Tuesday, May 28
Just after midnight, Harvard police aided Ayer police in a search for a male and female who had crashed their car into a house near Sandy Pond, causing considerable damage, and then feloniously left the scene. The parties could not be located. At 1:18 a.m., an officer spotted a fire burning in a steel container behind an open garage on Ayer Road. The owner said he was burning excess property. The on-duty fire officer was called, who informed the party the fire was too close to the building and that he must get a permit. No citation was issued. Police responded to an alarm at Mr. Mike’s Exxon station on Ayer Road at 2:55 a.m. but found nothing amiss. At 7 a.m. a resident came to the police station to report faulty charges had been made to a credit card. A female driver called at 7:15 a.m. to report an accident on Old Littleton Road. When officers investigated, they found that a vehicle had swiped a utility pole, causing minor damage to the pole. The driver said he had strayed from the road when a black spider had fallen from his visor. He was cited for failing to stay within marked lanes, and his vehicle was towed. The driver refused medical treatment. At 9:30 a.m., a woman came to the police station to report a stolen credit card. A man called at 10:50 a.m. to report seeing an animal that looked like a cougar crossing the road near the intersection of Woodchuck Hill and Oak Hill roads. The on-duty officer left a message for animal control officer Paul Willard. At 11:15 a.m., a Still River Road resident called to say there was a 3-foot diameter pothole that “looked like a pipe” in the middle of the thoroughfare. The highway department was called to investigate. At 9 p.m. police advised a Harvard resident that, as requested, restraining orders had been issued against a male and female who had been harassing him.
Wednesday, May 29
A female was transported by ambulance to Nashoba Valley Medical Center at 8:38 a.m. A mother came to the police station at 10:40 a.m. to request details concerning the suspension of her son’s driving license. Police had recommended the license be revoked following a string of incidents on Old Littleton Road, including a hit-and-run crash on Old Schoolhouse Road the previous month. At 7:30 p.m., the on-duty fire officer responded to an alarm at a Myrick Lane residence. The alarm had been triggered by some burning toast.
Thursday, May 30
At 7 a.m., an officer investigating a previously reported case interviewed a 19-year-old suspect thought to have been involved with the burning of a propane tank. Police continued their investigation with a second interview that evening at the fire site on Old Littleton Road, but so far no formal charges have been made.
Friday, May 31
A driver reported seeing a suspicious person walking on Ayer Road at 1:40 a.m. Police investigated, but found nothing. An Ayer Road resident called 911 at 6:37 a.m. to report her three-year-old had been stung by a bee. The ambulance responded, but when it arrived, the caller refused transport to an area hospital. A Life Line call at 9:08 a.m. sent an ambulance to Withington Lane to assist an elderly resident who had fallen. Police advised the Littleton DPW at 9:08 a.m. that they did not have authority to close roads in Harvard and asked them to remove signs declaring Harvard Road closed. The signs were covered, but drivers who ventured towards Littleton nevertheless found the road closed at the Littleton town line and were forced to return to a lengthy detour via South Shaker Road to Route 119. A female member of a group biking through Harvard called police from the Prospect Hill Road overlook at about 11 a.m. to report that a male member of her party had become belligerent. She told police she thought the cause of his behavior was dehydration. An officer investigated and determined that the individual was fine. At 3 p.m., the ambulance transported a female resident of Ayer Road to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. At 3:11 p.m., a neighbor called to say that the woman who had fallen earlier on Withington Lane was in pain. The Boxborough ambulance transported the woman to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. A Harvard resident living near the Shaker Hills golf course reported seeing golf carts being moved at around 9:20 p.m. Police determined that club employees were collecting the vehicles from the course and storing them for the night.
Saturday, June 1
At 1:49 a.m. a resident of Craggs Road reported seeing lights near and inside a neighbor’s house. The owner of the home had returned earlier than planned from a vacation. A driver called police at 8:11 p.m. to say that some children on Still River Road had thrown ice cream and water bottles at his car. The car was undamaged and the driver declined to press charges.
Sunday, June 2
A resident of Mass. Avenue found a full set of keys near a mailbox and brought them to the police station at 3:36 p.m. They have not yet been claimed. Around 7 p.m. a fire officer was asked to come to the Bromfield School to shut down the school’s smoke detectors so the Drama Society’s outdoor production of “Macbeth,” which made use of a fog machine, could be moved inside. The on-duty officer responded and remained at the school for the duration of the play (see “Letters to the Editor”). A Lancaster Road resident called at 10:22 p.m. to report hearing a loud crash on Route 110. A car was found to have struck a guardrail near the westbound ramp to Route 2. The car was towed by the State Police. At 10:30 p.m. residents of Under Pin Hill Road asked for help with a tree that had fallen across their driveway. An officer responded and moved the tree.
Monday, June 3
Just after midnight, police responded to a domestic disagreement on Stow Road. A woman complained that her estranged husband had come into their home to drop off their daughter while her boyfriend was in the house. An accidental call from an emergency device brought the ambulance to a residence on Old Littleton Road at 3:15 a.m. At 9:30 a.m. a passerby dropped off a flash drive found between the Bromfield School and the General Store. The device has yet to be claimed. At 6:53 p.m. a father called to report an incident between his son and another student. An Old Littleton Road resident called at 10:58 p.m. to report a suspicious vehicle in the area, but the police found everything to be OK.
