Tuesday, June 11
An officer spotted suspicious activity at the beach shortly after midnight, but it turned out to be a member of the beach staff working late. At 3:10 p.m., police, fire, and ambulance responded to an accident near the intersection of Ayer and Mill roads. A female driver headed south on Ayer Road had fallen asleep at the wheel, crossed to the opposite lane, and struck a highway sign. When questioned, she gave vague answers and appeared to be confused. She told police she had been headed to the General Store for coffee. After refusing medical treatment, she was charged with failure to stay within marked lanes, and a medical evaluation was requested. A parent whose child had been stung by a bee called 911 at 4:41 p.m., but refused treatment when the ambulance arrived.
Wednesday, June 12
The State Police in Holden asked for help intercepting an individual who was a suspect in a home invasion in Fitchburg and was thought to be traveling east on Route 2. The suspect was later found in Lawrence. At 5:30 p.m., an officer interviewed a suspect on Old Littleton Road in the case involving the burning of a propane tank. Charges are pending. A resident called at 7:50 p.m. to report a possible break-in at a home on Massachusetts Avenue. An officer investigated and found that the suspicious individual was a new neighbor, moving into the house.
Thursday, June 13
An officer investigated a burglar alarm at the Bromfield School at 4:32 a.m. The building appeared to be secure. At 7:41 a.m. a caller reported that a landscaping truck was blocking Pond Road. When an officer arrived, the truck was gone. A caller reported a vagrant person on Ayer Road at 7:50 a.m. The individual proved to be homeless. He told police he had walked to the East Coast from Oregon and was now returning. At 8:13 a.m., a student waiting for a bus across the road from the Village Nursery School called police to report a bear in the parking lot. The bear appeared to weigh more than 400 pounds but was not aggressive. Police saw no need to contact the environmental police, and the animal was allowed to wander off into the woods. Officer Danielle Fortunato told the Press the bear has been sighted several times in the Oxbow area and had apparently crossed Route 2 to get to the north side of town. Bears are drawn to outdoor trash and bird feeders. A caller reported a disabled vehicle on Ayer Road at 4:14 p.m. When an officer arrived, the driver had already made arrangements for the vehicle to be towed. About 8:55 p.m., a woman called to report she was locked out of her car on Bolton Road. The responding officer was unable to unlock the car and the woman was advised to call a road service. A tractor trailer, following the flawed directions of a GPS route device, took out a street sign as it turned onto Whitney Lane from Ayer Road about 9:10 p.m. There was no damage to the truck or sign, and DPW was advised. At 9:27 p.m. the fire department responded to a 911 call reporting a chimney fire on Turner Lane.
Friday, June 14
A resident reported a suspicious vehicle on Turner Lane at 4:48 a.m. The driver was delivering newspapers. At 4:04 p.m. someone reported that a dirt biker was riding on a town athletic field, though the police log is silent as to which field that might have been. An officer located the party and told him to do his riding elsewhere. An officer responded to a LifeLine alarm from an apartment on Ayer Road, but no services were required.
Saturday, June 15
Police, fire, and ambulance responded at 9 a.m. to a Boxborough request to aid a motorcyclist who had fallen from his vehicle while traveling north on Interstate 495. The driver declined medical assistance. During the morning police responded to a complaint from a Lovers Lane resident bothered by participants in the Indian Hill Garden Club Tour who were parked nearby. At 12:30 p.m. an Old Mill Road resident reported a fallen wire on his mailbox. The wire was not electrical and belonged to Charter. The on-duty officer made a courtesy call to the company to report the problem. The ambulance answered a 3:12 p.m. emergency call from a Littleton Road resident whose child was experiencing a severe reaction to some nuts. The child was transported to Emerson Hospital with advanced life support. A Candleberry Road resident called 911 at 6:30 p.m. to report a child had been injured when his older brother accidentally dropped a pegboard, striking his nose and face. But when the ambulance arrived, medical treatment was refused.
Sunday, June 16
At 6:44 a.m., a caller reported a horse loose near Oak Hill and Pinnacle roads. The owner was located and retrieved the equine runaway. A Depot Road caller reported seeing smoke nearby at 2:09 p.m. The source was a lawnmower. At 2:19 p.m., a caller on Littleton Road reported seeing a suspicious person at the end of his driveway. An officer checked and found that the person was waiting there to meet someone.
Monday, June 17
At 12:27 p.m., a vehicle attempting to back out of a parking space at the town beach drove up onto a large boulder. The underbody of the vehicle was damaged, and the car had to be towed. A resident came to the police station to report that his teenage daughter was receiving text messages and calls that concerned him, though they were not sexual in nature. Officers investigated and suspect the calls were coming from a so-called “spoof card,” which allows calls to be made from numbers not registered to the caller. They are sold at service stations and are a frequent source of pranks, Officer Fortunato told the Press.
