Tuesday, March 19
Around 2:00 p.m. an officer investigated a report of a disabled vehicle on Littleton Road. It was found to be making a delivery. Police responded at 4:00 p.m. to a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of Littleton County Road and Trail Ridge Way. There were no injuries and no citation was issued, but the vehicle was towed. A short while later, at 4:10 p.m., a Still River Road resident reported that a vehicle had gone off the road, but it was gone by the time police arrived.
Wednesday, March 20
At 3:00 a.m. a caller reported that a tree was blocking the roadway near the intersection of Tahanto Trail and Warren Avenue. The highway department removed it and treated the adjacent roads, which had become slick. A resident called around 8:45 a.m. to complain that the operator of a Department of Public Works (DPW) sander was driving “erratically” and failing to obey traffic signs near Ayer and Still River roads. Police Chief Ed Denmark reported the incident to DPW. A female resident asked to speak to an officer at 10:15 a.m. She said she had found a ceremonial sword stuck in the ground behind her house and wondered if someone had reported it missing. Around noon, the Harvard ambulance transported a female resident to Leominster Hospital. At 11:08 p.m., a resident asked police to investigate a suspicious vehicle parked on Littleton County Road. The occupant had stopped to make a cell phone call.
Thursday, March 21
A passing officer investigated a suspicious vehicle parked at the Prospect Hill overlook around 1:00 a.m. The occupants said they were admiring the view and moved on shortly thereafter. At 4:42 a.m. a Depot Road homeowner called to report smoke coming from the basement. The fire department responded with three trucks, but a thorough check of the premises with a thermal imager found no sign of fire. Police responded at 10:56 a.m. to a two-car, head-on collision on Willard Lane. The female driver of one of the vehicles and a juvenile occupant were transported by ambulance to Emerson Hospital; the occupants of the second car were uninjured. Both cars, whose airbags had deployed, had to be towed. No citation was issued. The road is privately maintained, and icy conditions had made it difficult for the vehicles to slow, so a sander was requested. At 4:34 p.m. a Harvard resident complained that she had almost been struck by another vehicle approaching from the opposite direction near Woodchuck Hill and Slough Road. Police located the second vehicle, which was registered to another Harvard resident, but they were unable to locate a driver. At 5:32 p.m. a Simon Atherton Road resident called to say that she had placed a misaddressed letter in a neighbor’s mailbox and watched as a suspicious vehicle approached and examined its contents, before driving off. Police were unable to locate the reported snooper.
Friday, March 22
The ambulance responded to a 911 call at a Littleton County Road home around 12:35 p.m., but the resident refused treatment.
Saturday, March 23
Harvard’s police, fire department, and ambulance responded at 2:08 a.m. to a state police request to assist with an accident in the westbound lane of Route 2. Police closed the Harvard entrance to Route 2 west, and the ambulance transported one person to Leominster Hospital. Around 5:00 p.m., the ambulance transported a Still River resident who had fainted in church to Emerson Hospital.
Sunday, March 24
An Ayer Road resident called at 1:06 a.m. to report that items had been stolen by a departing roommate. The roommate admitted to having taken the items and returned them. On further investigation later in the day, police determined that the disagreement was a domestic matter and took no further action. At 7:30 p.m., a Blanchard Road resident reported having received three harassing phone calls over the past 48 hours, demanding money and threating physical harm. Police traced the caller and determined the threats were a prank, perpetrated by a boarding school friend of the resident’s child. No charges were filed. “It was a lot of leg work,” said the investigating officer.
Monday, March 25
At 3:32 a.m., a Pinnacle Road resident called the on-duty fire officer to report a defective carbon monoxide detector. The homeowner planned to deactivate the alarm until it could be repaired. Police responded to a Boxborough request for backup at 8:26 a.m. Someone had threatened a Boxborough resident and was alleged to have a gun. Harvard police assisted with the arrest of the suspect, who was unarmed.
