Police Probe Lunch Line Cookie Theft

The following is an excerpt from the Portsmouth Police log from Tuesday, Nov. 20 through Wednesday, Nov. 21.

Wednesday:

• At 7:50 a.m., police arrested at 16-year-old juvenile for truancy on Ledgewood Drive.
• At 12:12 p.m., police reported a theft of a copper downspout on Chestnut Street.
• At 4:09 p.m., police arrested a Dover man who was wanted as a fugitive from justice after he turned himself in at the police station. Adam Jean Andersen, 38, of 514 Lilac Lane in Dover was wanted on a bench warrant.
• At 10:38 p.m., police arrested a Rochester woman who was wanted as a fugitive from justice after she was detained by Rochester Police. Vanessa Bentley, 33, of 10 Damours Ave., in Gonic (Rochester), was wanted for receiving stolen property.

Wednesday:

• At 9:42 a.m., police reported an unattended death on Ocean Road.
• At 1:55 p.m., police reported a theft of a cookie from the lunch line at Portsmouth High School on Andrew Jarvis Drive.
• At 3:22 p.m., police arrested a Portsmouth woman who was wanted as a fugitive from justice on Winsor Road. Patricia Jones, 41, of 5 Winsor Road in Portsmouth was wanted for disorderly conduct.