Tuesday, Jan. 2
A resident reported traffic cones strewn across the entrance to Cruft Lane at 1:18 Tuesday morning. The officer responding to the call saw the cones in the road, but after turning her car around to park, found that the cones had vanished. A call about a loose horse on West Bare Hill Road came in to dispatch at 4:19 a.m. from a group of people who corralled the animal and returned it to the stable. Someone turned in a lost cellphone at 11:25 a.m. The phone is still at the station in safekeeping. Boxborough police requested mutual aid from Harvard at 6:02 p.m., when that department needed help with multiple arrests.
Wednesday, Jan 3.
A Fairbanks Street resident reported a minor car accident at 3:24 p.m., but the damage was so insignificant it did not warrant an investigation. A single car accident occurred at 5:30 p.m. on Ayer Road, when a car driven by a woman from Hollis, New Hampshire, was struck by a deer crossing the road. The car incurred only minor damage and the driver was fine: no information was available on the deer. Police help with branches blocking the road on East Bare Hill Road was requested at 6:21 p.m. Report of a suspicious parked car came in at 8:55 p.m. The officer responding to the call found a Harvard resident fond of sleeping his car, but no suspicious activity.
Thursday, Jan 4
A Harvard resident came into the station at 2:51 p.m. for fingerprinting as part of his permit to carry a firearm. At 3:57 p.m., another Harvard resident came into the station and asked to speak with a police officer regarding a dispute with neighbors.
Friday, Jan. 5
A motor vehicle stop at 2:05 a.m. on Route 2 resulted in the arrest of Ryan John Cuttler, 22, of Leominster. He was stopped for speeding and found to be under the influence of alcohol. Cuttler was arrested, booked, and released on bail at 4:19 a.m. Police received a phone call about a man attaching a cylindrical device to a tree on South Shaker Road at 11:04 a.m., but the officer investigating found that the device was a bug trap. A Partridge Hill Road resident reported stolen property at 6:41 p.m. An iPod and a cell phone were reportedly stolen from a locker during a Bromfield basketball game. A suspicious car reported by a Depot Road resident at 10:54 p.m. turned out to be someone using the transfer station parking lot as a turn-around.
Saturday, Jan. 6
EMTs transported a woman to Nashoba from her location on Pond Road at 12:05 a.m. At 1:28 a.m., police arrested George Lee Bales, 21, of Chelmsford for speeding, driving under the influence of alcohol, and possession of an open container of alcohol in the car. Bales was traveling westbound on Route 2 at the time of the arrest. In addition, he was charged with providing alcohol to his minor passenger. Both were taken to the police station, where Bales was booked and the minor was picked up by parents. The car was towed from the scene. A West Bare Hill Road resident called police to report a threatening German shepherd in the neighborhood at 11:53 a.m. The matter was referred to the animal control officer. Dispatch received a call about teenagers in a loud verbal dispute on Ayer Road near the Appleworks building, but the officer responding to the call resolved the matter and no charges were filed. A man from Brown Road was transported to Emerson by ambulance at 10:06 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 7
At 12:05 Sunday morning, police received a phone call from a Shaker Road resident about a mailbox destroyed by fireworks. The matter is under investigation. Dispatch got a call about a loud house party on Bolton Road at 1:27 a.m., and police stopped by the house to ask the revelers to quiet down. Someone driving down Ayer Road called police to report that a person was examining a car in a suspicious way at 11:12 a.m. Police found someone looking closely at a car with a “For Sale” sign in the window. An anonymous phone call made to dispatch at 2:43 p.m. reported people using a metal detector on the Common. This activity is illegal in Harvard, so the people were told to stop and move on.
Monday, Jan. 8
A Harvard resident called to report a bad check at 11:05 a.m. The officer investigating found that the bad check was a bank error. A patient from a doctor’s office on Ayer Road was taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center by ambulance at 12:04 p.m.
