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Peabody Police Arrest Log, Sept. 28 to Oct. 4: Kidnapping Charge on Stevens Street, a Nighttime Break-In Charge and a 74-Year-Old Charged With OUI

Ten arrests. The most serious charge was kidnapping, filed with assault and battery against a Stevens Street man on Wednesday night. A 14-year-old from Lynn was among those arrested at a Route 114 address on Saturday.

Published November 3, 2026. This report was written from the public record and is dated to the meeting or event it covers.

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Peabody Police Arrest Log, Sept. 28 to Oct. 4: Kidnapping Charge on Stevens Street, a Nighttime Break-In Charge and a

Peabody police booked 10 people between Monday, September 28 and Sunday, October 4, according to the department’s weekly arrest log. The most serious charge of the week was kidnapping, filed along with assault and battery and wanton destruction of property against a Stevens Street man on Wednesday night. A Warren Street man was charged on Sunday with breaking and entering a building at night to commit a felony, and a 74-year-old was charged with operating under the influence and leaving the scene of a property damage crash on Summit Street.

A charge is not a conviction. Everyone listed is presumed innocent unless and until found guilty in court. Names, ages, addresses and charges are as printed in the department’s log.

Kidnapping charge

Edgar Manan, 38, of 4 Stevens Street, Peabody, was arrested at 9:13 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30 at his address and charged with assault and battery, wanton destruction of property under $1,200 and kidnapping (26-1050-AR).

Break-in charge

Tadeu Silva Amorim, 30, of 17 Warren Street, Peabody, was arrested at 7:20 p.m. on Sunday, October 4 at 35 1/2 Mason Street on a warrant from another department and charged with breaking and entering a building in the nighttime for a felony, operating with a suspended license and disturbing the peace (26-1067-AR).

OUI arrest

Steven Clifford, 74, of 7 Sherwood Avenue, Peabody, was arrested at 5:08 p.m. on Saturday, October 3 at 141 Summit Street and charged with operating under the influence of liquor and leaving the scene of property damage (26-1061-AR).

Andover Street, Saturday night

  • A 14-year-old from Lynn, whose name and address the department withheld, was arrested at 8:50 p.m. on October 3 at 86 Andover Street and charged with assault and battery, disorderly conduct and disturbing the peace (26-1062-AR).
  • Daisler Gomez, 20, of 119 Jefferson Street, Lynn, was arrested at 9:32 p.m. at the same address and charged with indecent exposure and disorderly conduct (26-1065-AR).

Other charges

  • Nicole Dawber, 43, of 174 Fenno Street, Revere, arrested September 29 at 7 Amy Road and charged with violating a harassment prevention order (26-1042-AR).
  • Jorge Maldonado, 28, of 133 Valley Street, Fitchburg, arrested September 29 at 184 Lowell Street on a warrant from another department and charged with unlicensed operation and no inspection sticker (26-1045-AR).
  • Derek Martel, 46, of 9 Dustin Street, Peabody, arrested October 3 at 82 Main Street and charged with shoplifting by asportation, third offense (26-1059-AR).
  • Matthew French, 40, of 500 Northshore Road, Peabody, arrested October 3 at his address and charged with disorderly conduct, subsequent offense (26-1060-AR).
  • Christian Gauthier, 20, of 56 Margin Street, Salem, arrested October 4 at 2 Washington Street on a warrant from another department and charged with resisting arrest (26-1069-AR).

The week in numbers

Ten arrests, including one juvenile. Five listed Peabody addresses; the others came from Lynn, Salem, Revere and Fitchburg.

The department posts its weekly arrest logs on its crime statistics and logs page. This week’s log is here.