Tuesday, September 10
At 1:06 p.m. a Park Lane resident reported seeing suspicious activity at a nearby house that had been foreclosed and left vacant for several months. A car and truck in the driveway of the property proved to belong to movers who had come to empty the house of its contents. Later in the hour, a Harvard resident asked police to investigate some suspicious sounding phone calls received from a California number. The calls were found to have come from a cell phone in the back pocket of a friend, which had accidentally dialed the reporting party, an example of what has become known as “butt dialing.” At 7:30 p.m. police investigated a minor two-car collision at the intersection of the Route 2 eastbound exit ramp and Ayer Road. A vehicle had been struck as it attempted to merge onto Ayer Road by a car traveling in the northbound lane. There were no injuries and no citations issued. The ambulance transported a Harvard resident from the UMass medical office on Ayer Road to Leominster Hospital with advanced life support services (ALS) on board at 4:20 p.m. An officer spotted a tree at 7:27 p.m. that was blocking the intersection of Pattee Road and Mill Road. The highway department was called to remove it. The ambulance was summoned to Deerfoot Trail at 8:40 p.m. to provide a lift assist to a male resident. The individual was transported to Emerson Hospital.
Wednesday, September 11
At 6:22 a.m. an officer on patrol reported a deceased deer near Still River Road and Under Pin Hill Road. No accident had been reported. The highway department was asked to remove the carcass. The ambulance responded at 1:10 p.m. to a request for a lift assist from a female resident of Withington Lane. The woman needed assistance entering her home but refused further medical attention. A Mill Road resident reported seeing a suspicious white van at 3:40 p.m. at a home that had been previously burglarized. The van belonged to an electrical contractor. At 7:55 p.m. the residents of a home on Pinnacle Road called police to report a break-in and burglary. They had been away for a month and after being home for a day, noticed that jewelry and silverware valued at more than $100,000 were missing. Police are looking for any information that might lead to the arrest of the thieves and return of the stolen items.
Thursday, September 12
A male resident of Old Mill Road called just after midnight to complain that a train was idling noisily nearby. Police notified the railroad dispatcher, who said the train would be moving on soon. At 12:40 a.m. a Warren Avenue resident reported that a large tree limb was leaning on wires nearby. Police called National Grid and requested a work detail to remove the offending branch. A motorist called at 2:45 a.m. to report that the body of a deer was lying at the side of the southbound lane of Ayer Road. The highway department was asked to remove the carcass. Police investigated an alarm triggered by a motion detector in the ATM inside the Dunkin’ Donuts on Ayer Road. The ATM had been previously burglarized, but the alarm was false. The store manager was notified.
Friday, September 13
An officer on patrol duty at 2:27 a.m. found a downed tree branch on Still River Road. The officer removed the branch and advised the highway department to trim the tree. At 2:42 a.m., the ambulance was summoned by a LifeLine alarm to a Withington Road residence, but the elderly female occupant refused medical attention. A contract cleaner employed by the police reported seeing a downed limb on Old Littleton Road at about 5:20 a.m. on his way to work. The on-duty sergeant informed the highway department. A third tree branch was reported blocking Stow Road by a resident there at 6:15 a.m. An officer removed the limb, and the highway department was once again informed. A panic alarm at 8:32 a.m. brought police to the Rollstone Bank on Ayer Road, but the alarm proved to be false. The ambulance transported a female Withington Lane resident to Emerson Hospital at 9:12 a.m. At 10 a.m., a female driver called to report she had possibly struck a dog that had run in front of her car on Bolton Road. The animal control officer was informed, but the dog was soon found, safe and sound. A female member of the Bare Hill Rowing Association called police at 10:43 a.m. to complain that a male had been seen videotaping female crew members the previous day, on Thursday afternoon, as they docked their boats at the Bare Hill Pond beach. The woman was asked to call while the incident was in progress if it happened again. At 12 noon, a male member of BHRA called to say that a man had been videotaping a woman who was swimming near the crew’s dock as the boats arrived. Police advised the caller they could only respond to matters of public safety. (See related story.) At 8 p.m. the ambulance transported a man to the UMass Medical Center with ALS on board. The man had been ejected from an ATV vehicle while riding at the Fall Festival grounds on Ayer Road.
Saturday, September 14
At 6 a.m., police stopped a man who was driving with a suspended New York license. He was charged with operating a car in Massachusetts with no license. His car was towed, and he was summoned to appear in Clinton Court. At 8:30 p.m. an Ayer Road resident complained that fireworks were being launched at the Fall Festival.
Sunday, September 15
Police went to the home of an elderly woman on Bolton Road at 8 a.m. when she failed to answer an RUOK call. The woman had neglected to tell police she was going to church. A female neighbor reported finding the door of a home on South Shaker Road slightly ajar, with its keys still in the lock. Police contacted the owner who confirmed everything was OK.
Monday, September 16
A woman living on Littleton County Road reported seeing a bobcat in her back yard at about 7 a.m. She was advised not to feed it and to leave it alone. The animal control officer was notified.
