Tuesday, June 24: A caller on Fairbank Street reported a hit-and-run accident with property damage at 1:05 a.m. A telephone pole on the Common had been snapped in two by a tractor-trailer truck, which left the scene and was not located by police. National Grid and Comcast were notified to take care of the wires that were left hanging in the street. At 4:05 p.m. a caller reported that a car window had been broken at the beach; a young boy had been throwing rocks in the area. When police arrived, the youngster was apologetic and crying. At 5:57 p.m. police assisted the driver of a tractor-trailer truck in reversing direction after making a wrong turn on Ayer Road.
Wednesday, June 25: The operator of a forklift at the transfer station called police at 9:44 a.m. to report that a car driven by an elderly woman had hit the forklift after the woman hit the gas instead of the brake. The woman’s car sustained significant damage to the front end; there was minor damage to the forklift. The woman left the scene before the forklift operator could get the plate number. The incident is under investigation. A Woodside Road resident reported at 3:48 p.m. that someone had put ice cream in the mailbox on top of the mail. At 4:20 p.m. a caller on Woodside Road reported that someone had put a dead turtle in the mailbox. Police are investigating both incidents. A caller on Lovers Lane reported at 5 p.m. that there was a vehicle parked on the road with two men posing as state troopers. Police found that the men were actually detectives from the Worcester County district attorney’s office cold case squad, investigating a 1979 murder that took place on that road.
Thursday, June 26: Police found a man from Bolton sleeping in a vehicle at the library at 10 a.m., and asked him to move along. The ambulance was dispatched to a medical call on Old Littleton Road at 8:01 p.m., when a woman reported that her son was suffering from an apparent overdose of LSD. The young man was taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
Friday, June 27: At 1:37 a.m. Bolton police requested the assistance of a female officer to search a female prisoner in their custody. Officer Danielle Fortunello responded. The owner of an abandoned house on Littleton Road reported at 12:07 p.m. that someone had broken into the house. Police are investigating.
Saturday, June 28: At 12:16 p.m. a caller on Littleton Road reported that a signpost had been taken from his property two weeks earlier. Medical and fire personnel were dispatched to assist with an accident on Route 2 at 10:21 p.m., after the engine of a car involved in an earlier accident seized up on the Route 2 on-ramp. The driver of the car, who was intoxicated, had hit a tree on Prospect Hill Road after leaving a wedding reception at Fruitlands Museum, and then left the scene. None of the four passengers—including an infant—was injured. State police arrested the driver for operating under the influence and leaving the scene of an accident with property damage.
Sunday, June 29: At 10:40 a.m. police retrieved several items left at the scene of the prior night’s town fireworks display, including a sweater, sunglasses, and more. Anyone missing items from that evening is advised to call the dispatcher, who has a list of the items found.
Monday, June 30: A caller on Old Littleton Road reported an incident of mailbox vandalism at 2:44 p.m. At 3:48 p.m. a caller driving on Littleton Road reported a vehicle with three young males leaving the property where a break-in occurred earlier in the week. Police did not locate the vehicle. At 7:11 p.m. someone turned in at the station a backpack found on Still River Depot Road; it is still at the station. Fire personnel responded to an alarm at a Myrick Lane residence at 7:12 p.m., which, they discovered, had been set off by a cooking accident (burned bread). At 10:20 p.m. Harvard police assisted Littleton and Leominster police with a domestic assault incident that started in Leominster. A woman had called Littleton police on her cell phone to report the incident, and to report that the man involved was following her. Littleton advised Harvard that the two cars were headed to this town. Both cars were stopped by Harvard police, and the man was taken into the custody by the Leominster police and charged with domestic assault and battery. A caller on Still River Road reported noises coming from outside of her house at 11:56 p.m. It turned out to be from the nearby Girl Scout camp.
