Tuesday, Feb. 26
The ambulance transported a man to Nashoba Valley Medical Center from a Stow Road residence at 6:16 a.m. At 12:15 p.m. the ambulance was called to Hildreth Elementary School for a woman who reported feeling faint, but the woman refused treatment. At 12:32 p.m. a caller reported seeing adults throwing snowballs at horses on Old Littleton Road. Police spoke to the people suspected of being involved, but were unable to confirm what took place. Police say the incident appeared to stem from a dispute between neighbors. A fire officer went to Fruitlands Museum in response to a fire alarm that came in at 8:44 p.m. Police say the alarm was accidentally triggered by someone trying to repair it.
Wednesday, Feb. 27
At 3:24 a.m. an officer on patrol noticed an occupied car in the Harvard Lanes parking lot. The driver of the car told the officer he had just pulled over to rest. At 7:30 p.m. an officer on patrol stopped to investigate two people who appeared to be attempting a break-in at a residence on Still River Road. The officer found that the two people were representatives from the bank that owns the house and were there to change the locks.
Thursday, Feb. 28
At 4:54 a.m. an officer on patrol stopped a car for speeding on Ayer Road. After discovering that the driver, a Marlborough man, did not have a valid driver’s license, the officer issued the man a summons and ordered the car towed. At 10:14 a.m. an officer stopped a car on Ayer Road for having a cracked windshield and an invalid inspection sticker. The officer subsequently arrested the driver, Alexi Villanueva, 27, of Marlborough, for an outstanding warrant on failure to pay fines and issued her a citation for the cracked windshield and inspection sticker violation. She was transported to Clinton Court to await transfer to Framingham Court, which issued the warrant. At 5:39 p.m. a Harvard resident stopped at the station to report being assaulted five days earlier. Police issued a summons for domestic assault to a Harvard woman.
Friday, March 1
At 12:20 p.m. the ambulance took a woman to Nashoba Valley Medical Center from St. Benedict’s Abbey. At 1 p.m. police issued a restraining order to the woman involved in Thursday’s domestic assault incident. Bolton police called the station at 6:14 p.m., asking Harvard officers to watch for a red Toyota seen speeding toward Harvard on Brown Road. The car was not found. At 9:29 p.m. an official from the Bromfield School called to request an ambulance and police officer to evaluate a student suspected of being intoxicated. Police were asked to administer a Breathalyzer test. After the student tested positive for alcohol, school officials notified the parents; treatment and ambulance transportation were refused. At 10:05 p.m. a fire officer responded to a fire alarm at Bromfield and discovered it had been tripped by excessive fog from the fog machine being used at the dance in progress there.
Saturday, March 2
An officer on patrol stopped a car for speeding on Ayer Road at 2:02 a.m. and arrested the driver, Randi Hauver, 47, of Ayer, for operating under the influence, operating to endanger, operating with a revoked registration, operating an uninsured vehicle, and speeding. Hauver was later released on $40 cash bail. At 11:45 a.m. someone reported that there was a man calling for help in the conservation area near Withington Lane. Police from Harvard and Stow found the man on the conservation land near Finn Road. He had suffered severe injuries from being attacked by two dogs while walking his own dog. According to police, the man was walking with his dog and came upon a woman, later found to be a Stow resident, who was walking her three dogs. Two of her dogs started to chase the man’s dog and then began to attack it. The man tried to intervene and suffered severe bites to his head and face and bruises to his hands. He was taken by the Stow ambulance to UMass Medical Center in Worcester. The victim’s wife took their dog to a vet, who determined the animal needed surgery for significant bites. No criminal charges were filed. The three dogs belonging to the Stow woman were quarantined by Stow Animal Control. At 5 p.m. the Harvard ambulance answered a medical call at Nashoba Regional High School, since the Bolton ambulance was unavailable. At 10:14 p.m. an officer on patrol made note of an unoccupied car parked at Bromfield.
Sunday, March 3
Nothing of significance to report.
Monday, March 4
At 8:48 a.m. a caller reported a suspicious-looking van on Lovers Lane. Police say the van belonged to a man who was doing work on Turner Lane and had gotten lost. At 11:27 a.m. police responded to the scene of a single-car accident on Stow Road near the I-495 overpass. Police say the car had struck a large sign in the road and sustained enough damage that it had to be towed. There were no injuries. Police later discovered that the sign was in the road as the result of an earlier apparent hit-and-run accident. At 1:56 p.m. a Harvard resident stopped at the station to report receiving a credit card in the mail with his address on it, but someone else’s name. The case is under investigation. A caller reported at 5:26 p.m. that a green Toyota Camry was being driven in circles in Sorrento’s parking lot. An officer advised the driver to stop that behavior. At 7:21 p.m. a fire officer responded to a smoke alarm at an Ayer Road residence. Police say the detector had sounded because it needed a new battery.
