, 2009

Counterfeit bills found at Market Basket

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From the Eagle Tribune
by Jim Patten
published September 03, 2009
METHUEN — Fake $100 bills turned up twice last month at Market Basket, 186 Haverhill St., and store loss prevention officers said they believe the same woman is responsible. A store security camera captured the woman in the act on Aug. 26 and again on Aug. [...]


Sep 1, 2009

Salem man is suspect in hit-and-run on Hampshire Road

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from the Eagle Tribune
By James A. Kimble
September 01, 2009
SALEM — Methuen, Mass., police are expected to charge a local motorist with hitting a bicyclist and fleeing Saturday on a road that straddles the state line.
Salem police responded to an area near 18 Hampshire Road about 4:18 p.m. following a report of a hit-and-run accident in [...]


Sep 1, 2009

Methuen woman thwarts GPS theft attempt

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From the Eagle Tribune
Man wiggles out of sweatshirt
By J.J. Huggins
Published September 1, 2009
METHUEN — A 48-year-old woman caught a man trying to steal a global positioning system from her neighbor’s truck last night and tried to detain him, police said.
The woman, who lives on Green Street, saw a man walking on her street and looking [...]