Monday, Nov. 11
At 6:23 a.m. an officer reported stopping a car on Still River Road and issuing a ticket for driving 50 miles per hour in a 35 mph zone. Shortly thereafter, a vehicle struck a stone wall on Littleton County Road. Police, ambulance, and fire department responded to the 6:38 a.m. 911 call. The female driver was transported to Emerson Hospital with minor injuries. A Westcott Road homeowner called at 3:51 p.m. to report that a green pickup truck was driving slowly past the residence, the driver appearing to look into the backyard. An officer investigated, but the vehicle was gone.
Tuesday, Nov. 12
An officer on patrol stopped a speeding auto on Stow Road at 2:10 p.m. The female driver, a Harvard resident, was cited for driving 52 mph in a 30 mph zone. At 2:34 p.m. police investigated a report of a suspicious car parked near Shirley and Depot roads. The driver was a former resident who was hunting in the area. The hunting of deer with bow and arrow is permitted in Massachusetts towns until Nov. 30. In Harvard, permission of the landowner is required.
Wednesday, Nov. 13
A Tahanto Trail homeowner who was unable to shut off a carbon monoxide alarm called 911 for help at 8:23 a.m. The on-duty fire officer responded and, according to the police log, replaced its batteries. At 3:13 p.m. the ambulance, responding to a 911 call, transported a female from the Harvard Lanes on Ayer Road to the Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
Thursday, Nov. 14
At 6:19 a.m. an officer stopped a speeding car on Still River Road and issued a ticket to the male driver for traveling at 57 mph in a 40 mph zone. Answering a 911 call at 9:33 a.m., the ambulance transported a female East Bare Hill resident to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. A female resident of Littleton County Road called police at 9:37 a.m. She was worried that a bow hunter to whom she had given permission to use her land had been gone a long time. An officer explained that he was probably tracking an animal or pursuing one he had wounded but not killed. At 7:02 p.m. a caller reported hitting a deer near Ayer and Old Shirley roads. There were no injuries; the deer could not be found.
Friday, Nov. 15
A Mettacomett Path resident called at 9:56 a.m. She said someone who claimed to work for “the state investigator’s office” had threatened to cancel her passport unless she paid back taxes that he said she owed. When the woman said she would be calling her lawyer, the man hung up. Police traced the call, but there was no answer. About 3 p.m., an officer gave advice to a citizen who came to the station to seek information on a civil matter.
Saturday, Nov. 16
At 8:49 a.m., an officer stopped a vehicle on Still River Road. The female driver was cited for operating without a license and driving a vehicle with an expired inspection sticker, an altered exhaust system, and an illegally obstructed window. The vehicle was also uninsured and unregistered, for which the woman was issued a court summons. The vehicle, needless to say, was towed. At 11:08 a.m. a Tahanto Trail resident reported seeing a suspicious-looking light tan-colored sedan sitting in the driveway of an absent neighbor’s home. When the resident confronted the woman and two men who were in the vehicle, they claimed to be there to do brick work. When an officer arrived, however, the vehicle was gone. Having heard shrill screams coming from the woods behind her house, a resident of Houghton Lane called 911 to report them at 8:04 p.m. An officer confirmed that the sounds were coming from a possibly rabid fox behind the house. Neighbors were advised to keep their pets and horses inside until the animal left the area. The ambulance responded to a 10:01 p.m. 911 call and transported a female resident of Tahanto Trail to Emerson Hospital. Police investigated a 10:30 p.m. call from a West Bare Hill resident reporting a suspicious vehicle parked in a nearby wooded area. Police spoke to the individual in the car and determined he was a hunter.
Sunday, Nov. 17
At 10:20 a.m. a Pinnacle Road resident reported hearing gunshots. An officer investigated and determined that they were coming from the Harvard Sportsmen’s Club on Littleton County Road. Responding to a 911 call, police and ambulance rushed to the scene of an accident on West Bare Hill Road. A jogger—a Harvard resident—had been struck by a car and was seriously injured. He was transported with advanced life support on board to the trauma center at UMass Medical Center in Worcester. The accident is still under investigation and no charges have been filed. See full report.
Monday, Nov. 18
Police stopped a vehicle at 8:46 a.m. on Depot Road and issued a summons to the driver for operating without a license. At 1:55 a.m., police stopped a speeding vehicle on Still River Road and cited the operator for driving 61 mph in a 40 mph zone. A female resident of Old Mill Road called 911 at 2:51 p.m. to report that her garden had been damaged, most likely by an 18-wheeler attempting to turn around on her property. Damage was an estimated $200.
Harvard and state police, and Harvard fire and ambulance, answered a 911 call at 3:25 p.m. A southbound car on Ayer Road had attempted to turn left onto South Shaker Road and collided with an oncoming auto in the northbound lane. The two occupants of the northbound vehicle were transported with injuries to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. The driver of the first car was cited for failure to yield to oncoming traffic and was driven home by an officer. Both vehicles were towed. The accident is still under investigation. A Harvard Outdoor Power Equipment employee called the police at 5:10 p.m. to report an argument with a customer. The customer had left, but the employee wished to log the incident in case he returned.
