Peabody Late-Night Shooting On Lowell Street: Patch PM

Peabody MA

07 December, 2020

4:45 PM

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PEABODY, MA —Today is Monday, Dec. 7. These are the stories Patch has been covering on the North Shore and across Massachusetts. A 26-year-old Lynn man suffered injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening when he was shot on Lowell Street in Peabody early Monday morning. Peabody police said they responded to report of gunfire on Lowell Street shortly after 1 a.m. on Monday and found the Lynn man, who told them he had just been shot outside. Police said no arrests in the shooting have been made as of Monday afternoon. Read the full story here. Also on the North Shore Porch Pirates On The Prowl In Swampscott The coronavirus health emergency is causing more and more people to have purchases and gifts delivered to their door this holiday season. That means more and more of an opportunity for porch pirates on the prowl to make off with your goods. Swampscott police Det. Ted Delano told Patch on Monday that there have been three reported cases of someone swiping something off the stoop in town in the last week — with one recent theft of items totaling more than $3,900. Marblehead Issues 36 Tickets During First Snow Emergency Marblehead's new snow emergency parking regulations got a test with a relatively modest snowstorm Saturday night. The result: Pass, but needs improvement. Salem Menorah Lighting To Go Virtual In Salem The lighting of the menorah is the latest Salem event to go virtual in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The 9th annual ceremony will be broadcast remotely on Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. The lighting occurs on the third night of Hanukkah and will include a lighting and musical program streamed from Lappin Park. Peabody To Offer Coronavirus Testing Amid Reopening Rollback As some businesses in Peabody face closures and increased restrictions with the city meeting the state's "high-risk" metric for coronavirus community spread, the Peabody Health Department announced it will offer a series of testing opportunities for residents this month. Across Massachusetts MA Expands Coronavirus Testing; Hospitals Delay Some Procedures The state is expanding coronavirus testing and instructing hospitals to delay elective procedures, the latter of which is a callback to the overwhelming surge of COVID-19 cases during the spring. Gov. Charlie Baker also appeared to drop hints that additional coronavirus restrictions might not be far away. Man Breaks Into Tom Brady's Brookline Mansion, Sits On Couch: PD A man was arrested Monday after police said he broke into Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen's Chestnut Hill mansion and was found sitting on their couch. Former Employee Accused Of Trying To Burn Waltham Business One of the people police arrested in connection with an attempted arson at the AMPS Electric on West Street that caused upwards of $1,200 in damageNov. 29, used to work there. "He worked for us about a year ago," John Bianchi president of the company said in a phone interview. "He was laid off."