Tuesday, Dec. 5
At 9:35 a.m. Tuesday, a woman came into the station and reported her vehicle registration stolen, but the officer investigating the matter discovered that her suspicion was unfounded. A call for an ambulance came in from the Bromfield School just before 3 p.m., and the medical crew transported an individual to Nashoba Regional Medical Center. A false residential burglar alarm rang on Littleton Road at 7:45 p.m., but investigating officers found no suspicious activity.
Wednesday, Dec. 6
Officers investigated a possible series of larcenies involving people rummaging for valuables in unlocked cars in Bolton, Boxborough, Harvard, and Littleton. An unlocked car on Old Littleton Road was the target of this group sometime before 7:37 a.m., when a resident called to report the theft of valuables left in his car. A Whitney Road homeowner called dispatch to report suspicious people soliciting in the neighborhood just before 11 a.m. Police determined that the person was a legal solicitor. Police were called to the scene of a car accident on Ayer and Poor Farm roads at 4:31 p.m., but the people involved were gone by the time officers arrived.
Thursday, Dec. 7
Thursday started early for dispatch when a South Shaker Road resident was transported to Nashoba Medical Center by ambulance at 2:30 a.m. Dispatch received a 9:31 a.m. call from a woman reporting harassing phone calls from her husband’s girlfriend. The police contacted the phone company for help with the matter. A stolen car was recovered at the intersection of Whitney and Littleton roads just before noon, when officers suspicious of the car’s neglected condition and New Hampshire license plate ran a check on the registration. Officers believe the car might have been used by an organized group that steals cars to use for a short time before abandoning them. The department was quiet until 4:16 p.m., when a Turner Lane resident called to report suspicious activity at a neighbor’s house. The officer answering the call found employees of a septic company at work on the property. A call from a resident on Littleton County Road at 6:04 p.m. involved a dispute between a homeowner and a contractor, but the matter was resolved between them in the presence of the officer.
Friday, Dec. 8
A parked car on Ayer Road attracted the attention of a caller early Friday morning, but officers could find no cause for concern. A woman from Mendon traveling north on Ayer Road at 5:32 p.m. Friday called dispatch after hitting a deer with her car. The deer survived, but left furry souvenirs in the grill. The car was towed from the scene. A car parked on Ayer Road aroused the suspicions of the officer on duty at 10:30 p.m., and a check of the license plate revealed that the car had revoked plates. Police removed the plates and sent a court summons to the registered owner. Revoked plates were the subject of another police action at 11:05 p.m., when an officer stopped a car for operating with invalid registration. The plates were removed, the car was towed, and the owner received a summons to appear in court.
Saturday, Dec. 9
Fairbanks Street resident called dispatch at 9:34 Saturday morning to report a neighbor in a nearby yard with an assault rifle; the investigating officer determined that the firearm in question was a paintball gun. A Woodchuck Hill homeowner rang police to investigate suspicious people on a neighbor’s property at 10:30 p.m.. The officer responding to the call found builders on the property on legitimate business. A suspicious motor vehicle reported on Prospect Hill Road at 2:15 p.m. was gone when an officer responded to the call. A similar call came in from Depot Road shortly before 11 p.m., but the officer found a group of Verizon phone workers waiting for a company truck to arrive to make repairs to an area phone line. Just before midnight, a South Shaker Road resident called to report a suspicious vehicle near the Shaker Cemetery, but the car was gone when officers arrived.
Sunday, Dec. 10
Sunday morning was quiet until 9:30, when a caller with an ongoing landlord-tenant issue requested help with a dispute. Dispatch had two hours of respite before a Harvard resident came into the station with two children’s jackets found on the Depot Road soccer fields. Just before 3 p.m., Wayne Landry of Homestead Lane, Stow, was traveling eastbound on Route 2 when an officer pulled him over on suspicion of operating a vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. He was arrested on charges of OUI and failing to stay within marked lanes. After his car was towed and he was booked at the station, police released Landry into the custody of a friend.
Monday, Dec. 11
A Woodside Road resident requested medical help at 5:29 a.m., and at 1:07 p.m. a Lancaster Country Road homeowner called to report the theft of a Christmas decoration from the front yard. The officer responding to the call found the decoration in a different part of the property. More holiday hijinks occurred right before 6 p.m. on Stow Road, when a homeowner called dispatch to report the theft of two cut Christmas trees.
