900 Marshy Cove Condos -Residents' Bulletin Board: So, What happened on Wednesday Evening?

Friday, November 5, 2021

So, What happened on Wednesday Evening?

All,

Incident: Wednesday, November 3, 2021; 7:25 PM - 7:30 PM

Three teenagers took a fire extinguisher from the marina, discharged it on several parked vehicles. They also turned on lights on a power boat in the marina. No other vandalism was observed or reported. A police report was filed.

Here’s is my ~~short~~ report.

(This was sent to the DHMA Board of Directors on Thursday, November 4, 2021 12:44 PM)

I received a call from a 900 resident reporting a siren at the marina. The resident thought that a boat alarm was sounding.
I went down to the fire safety box at slip 48. The door was open and the fire extinguisher was gone. The siren is local and does not trigger a call to any other system. It goes off when the door is open. The red light flashes and The siren will activate.
I closed the door and the siren and flasher stopped.
As I walked around the building toward Seaway, I was looking for some evidence that the extinguisher was discharged. I always assumed that some kids were into mischief as it happened several years ago.
As I walked around the building, one of our residents was coming out to walk his dogs. I gave him a brief description of events.
On his own he walked around the marina to discover and notice that the slip 43's motor boat’s lights were on.
As he walked around the creek side of the building, he noticed white extinguisher dust. He then called me.
He and I walked the marina west ward toward the creek. When we approach slip 43. We saw that every power switch was turned on and showing green. He got on the boat and turned off the circuits on the boat. No evidence of any damage was observed. We called the owner.
We continued to walk the Riverwalk. White dust was observed on the front of about six vehicle covering grills and windshields.
Continuing toward Cedar St, more white powder was evident. Nearer to Cedar St., the spent extinguisher was found in the rain garden.
Mike S., and Carlos E. joined us. A call was placed to the Cambridge Police. The CPD officer arrived within 10-15 minutes.
I went to the surveillance recorder to capture video of the incident.
The recordings revealed that three youths entered the marina running at 7:25 PM from the East side. Two were shorter followed by a taller teenager. The second one may have been a girl, the other appeared to be boys. All three were wearing hooded sweatshirts. The second one appeared to have a full face covering white Halloween type mask on.
The tallest of the three stopped by the fire extinguisher box and opened the door. The siren and flasher went off. He casually walked away. The others were out of camera range and probably on the boat.
The tallest teenager walked back to the box, and removed the extinguisher.
He then ran off toward the creek. He then started to discharge the extinguisher. On the cameras that face the 900 parking lot, clouds of powder can be seen. It is hard to see anymore than silhouettes and clouds of dust. The distance (~ 300 Ft) and darkness limit detailed observations.
Unfortunately, I was unable to capture a recording of their egress or entrance to Deep Harbour. Four entrance camera recordings were reviewed starting at 7:00 PM until 8:00 PM. (They kids may live here in DH.)
Video clips will be passed on to the Cambridge Police
The actual incident lasted about 5 minutes. No permanent damage is known at this writing. The fire extinguisher will need to recharged.