Police Log: Mailbox Vandalism and an Arrest for A-and-B
The following information was provided by the Concord Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Thursday, Nov. 22
9:42 a.m. – Police responded to a report of a door open at Zoots Cleaners on Thoreau Street. The front door was open for drop-offs and pickups, the incident report said.
10:01 a.m. – A Turning Mill Road resident reported her mailbox was vandalized. The responding office reported the mailbox had been knocked over but was not damaged, and was able to be put back up.
11:56 a.m. – A woman called from Orchard House to complaint about a loose dog on Lexington Road.
2:44 p.m. – A Monument Street resident reported a past vandalism to her mailbox that occurred sometime overnight.
4:51 p.m. – A Concord man came into the station to turn in a set of keys that may belong to a engineering contractor doing work on Byron Street.
5:30 p.m. – Police responded to a report of vehicles bottoming out at the end of a pavement cut at Grant and Belknap streets.
7:47 p.m. – Police responded to a report of possible firework activity in the Parke Lane area. A second caller reported possible gunshot or fireworks activity in the same area. Police checked the area, but all was quite.
11:35 p.m. – Police responded to a 911 call from a Hawthorne Lane residence requesting assistance with an allegedly intoxicated 25-year-old woman causing a disturbance. Meera E. Dhingra, 25, of 155 Hawthorne Lane, Concord, was arrested and charged with two counts of assault-and-battery on a person 60 years or older, assault with a dangerous weapon (knife), two counts of intimidating a witness and malicious destruction of property valued over $250.