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Crime & Safety

Man with Gun Reported: Falmouth Police Log, Oct. 28, 2013

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Falmouth police responded to nearly 50 calls for service Monday, according to log entries released by the Falmouth Police Department Wednesday:

8:45 AM Alarm on Main Street. Unfounded.
9:04 AM Motor vehicle stop on Teaticket Highway. Handled by officer.
9:29 AM Building/residence check at Maravista Avenue Extension. Secured/checked.
9:30 AM Alarm on Willis Lane. Unfounded.
9:31 AM Administrative services, East Falmouth Hwy. Handled by officer.
9:48 AM Building/residence check on Old Main Road. Handled by officer.
10:07 AM Building/residence check on Davisville Road. Secured/checked.
10:17 AM Selective enforcement at Route 28 S. and Thomas B Landers Road. Citation issued.
10:22 AM Man with gun on Gifford Street Extension. Report.
10:36 AM Robbery on North Falmouth Hwy. Report.
11:40 AM Vandalism on Highfield Drive. Report.
11:43 AM Administrative services at Town Hall Square. Handled by officer.
11:48 AM Abandoned 911 from Teaticket Highway. Handled by party.
12:39 PM Auspicious motor vehicle on North Falmouth Hwy. Handled by officer.
1:18 PM Follow-up investigation on Main Street. Handled by officer.
1:38 PM Selective enforcement at Teaticket Highway and Jones Road. Citation issued.
1:47 PM Alarm on Vineyard Street. Unfounded.
 2:13 PM Building/residence check on Katherine Lee Bates Road. Secured/checked.
2:23 PM Motor vehicle stop on Route 28 North. Citation issued.
2:40 PM Selective enforcement on Brick Kiln Road. Citation issued.
2:51 PM Selective enforcement at Ox Bow Road and Brick Kiln Road. No violation.
2:55 PM Area check on Old Main Road. Handled by officer.
3:02 PM Administrative services on Waquoit Highway. Report.
3:31 PM Breaking and entering, residential, on Metoxit road. Report
3:40 PM Suspicious motor vehicle at Route 151 and Ranch Road. Handled by officer.
4:21 PM Alarm on Moorland Road. Unfounded.
4:22 PM Larceny on Broken Bow Lane. Report.
4:31 PM Motor vehicle stop at Route 28 North and Route 151. Handled by officer.
4:48 PM Larceny on Wheelhouse Circle. Report.
4:56 PM Speeding motor vehicles on Woods Hole Road and Oyster Pond Road. Gone on arrival.
5:04 PM Larceny on Spring Bars Road. Report.
5:07 PM Assault and battery/assault on Waquoit Highway. Handled by officer.
5:11 PM Suicide attempt/threat on Ter Heun drive. Handled by officer.
5:20 PM Vandalism on Main Street. Report.
5:32 PM Suspicious person(s) on Jamie Lane. Unfounded.
6 PM Dirt bike/ATV complaint at Seacoast Shores Boulevard and East Falmouth Highway. Gone on arrival.
6:03 PM Attempt to locate on Ter Heun Drive. Unable to locate.
6:23 PM Assist other PD at West Falmouth Highway and Brick Kiln Road. Unable to locate.
 6:35 PM Check welfare on Blacksmith Shop Road. Handled by officer.
6:36 PM Intoxicated person on Main Street. Gone on arrival.
6:54 PM Intoxicated person on Main Street. Arrest made: Dale Patrick Fader, homeless, born May 1951, placed in protective custody.
7:12 PM Area check on Gifford Street Extension. Secured/checked.
8:16 PM Motor vehicle stop on Main Street. Handled by officer.
9:44 PM Attempt to locate, Salt Sea Lane. Unable to locate.
9:57 PM Suspicious motor vehicle on Teaticket Highway. Handled by officer.
10:19 PM Breaking and entering, residential, on Meredith Drive. Report.
10:52 PM Area check on Salt Sea Lane. Unable to locate.
11:06 PM Motor vehicle stop on Scranton Avenue. Handled by officer.

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