Tuesday, April 16
A neighbor called around 11:40 a.m. to complain that an audible alarm could be heard at a residence on Brown Road. Police investigated and found it to be accidental.
Wednesday, April 17
An Old Littleton Road resident called at 12:40 a.m. to say that his dogs were barking, there was a car in his driveway, and he believed his house was being egged, having heard loud bangs against its side. The car left, and then later returned, at which time the resident called again to report he had seen three young males get out of the vehicle and shortly thereafter heard more bangs against the walls of his house. When the police inspected, they found that eggs had been thrown against the residence in “multiple locations.” A nearby highway construction trailer and flashing detour arrow had also been egged. Police were unable to locate the culprits. Later that morning, at 9:22 a.m., police checked up on a female resident on Littleton County Road who had not answered her automated R-U-OK call. She had apparently not heard the phone ring and was OK. A Whitman Road resident called the on-duty fire office at 4:18 p.m. to ask what time brush burning fires needed to be extinguished. At 5:38 p.m., an officer patrolling the parking area at the Oxbow National Wildlife Preserve noticed a male individual attempting to throw a traffic barrier over the side of the nearby bridge into the Nashua River. On investigation, the officer discovered four other minors, all male, in the teenager’s car, which he had been driving with only a Juvenile Operator License (JOL). Smelling marijuana, the officer searched the car and found three cans of Bud Light, which he seized. The driver, Donald Saunders, a 17-year-old from Townsend, was charged with disorderly conduct, violating a JOL restriction, and underage possession of alcohol. His four teenage passengers had to find their way home by other means.
Thursday, April 18
An Ayer Road resident called at 9:04 a.m. to say that someone was banging on her apartment door demanding that a vehicle in front of her building be moved. The police suggested the caller refer the individual to the building manager. At 9:31 a.m., a male resident of Cleaves Hill Road called complaining of dizziness. The ambulance responded and the caller was transported to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. The fire department and ambulance responded at 7:10 p.m. to an alarm at the Bowers Brook Apartments on Ayer Road, where they found a water pipe had ruptured, flooding three apartments, and forcing residents outside. The leak was stopped, flood waters removed and the occupants allowed back into the building. A residential alarm sent police to a Whitney Road residence at 10:13 p.m. Police found a door ajar and secured it.
Friday, April 19
A South Shaker Road homeowner called to report a downed power line in his yard at 7:52 a.m. National Grid was advised and sent a repair crew. The friend of a Stow Road resident called 911 at 11:29 a.m. to say that in a just-concluded phone conversation, his friend seemed to be having trouble speaking. The Harvard ambulance was dispatched and the individual transported to Emerson Hospital. At 1:42 p.m., police investigated an abandoned 911 call at a West Bare Hill residence and confirmed that the occupant had merely misdialed the number. A fire alarm received at 7:56 p.m. from a residence on Ayer Road proved on investigation to have been be caused by light smoke from a toaster. No further action was required. At 9:07 p.m., an Orchard Hill resident reported hearing a loud bang. Police searched the area but found nothing.
Saturday, April 20
Police investigated an alarm at Prospect House at Fruitlands at 7:45 a.m. After checking the building and speaking with the chef, the alarm was determined to have been accidentally set off. At 9:28 a.m. the ambulance was sent to help the male resident of an Ayer Road apartment who had fallen out of his chair and was unable to get up. He was taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. Around 11:00 a.m. Boxborough police called to ask Harvard to be on the lookout for a car headed toward Ayer whose driver was wanted for assault and battery. The vehicle was not found. At 11:21 a.m., police removed a large piece of metal from Ayer Road near the Route 2 bridge. Police responded to a report of a suspicious car on Old Littleton Road at 2:03 p.m. The driver turned out to be lost, looking for Orchard Hill. The investigating officer gave her directions and sent her on her way. When an officer stopped a speeding vehicle near Littleton County Road and Massachusetts Avenue at 7:05 p.m., the female driver reported that she had just had a verbal argument with her male passenger. The man affirmed that no threats had been made. Both parties were read their domestic abuse rights and allowed to proceed. At 10:06 p.m., an officer observed a vehicle pulling into the Hildreth Elementary School parking lot near the school’s dumpsters. The male driver was a 17-year-old, and his two male passengers were juveniles. On smelling marijuana, the officer searched the vehicle and found a cooler on the floor containing beer, several glass smoking pipes of various sizes and shapes, cigarette paper, and a small amount of marijuana. More marijuana was found when the officer searched the rest of the car, but no amount greater than the one ounce permitted by law. The 17-year-old passed a field sobriety test. The three teens were all from Harvard. No criminal charges were made. The parents of all three were advised of the incident.
Sunday, April 21
An officer investigated a vehicle parked with its lights out next to the General Store at 12:37 a.m. There was one male occupant. Smelling burnt marijuana, the officer administered a field sobriety test, which the driver passed. A woman living in Colorado who is a former resident of Harvard called at 2:40 p.m. to report that her former boyfriend had sold some items belonging to her from her apartment in Haverhill. Police advised her to contact the Haverhill police department.
Monday, April 22
Police removed a dead animal from Ayer Road around 5:44 a.m. No further information was available regarding its age, gender, or species. A female resident of Littleton County Road called at 10:24 a.m. to say that she was feeling faint. The ambulance responded and transported her to Emerson Hospital. A woman came to the police station at 10:49 a.m. to advise police that her child was in day care in Harvard and she did not want her boyfriend to pick him up because he had been drinking heavily. Police filed a mandated report with state Department of Child and Family Services. A resident called at 11:15 a.m. to complain a Waste Not truck had been driving too fast on Ann Lees Road as she and her husband were out walking. She said that she had called the company to complain. Police received a call from an Ayer Road resident at 2:50 p.m. reporting receipt of a suspicious package at her home. The package was addressed to her daughter. It proved to be from a school to which the daughter had applied. At 4:36 p.m., the ambulance transported an Ayer Road resident to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. A resident dropped by the police station at 5:45 p.m. with a camera he had found at Dunkin’ Donuts two years ago. He said he had tried to find its owner, even advertising it on Craigs List, but that no one had come forward. He said he didn’t want it himself.
