Tuesday, September 14
At 12:18 p.m. a caller reported that teenagers at the soccer field near Ann Lees Road were being disruptive. Police responded, spoke to the youths, and determined that there was no problem. At 4:13 p.m. a parent stopped at the station to speak with an officer about a situation involving the harassment of her teenage daughter.
Wednesday, September 15
A caller reported a vehicle speeding on Oak Hill Road at 9:31 a.m. Police checked the area, but did not locate a speeding vehicle. A Turner Lane resident called at 1:30 pm. to speak with an officer about a boundary marker that had been knocked over. Police advised the person that it was a civil matter. A Madigan Lane resident called at 3:03 p.m. to report that two salespeople were canvassing the neighborhood, and provided a description of the car they were driving. Police checked the area, but did not locate the vehicle. At 5:12 p.m. a Lovers Lane resident called to report a possibly rabid animal in the area. Police referred the issue to Animal Control. A volunteer for the Conservation Commission reported that someone had been dumping trash in a conservation area. Police are investigating. At 7:28 p.m. a Littleton Road resident reported receiving harassing phone calls. Police looked into the matter and determined there was no issue. Ayer police called at 9:10 p.m. to alert Harvard officers that a woman who had been reported missing in Kansas was believed to be in the area, heading to Harvard. Police later found the woman at a Still River residence, where she was not wanted. She was given a no-trespass notice and asked to leave. Harvard police contacted their counterparts in the Kansas town where the woman had been reported missing to let them know she had been located.
Thursday, September 16
At 12:07 p.m. an Ayer Road resident reported that someone had splashed paint on a car windshield. The case is under investigation. An officer on patrol on Old Shirley Road stopped at 2:25 p.m. to investigate an occupied car parked on that road. The driver said he was waiting for someone. At 5:32 p.m. officers investigated a two-car accident at Ayer and Poor Farm roads. There were no injuries; one vehicle was towed; a warning was issued to one driver. No other details were available at press time.
Friday, September 17
A Turner Lane resident called at 12:35 p.m. to speak with an officer regarding a dispute with a neighbor about a boundary marker. The caller was advised that it was a civil matter. A caller reported at 2:36 p.m. that he had just experienced a road-rage incident near Ayer Road and Route 2. Police did not locate the vehicle in question. Police were called to a family disturbance at an Old Littleton Road home at 4:38 p.m., and restored the peace. An officer on patrol stopped to investigate a parked car at the observatory on Pinnacle Road at 4:59 p.m. and found that the occupant was an employee of the observatory who was downloading research data. At 9:19 p.m. a caller reported hearing a possible car crash at Ayer and Old Mill roads. Police checked the area, but found no sign of a crash.
Saturday, September 18
At 12:04 p.m. the ambulance transported a woman to the hospital from the Fall Festival on Ayer Road. At 3:19 p.m. the ambulance took a child to Emerson Hospital from an Old Littleton Road residence. Police responded to a reported domestic incident at an Old Littleton Road residence at 3:39 p.m. and arrested a juvenile on two counts of domestic assault and battery. A fire officer responded to a call that came in from an Ann Lees Road residence at 6:12 p.m. and found that the home’s fire alarm had been set off by something cooking on the stove. The ambulance transported a woman from the Fall Festival on Ayer Road to Emerson Hospital at 8:46 p.m. Boxborough police called at 9:20 p.m. to request the assistance of a Harvard officer at a motor vehicle stop in Boxborough. While directing traffic exiting the Fall Festival on Ayer Road at 8:43 p.m., the detail officer observed a car whose driver was slow to respond to the officer’s signal to stop. The officer spoke to the driver, and during the ensuing conversation, detected the odor of marijuana in the car. When the driver failed a field sobriety test, the officer confiscated what was believed to be marijuana and arrested Slough Road resident Walker Calkins, 19, for operating under the influence, speeding, and operating to endanger. Calkins was transported to Nashoba Valley Medical Center for medical attention.
Sunday, September 19
The source of a fire call that came in at 3:31 a.m. from a Willow Road residence was determined to be a fire alarm malfunction. At 10:20 a.m. a fire officer was called out to investigate smoke in the area of Willard Lane and Cove Drive, but the officer detected no smoke. At 10:36 a.m. a caller reported finding a wedding band at Dunkin’ Donuts. At 11:40 a.m. a Glenview Drive resident called to report concerns about a stranger on a neighbor’s property. Police checked and determined there was no issue.
Monday, September 20
An officer on patrol at 1:56 a.m. stopped at an Ayer Road business to investigate some things that seemed out of the ordinary, but determined the building was secure and notified the owner of the anomalies. The ambulance took a woman to the hospital from a doctor’s office on Ayer Road at 5:40 a.m. At 7:36 p.m. a car reported hitting a deer at Willard Lane and Still River Road. The car was not damaged. Animal Control was notified to take care of the deer.
