Tuesday, April 9
A person called 911 at 2:20 p.m. to report that a brush fire on a Littleton Road property was out of control, but when police investigated they found it was being monitored by the homeowner. At 6:14 p.m. a caller reported that a group of people who looked like they didn’t belong in the area had gathered in the Holy Hill parking area on South Shaker Road. When an officer arrived, they were gone. A resident reported seeing a strange man on the Ann Lees Road baseball field at around 9:48 p.m. in the evening, but no one was found.
Wednesday, April 10
At 4:12 a.m. the Harvard ambulance transported a male Woodside Road resident from Bolton to the Nashoba Valley Medical Center. At 8:20 a.m. Chief Ed Denmark and Officer Danielle Fortunato went to the middle school to give a talk on cyber-safety to a class of sixth graders. An officer took the department’s breathalizer to Devens for annual maintenance and calibration at around 9:37 a.m. A teacher leaving Bromfield called around 1:32 p.m. to report that a student driver was driving erratically in the school parking lot. She had already spoken with the school principal. Police were able to identify the driver and called the parents. As of Tuesday, police were still waiting for the parents to call back. At 1:57 p.m. a Bolton Road caller reported that a horse was loose. When police arrived, the animal had been corralled. An anonymous caller phoned around 5:17 p.m. to say that two young males had been spotted walking without an adult near the Route 2 bridge on Littleton Road. They were gone by the time an officer arrived. The Framingham police contacted Harvard at 10:08 p.m. to help locate a woman driving west on Route 2 who had called 911 for help with regard to a domestic dispute. Harvard police were unable to locate the woman, who had already passed beyond Harvard. State police later located her in Sterling and determined she was OK.
Thursday, April 11
Police checking an abandoned building on Ayer Road around 2:22 a.m. found a garage door open. After confirming that no fresh vandalism had occurred, the investigating officer secured the door and left. A woman walking on Woodside Road called at 7:12 p.m. to report a suspicious vehicle driving slowly through the area. When police arrived, the vehicle was gone. At 9:14 a.m., an officer checked up on a Littleton Road resident who had not answered an R-U-OK call. She was found to be OK. A caller reported seeing smoke near Oak Hill Road and Pinnacle Road in the direction of Carlson’s orchards at around 8:12 p.m. The on-duty fire officer investigated, but found no signs of smoke or fire.
Friday, April 12
At 7:00 a.m. an Ayer Road resident accidentally dialed 911, having intended to dial 411 for directory assistance. Chief Denmark was called to the Bromfield School at 2:58 p.m. to determine whether a quantity of marijuana found in the backpack of a high school student weighed more than one ounce and was therefore a criminal offense, grounds for an arrest. It did not, and Denmark removed the substance from the school so it could be destroyed (see related story).
Saturday, April 13
A Littleton Road resident called at 4:09 a.m. in the morning to report a prowler on the property. Shortly thereafter, the man called back to say that he knew the individual. At 10:50 a.m. someone called to say that there was a box on Ayer Road near the police station, but police were unable to locate it. At 10:54 the ambulance transported a Still River Road female resident to the Nashoba Valley Medical Center. The on-duty fire officer was called at 7:45 p.m. to investigate a smoldering brush fire at a property on Ayer Road. The fire had been extinguished, but had started to burn again.
Sunday, April 14
A resident on Old Littleton Road called to report a brush fire at around 5:53 p.m. When the on-duty fire officer arrived, he discovered three small fires burning out of control. The fires had been extinguished earlier, but had started back up. The fire department responded and put out the blazes. At 9:26 p.m., a police cruiser headed north on Ayer Road was nearly struck head on by an oncoming car driving in the wrong lane. The car swerved at the last moment to avoid a collision. The officer reversed direction and after following the vehicle determined it was behaving erratically and pulled it over. Erik D. Mitchell, 27, of Oak Hill Road, was found to be operating under the influence and arrested. It was his second violation. The vehicle was towed. The offender was released on bail shortly after midnight.
Monday, April 15
At 6:58, police investigated a car blocking a driveway on Ayer Road near the town center. They located the owner, who moved it.
