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Peabody Police Arrest Log, Oct. 19 to 25: Unarmed Robbery Charge on Andover Street, Three OUI Arrests and Seven Warrant Pickups

Twenty arrests in a week, from a robbery charge at a Route 114 address to a driver charged with assault with a dangerous weapon after refusing to stop on Lynnfield Street. One man was arrested for OUI twice in 24 hours.

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, Oct. 19 to 25: Unarmed Robbery Charge on Andover Street, Three OUI Arrests and Seven Warrant

Peabody police booked 20 people between Monday, October 19 and Sunday, October 25, according to the department’s weekly arrest log. The most serious charges of the week were unarmed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon at a Route 114 address on Thursday night, and a Salem man was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon, reckless driving and failing to stop for police after a Wednesday afternoon stop on Lynnfield Street. Three arrests were for operating under the influence, two of them the same man a day apart, and seven people were picked up on warrants.

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.

Robbery charge

Zackary Leite, 27, of 2212 Avalon Drive, Peabody, was arrested at 9:29 p.m. on Thursday, October 22 at 244 Andover Street and charged with assault and battery, unarmed robbery and assault with a dangerous weapon (case 26-1144-AR).

Lynnfield Street stop

Ericson Almonte-Rojas, 34, of 10 Heritage Drive, Salem, was arrested at 3:20 p.m. on Wednesday, October 21 at 138 Lynnfield Street and charged with operating with a suspended license, reckless operation of a motor vehicle, failing to stop for police, speeding and assault with a dangerous weapon (case 26-1139-AR).

OUI arrests

  • Jerzy Kot, 51, of 7 Dustin Street, Peabody, arrested at 4:14 p.m. on October 21 at 24 Caller Street and charged with operating under the influence of liquor, possessing an open container of alcohol in a vehicle and resisting arrest (26-1140-AR).
  • Wanderson De Sales, 53, of 101 Lowell Street, Peabody, arrested at 10:20 p.m. on Saturday, October 24 at 113 Main Street and charged with operating under the influence of liquor, an open container and a lights violation (26-1156-AR). He was arrested again at 5:50 p.m. on Sunday, October 25 at 82 Main Street and charged with operating under the influence of liquor and operating with a suspended license (26-1161-AR).

Assault charges

  • Cristy Cassista, 33, of 44 Shore Drive, Peabody, arrested at 11:38 a.m. on October 20 at 77 Lowell Street and charged with assault with a dangerous weapon (26-1135-AR).
  • Kevin Lombardi, 63, of 6 Martinack Avenue, Peabody, arrested at 9:10 p.m. on October 23 at 8 Martinack Avenue and charged with assault and battery (26-1151-AR).
  • John Velez, 37, of 26 Rockway Road, Peabody, arrested at 3:58 a.m. on October 24 at his address and charged with assault, assault and battery, intimidating a witness, resisting arrest and malicious destruction of property under $1,200 (26-1152-AR).

Driving charges

  • Christopher Tilley, 58, of 60 Harrison Avenue, Peabody, arrested at 11:20 a.m. on October 19 at 90 Pine Street and charged with operating with a suspended license, subsequent offense, and no inspection sticker (26-1129-AR).
  • Robert Wilson, 46, of 13 Jacobs Street, Peabody, arrested at 9:15 p.m. on October 20 at 79 Lowell Street and charged with operating with a suspended license, subsequent offense, obstruction of justice, refusing to identify himself as a motor vehicle operator and no inspection sticker (26-1138-AR).

Shoplifting

Endi Shabani, 23, of 17 Union Street, Peabody, was arrested at 2:30 p.m. on October 19 at 210M Andover Street and charged with two counts of shoplifting by concealing merchandise (26-1132-AR).

Warrant arrests

  • Diana Cruz, 42, of 43 Nashua Street, Woburn, arrested October 19 at 18 Bay State Boulevard on two warrants from other departments and charged with possession of a Class B drug (26-1131-AR).
  • Robert Corriveau, 66, of 50 Walnut Street, Peabody, arrested October 20 on Caller Street on four Peabody police warrants (26-1137-AR).
  • Daniel Muhindo Musema, 41, of 5 Peterson Road, Quincy, arrested October 21 at 125 Newbury Street on two warrants from other departments (26-1141-AR).
  • John Karavolas, 64, of 29 Abington Avenue, Peabody, arrested October 22 at his address on a warrant from another department (26-1143-AR).
  • Amber Smith, 27, of 55 Union Street, Lawrence, arrested October 23 at 1 Lowell Street on a Peabody police warrant (26-1147-AR).
  • Alexander Pelletier, 32, of 24 Walsh Avenue, Peabody, arrested October 25 at his address on a Peabody police warrant (26-1159-AR).

Other entries

  • Matthew Greenlaw, 28, of 5 Ayer Street, Peabody, was booked at 4:10 a.m. on October 19 as a courtesy booking for another department (26-1127-AR).
  • Manuel Martinez, 53, of 84 Washington Street, Peabody, was taken into protective custody at 7:30 p.m. on October 20 at 3 Ayer Street (26-1136-AR). Protective custody is not an arrest.

The week in numbers

Twenty log entries covering 19 people. Fourteen listed Peabody addresses; the others came from Salem, Woburn, Quincy and Lawrence. Lowell Street appeared four times as the arrest location.

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