Tuesday, November 25: At 12:25 p.m. a caller on Hillcrest Drive reported a suspicious-looking truck in the neighborhood. The truck was gone when police arrived. A caller on Withington Lane reported at 1:15 p.m. that mailboxes on that road had been vandalized. At 5:10 p.m. a caller on Pinnacle Road reported that a dark-colored European-style car was parked in front of his house. The car was gone when police arrived. Someone stopped at the station at 5:45 p.m. to report hitting a light post at Sorrento’s the previous week. At 7:55 p.m. Harvard police responded to a request from Boxborough to be on the lookout for a car being driven by someone intoxicated, which had backed into a gasoline pump at the Exxon station in Boxborough. The car was not located. A caller on Littleton Road reported hearing a loud bang in the area at 9:20 p.m. Police discovered that someone had run over a street sign at the end of the road, and had left the scene.
Wednesday, November 26: At 25 minutes past midnight a car failed to make the corner on Old Shirley Road and hit a tree. The car was towed; no citations were issued. The driver refused transport to the hospital. At 1:32 a.m. a caller reported seeing a box truck backed up to the door of Dunkin’ Donuts. Police discovered a product delivery in progress. The Department of Public Works was called out to sand the first icy roads of the season at 1:57 a.m. A caller on Littleton Road reported at 2:52 a.m. that while investigating a dog barking, she had seen someone running and noticed a smashed pumpkin that wasn’t there earlier. The pumpkin-smasher was not found by police. A “honey for sale” sign found on Ohlin Lane at 8:20 a.m. was returned to its owner on Still River Road. At 4 p.m. two cars had a close encounter with a deer on Old Shirley Road. The vehicles sustained minor damage. The deer sustained major damage; the DPW was asked to remove the carcass.
Thursday, November 27: A caller on Old Schoolhouse Road reported a possible break-in at a neighbor’s. He said that he had seen two young males at the house, looking into the garage. When the caller confronted them and asked for their names, they said they lived in the neighborhood and were trying to line up winter work doing odd jobs, such as shoveling walks and driveways. The caller said he had no need of such assistance, but his neighbor, who was out of town at the moment, might. The youths left, and when the caller saw them at the neighbor’s again, he called the police. Police found the pair inside the home of the vacationing neighbor, claiming someone had invited them in. The two will be summonsed for breaking and entering. A member of the Park Lane Neighborhood Watch reported seeing a neighbor’s garage door open at 4:52 p.m. The homeowner arrived at the same time as police and said that sometimes the garage door malfunctions and opens for no apparent reason.
Friday, November 28: At 9:49 a.m. police received a report of the rape of a Harvard minor that had taken place in another town. The case is under investigation. An officer on patrol investigated a car parked behind Dunkin’ Donuts at 9:25 p.m. The occupants claimed they had been looking for a restroom. The officer told them to move along. At 9:33 p.m. an officer investigated a house on Prospect Hill with its lights on and doors open, and found tenants moving in there.
Saturday, November 29: A resident on Turner Lane called the station at 1:17 p.m. to report that a neighbor was conducting an illegal controlled burn. Police told the burner to extinguish the fire.
Sunday, November 30: At 3:34 p.m. police were called to Finn Road, where they found a vehicle that had hit a stone wall. Its airbags had been deployed, but there was no one around. Police finally located the owner; the car was towed. There were no citations issued, and the driver refused transport to the hospital. The DPW was called out at 3:40 p.m. for more sanding along icy roads. While sanding on Sherry Road at 5:16 p.m., one of the DPW workers noticed a man with a flashlight walking through a field and reported it to police. The man said he was looking for wildlife. At 6:31 p.m. police received a call from a tenant in an apartment building who was bothered by a neighbor’s barking dog. He said the animal control officer had advised him to call police. Police advised him to call the animal control officer. He ended up calling the landlord, who plans to help the two tenants work things out.
Monday, December 1: A business owner on Ayer Road reported receiving an “odd letter,” with no return address on the envelope. Police investigated, but found nothing amiss with the letter.
