Tuesday, Jan. 22
The ambulance crew responded to a medical call at 3:06 p.m. and took a woman to Leominster Hospital from an Ayer Road residence. At 6:35 p.m. a caller reported that the license plate was missing from the front of her car. At 11:42 p.m. a woman reported that her car had been side-swiped by a black SUV while she was driving toward Ayer. There were no injuries, police say, and only minor damage to the vehicle. Police were unable to locate the black SUV.
Wednesday, Jan. 23
The ambulance responded to a call at 2:42 a.m. and transported a woman to Emerson Hospital from an Ayer Road residence. Upon doing a routine license plate check on a passing car on Ayer Road at 6:09 a.m., a police officer on patrol discovered that the owner/operator’s license to operate had been revoked. The officer stopped the car and arrested the driver, Osvaldo Garcia, 38, of Mattapan, who was the owner of the vehicle. At 2:21 p.m. a Still River Road resident called to report that there was someone outside her home taking pictures of the house. The photographer was gone when police arrived to investigate. A Harvard resident stopped at the station at 2:21 p.m. to speak with an officer about concerns regarding the driving ability of another resident. Police spoke with the driver in question, then filed a request with the Department of Motor Vehicles to have the person retested for fitness to drive. Harvard firefighters were called to the scene of a mobile-home fire in Ayer at 9:05 p.m., and assisted firefighters from several towns in extinguishing the blaze. Police received a call from a Boston hospital at 9:30 p.m., asking that they check on a Harvard resident who worked there and hadn’t reported for duty. Police say the woman was fine, but had forgotten that she was due to work that day.
Thursday, Jan. 24
An officer on patrol stopped to investigate an unmarked van at a home on Prospect Hill Road at 9:20 a.m. Police say the van belonged to an electrician who had been hired to install outside motion detectors at the residence. An Ayer Road resident called the station at 9:22 a.m. seeking assistance in getting her garage door down. At 11:08 a.m. police filed a criminal complaint on behalf of the Town Clerk against a resident whose dog remained unlicensed too far past the deadline for dog licensing. A fire officer was called to a home on Warren Ave. at 5:32 p.m. to investigate a smoke alarm. Police say the home’s smoke detector was faulty.
Friday, Jan. 25
At 8:23 a.m. a caller reported smoke in the area of Tahanto Trail. Police say the smoke was from a permitted fire. At 4:11 p.m. a resident on Old Littleton Road reported a chimney fire. Firefighters responded and extinguished the blaze. There was little damage. Had the homeowner not been present to call 911, Chief Rick Sicard told the Press, “It could have been much worse.” A Mill Road resident called at 4:18 p.m. to report that his home had been broken into sometime during the day, and that there were items missing. Police confirmed there had been a forced entry into the home and say that the items taken are valued at more than $1,000. The case is under investigation. At 4:55 p.m. a caller reported an outdoor fire burning on Old Littleton Road. Police say a fire officer responded and found it was a permitted fire, just being extinguished by the homeowner. A caller reported at 5:58 p.m. that there was a table saw in the roadway on Ayer Road. The saw was gone when police arrived to investigate. At 7:39 p.m. a caller reported that there was a car in the driveway of a home on Lovers Lane, and the caller said no one was supposed to be home there. Police investigated and found that the car belonged to the homeowner’s brother.
Saturday, Jan. 26
A man stopped at the station at 9:45 a.m. to speak with an officer about an accident he was involved in a week earlier. A Slough Road resident called at 11:12 a.m. to report that a dark-colored SUV had gone down the driveway, then turned around and left. The SUV was not in the area when police arrived to investigate. A caller reported that wires were down in Shaker Village at 2:20 p.m. Police notified Verizon and stood by until a repair crew arrived. At 7:10 p.m. an Ann Lees Road resident reported that a computer and monitor were missing from his home. The case is under investigation. A caller reported at 7:15 p.m. that she had been driving on Stow Road behind a car that suddenly jammed on its brakes. She gave police the vehicle’s plate number, which was traced back to a Harvard resident. However, she later declined to pursue the issue.
Sunday, Jan. 27
At 2:24 a.m. an officer on patrol pulled over a car for traveling past a stop sign without stopping. The officer issued the driver a summons for a violation of his Junior Operator’s License—driving after midnight. The officer called the driver’s parents and stood by until they arrived. The ambulance responded to a medical call at 5:45 a.m. and transported a man to Nashoba Valley Hospital from a residence on Old Littleton Road.
Monday, Jan. 28
At 12:02 a.m. a caller reported that a car had gone off the road on Bolton Road. Police responded and found that the car, driven by Brendan Shea, 24, of West Bare Hill Road, had slid about 15 feet into a wooded area. Police say Shea was not injured, but he was allegedly operating under the influence, so was subsequently arrested. His car was towed. At 8:09 a.m. a man stopped at the station to speak with an officer about a civil matter. At 8:19 a.m. a Slough Road resident called to say he had found evidence that someone had attempted to enter the home within the past 36 hours. The case is under investigation.
