During the week, police made one traffic stop and delivered a verbal warning to the driver. They assisted two motorists who had accidentally locked themselves out of their cars. The ambulance crew responded to four medical calls, taking three people to the hospital, one with Advanced Life Support on board.
Tuesday, Jan. 30
Shortly after midnight, the ambulance crew responded to a 911 call and took a male resident of Highland Avenue to Nashoba Valley Medical Center with Advanced Life Support on board. Roads throughout town were slick, so at 1:06 a.m. police asked the Department of Public Works to treat them. A Slough Road resident called at 9:38 a.m. to report hearing a burglar alarm at the house of a neighbor who was away. An officer investigated but could find nothing amiss. At 3:38 p.m. a resident stopped by the police station to report that she was a victim of identity theft. Police responded at 7:44 p.m. to a one-car accident on Depot Road. The vehicle had left the road and struck a tree, injuring both occupants. The driver and passenger were taken by ambulance to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. The driver was cited for driving with excessive speed. Police later responded to a single-car accident on Massachusetts Avenue at 11:32 p.m. The driver was taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center and cited for driving with excessive speed and failure to stay within marked lanes.
Wednesday, Jan. 31
At 10:39 a.m. a resident reported the presence of two trash bags on Old Shirley Road that were interfering with traffic. An officer went to the scene, located the offending bags, and asked DPW to remove them. At 12:50 p.m. a Finn Road resident reported that he was being scammed by an unknown party. The scammer had hacked into an email exchange between the caller and a contractor and was attempting to direct a payment due the contractor to an unrecognized bank. The case is under investigation.
Thursday, Feb. 1
At 12:41 a.m. Harvard officers provided backup to Boxborough police as they dealt with a domestic dispute. With road conditions deteriorating, at 2:01 a.m. police asked DPW to begin treatment. A 9:43 a.m. call reporting a motor vehicle accident brought police to Bolton Road. A car had left the road and struck a stone wall. The driver was uninjured, but police cited her for driving with excessive speed and failing to stay within marked lanes.
Friday, Feb. 2
Hazardous conditions at 12:37 a.m. prompted the police to ask both DPW and the state Department of Transportation to begin treating Harvard’s roads. A resident called at 8:07 a.m. to report poor driving conditions on Still River Road. DPW was notified. A driver called 911 at 4 p.m. to notify police that a car headed toward Ayer Road was being driven erratically. The Ayer police were notified. At 5:45 p.m. another driver reported having been passed by a car on a stretch of road marked with double yellow lines near Whitney Road and Littleton Road. An officer responded, but no vehicle was found. Police stopped a car at the intersection of Bolton Road and Mass. Ave. at 5:59 p.m. and warned the driver verbally for driving with no headlights, the sun having set an hour earlier.
Saturday, Feb. 3
At 11:07 a.m. a resident asked for help identifying the owner of an Audi that had been left in the parking lot of the Congregational Church. Police were unable to contact anyone with knowledge of the car, so the vehicle remained there overnight. Police and fire responded to reports of a gas leak at the library at 11:14 a.m. The library was evacuated, but it later reopened after the likely source of the leak was shut down. Shortly after 11:30 p.m. a West Bare Hill Road resident called to say that a new tire on her car had developed a leak and she suspected that objects in the road were the cause. An officer inspected the area but found nothing.
Sunday, Feb. 4
At 3:41 a.m. the ambulance crew responded to a medical emergency on Stonecutters Path and took a female patient to Leominster Hospital. A Trail Ridge Way resident called at 8:59 a.m. to complain of construction noise in his neighborhood. An officer investigated. The contractor was not permitted to do work on the weekend, but the police have no authority to enforce the terms of a building permit. The building inspector, who does have the authority to cancel a permit, was notified.
Monday, Feb. 5
A resident near the intersection of Mill and Ayer roads called at 1:58 a.m. to ask police to investigate sounds of an argument. An officer found all to be quiet. Police and ambulance responded to a 911 call shortly before 3 a.m. and aided a Deerfoot Trail resident. The patient refused transport to a hospital. At 2:51 p.m. police were advised by a 911 caller that he was following a car being driven erratically toward the Route 2 interchange. When the car reportedly headed onto Route 2 eastbound, police asked the state police to be on the lookout. At 3:54 p.m. a driver reported seeing what appeared to be a dead golden retriever lying at the side of the northbound lane of Interstate 495. The state police were alerted.
[EasyDNNnewsToken:PoliceLog]
