Tuesday, September 3
At 8:15 a.m. the ambulance, accompanied by advanced life support services, transported a resident of Ayer Road to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. An employee working near electrical wiring in Hildreth Elementary School accidentally triggered a panic alarm at 9:16 a.m., sending an officer to the school to investigate. A Littleton Road resident called at 11 a.m. to report that a tree limb was hanging on a nearby power line. Police notified the tree warden. Just before noon, a Still River resident reported that a tractor trailer truck was blocking the intersection at Willow Road. When police arrived the truck was gone. About 6:30 p.m. the ambulance was dispatched to a Babbitt Lane residence, from which it transported a female to Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
Wednesday, September 4
Police continued their investigation of a pornography website said to be located in Harvard. The police are preparing a subpoena to obtain the site’s IP address from a hosting service based in Europe.
Thursday, September 5
Shortly before 7 p.m. the ambulance assisted the state police at the site of an accident on the Ayer Road ramp to the northbound lane of Route 2 by transporting one victim to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. Police were asked sometime before noon to investigate damage to two minivans parked at the Gokey and Quinn garage on Ayer Road. An employee said both vehicles had been left unlocked on the lot with their keys inside, and sometime between Thursday, Aug. 29, and Friday, Aug. 30, they had been driven about by two or more intruders “as though they were bumper cars.” Both vehicles had front-end damage amounting to more than $6,000. There are no suspects. About 5:30 p.m. an officer helped the Littleton police direct traffic around work being done on Oak Hill Road to remove trees that had fallen on some power lines.
Friday, September 6
An Old Shirley Road resident called the police at 9:30 a.m. to complain that construction trucks were making loud noises by braking their engines as they passed by her house. The trucks were violating no laws, so no citations were issued. But police set up a radar check to ensure that speed limits were being observed. At 10:20 a.m. a female resident of Cove Drive asked the police to investigate the questionable removal of trees near her property. She claimed the trees were on conservation land. But the investigating officer found that the work site could be accessed only by a private driveway and while taking note of the complaint, advised the caller to contact land use agent Liz Allard at Town Hall. A female resident of Slough Road called at 2:10 p.m. to report a hit-and-run accident in which a vehicle had turned around in a neighboring driveway and struck a pair of mailboxes, uprooting them both. Damage is estimated at $200. There are no suspects. Police were asked by a female resident of Prospect Hill Road at 11:35 p.m. to investigate some suspicious vehicles that were parked on the overlook across from her home. An officer contacted the owners and they moved on.
Saturday, September 7
A resident of Tahanto Trail called at 3:24 a.m. to report hearing an alarm in a neighbor’s house. Police checked, but the home appeared to be secure. At 10:40 a.m. a motorist reported an incident of road rage near Stow Road and Codman Hill Road. The motorist had been following a bicycle rider, but a second car had grown impatient and begun honking. The driver had obtained the plate number of the offending vehicle, which belonged to a resident of Stow. The driver of the first vehicle, a Harvard resident, was advised that if he wished to pursue the matter, he should file a complaint at Clinton District Court. At 2:43 p.m. the ambulance with ALS on board was called to transport a male from a Slough Road residence to Emerson Hospital. A female resident reported seeing three suspicious males in their twenties wearing striped shirts walking down Oak Hill Road toward Westward Orchards. An officer responding to the 6:47 p.m. call found no one.
Sunday, September 8
A concerned passerby asked police about 11:30 a.m. to check on the safety of a child who was riding a bike near the intersection of Littleton Road and Pinnacle Road. The caller thought the boy, who appeared to her to be five years old, was too young to be riding alone. The child, however, was ten; the father was nearby; and an officer determined that everything was OK. At 10:20 p.m. a Lancaster Road resident complained that several adult soccer players were drinking beer on the McCurdy track in violation of town bylaws. The players were IDed and their beer was confiscated.
Monday, September 9
The animal control officer was called at 7:45 a.m. to dispose of a dead deer at the intersection of Mass Avenue and Pond Road. DPW removed the carcass. The animal was the victim of a hit-and-run accident. EMTs and the ambulance were dispatched to a Pinnacle Road residence at 3:46 p.m. to assist a male resident who was reported to be unconscious. When they arrived, they found that the victim was deceased. At 4:46 p.m. parties involved in a two-car accident on Ayer Road requested that an officer come to the scene. There were no injuries and neither vehicle was damaged, so no further investigation was required. A female wedding photographer from Brighton called at 10:26 p.m. to report that she had spotted an item that she had lost in Harvard being auctioned on eBay. Police are investigating.
