This week police made four traffic stops that resulted in one citation, two verbal warnings, and one summons. They also assisted four motorists with disabled vehicles and issued a summons to one of them. The ambulance crew responded to 10 medical emergencies and took nine people to the hospital, four with Advanced Life Support on board; three people refused treatment or transport to the hospital.
Tuesday, Oct. 4
At 8:24 a.m. someone reported a tire in the road near the Route 2 exit 38B off-ramp. An officer moved the tire to the side of the road and notified the Department of Public Works to pick it up. Boxborough police called at 9:33 a.m. to request backup at a traffic stop in their town. Someone stopped at the station at 10:21 a.m. to report a case of credit card fraud. A caller from a doctor’s office in Nashua, New Hampshire, reported that a patient had been bitten by a dog on Abbot Lane in Harvard. The animal control officer was notified.
Wednesday, Oct. 5
At 12:07 p.m. someone called to complain that a truck was blocking the road on Stow Road. The truck was gone when police arrived.
Thursday, Oct. 6
At 9:06 a.m. a Bolton Road resident called to report concerns that someone might have been attempting to break into her home the previous night. She told police she had found a garage door open. A resident stopped at the station at 12:57 p.m. to report a larceny by check. A 911 caller reported a single-car accident on Ayer Road near the Route 2 eastbound off-ramp. Police say that, upon exiting Route 2, the car had struck a utility pole and rolled over across four lanes of traffic on Ayer Road. The driver, 34-year-old Thomas J. Sylvester of Ayer, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor, second offense; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; failure to stay within marked lanes; and driving with a revoked license. The passenger, a 37-year-old Acton resident who was the owner of the car, was issued a summons for allowing improper operation of a motor vehicle. Both were taken by ambulance to the hospital; the car was towed. An Old Littleton Road resident called at 11:58 p.m. to report a possible intruder on the property after a motion-detector light outside was activated. Police checked the grounds but found no sign of an intruder.
Friday, Oct. 7
Someone stopped at the station at 1:27 p.m. to dispose of a handgun previously owned by a deceased relative. Two people called within minutes of each other around 3:29 p.m. to complain about a vehicle parked in a dangerous location on Under Pin Hill Road every day. Police spoke to the car’s owner and said that the car had to be parked somewhere else.
Saturday, Oct. 8
A Fairbank Street resident called at 9:07 a.m. to report that a nearby utility pole was leaning after apparently having been struck by a vehicle during the night. Verizon was notified to repair the pole. A Lovers Lane resident called at 10:17 a.m. to report that a car was parked in the roadway. The vehicle was gone when police arrived.
Sunday, Oct. 9
A motorist called at 1:59 p.m. to say that a snapping turtle was in the roadway on Still River Road. The motorist offered to stand by until the turtle moved away.
Monday, Oct. 10
A patrol officer notified dispatch at 9 a.m. that there was a diesel fuel spill in the roadway on Poor Farm Road near Ayer Road. Firefighters cleaned up the spill. Police speculate that the spill was from a truck that did not have its gas cap secured, because such a truck passed by again while the cleanup was in progress. An officer stopped the truck and told the driver to secure the gas cap. At 9:02 a.m. a patrol officer discovered a leaning utility pole on Littleton Road. Verizon was notified to fix it. Someone called at 9:38 a.m. to report that a passing truck had taken down some wires on Littleton Road. Verizon and Charter Communications were notified. An officer on patrol at 10:25 a.m. stopped a car for speeding on Prospect Hill Road and issued the driver a written warning. Afterward, the driver took off at a high rate of speed, so the officer pulled the car over again and issued a summons to the 19-year-old Harvard driver for speeding, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, and failure to use caution while starting. Someone called at 1:37 p.m. to report that a woman’s purse was on the ground under the sign to the conservation area on Bolton Road. An officer went to the site and discovered a bag of six empty purses that had apparently been there for a while. A patrol officer stopped on Ayer Road at 2:43 p.m. to speak with two monks who were hitchhiking. The men told the officer they were headed to North Adams; the officer gave them a ride as far as Fitchburg. At 3:50 p.m. a patrol officer stopped on South Shaker Road to assist a motorist with a disabled car, and after speaking with the 28-year-old driver from Ayer, issued him a summons for driving with a suspended license and providing a false name to a police officer.
