Police dealt with three vehicle accidents during the week. They processed one request for a firearm license. Ambulance crews responded to six medical emergencies and car collisions, taking six people to area hospitals, one with Advanced Life Support on board.
Tuesday, Feb. 27
Police were called at 2:07 p.m. about an ongoing disagreement between two Bromfield students that had led to posting a video online. An officer reminded the parties that cyberbullying is a criminal offense. At 2:24 p.m. the ambulance took a Still River Road resident to Nashoba Valley Medical Center with Advanced Life Support on board. State and local police, the ambulance squad, and the fire crew responded at 3:55 p.m. to a two-car accident on Route 2 westbound near Exit 37. The ambulance took two people with injuries to Leominster Hospital. At 4:39 p.m. an officer saw a disabled vehicle on the Route 2 on-ramp at Ayer Road. The officer took the driver to Dunkin’ Donuts so she could call for a tow. Half an hour later, at 5:10 p.m., there was a minor accident at the stop sign on the Ayer Road/Route 2 off-ramp. At 10:39 p.m. a resident called police to report that someone with a flashlight was possibly breaking into the General Store. When an officer arrived, the flashlight-wielder turned out to be a yoga instructor tidying up after class.
Wednesday, Feb. 28
At 11:21 a.m. a woman called 911 to report that her windshield had been damaged while her car was parked at Appleworks on Ayer Road. The responding officer determined that a DPW truck across the street had accidentally flung a stone that struck the woman’s windshield. She later informed police that her insurance would cover the damage. At 3:13 p.m. an ambulance crew responded to a 911 call and took an elderly Prospect Hill resident with the flu to Emerson Hospital.
Thursday, March 1
The state police in Leominster called at 12:57 a.m. to ask a Harvard ambulance to take someone who had been injured in a one-car accident to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. At 12:48 p.m. a person concerned about a Bolton Road resident asked police to do a well-being check. An officer went to the home and found that the resident was not there; at a follow-up visit 15 minutes later, the officer determined that no help was needed. An officer patrolling Littleton Road at 11:39 p.m. came across a car in the middle of the road near Orchard Hill, with the keys still in the ignition and no one in sight. Because the car was a hazard, the officer called for a tow truck. But before it arrived, the driver and a passenger came out of the nearby woods. The officer told them to move on and canceled the tow call.
Friday, March 2
Heavy winds and rain brought down trees and wires all over town from mid-morning until far into the night. Fallen trees and branches or downed wires were reported on Still River, Old Littleton, Eldridge, Still River Depot, Littleton County, Shaker, and Woodchuck Hill roads, as well as Warren Avenue, Deerfoot Trail, Madigan Lane, and Candleberry Lane. Several roads were closed because of downed trees or live wires in the roadway. Police called National Grid to deal with the sparking wires. While all that was going on, a Still River Road resident called at 9:56 a.m. to report hearing a burglar alarm nearby. Police found a rear door unlocked at the house, but everything appeared OK otherwise. At 1:41 p.m. police informed a Stow Road resident that a restraining order she had requested was in force. The ambulance crew was called at 3:20 p.m. to take a Bromfield student who had fainted to Nashoba Valley Medical Center.
Saturday, March 3
After a quiet day, a caller reported at 5:09 p.m. that yet another tree or wire had come down, this time on Trail Ridge Way. A Mettacomett Path resident called at 6:33 p.m. to report suspicions about a silver van, which was gone by the time police arrived. At 8:09 p.m. police received a phone call about a black Chevy Silverado that was driving erratically on Ayer Road. It, too, was gone when an officer arrived.
Sunday, March 4
At 9:53 a.m. the state police called Harvard to report a person walking eastbound on Route 2. A Harvard police officer located the pedestrian and gave him a lift to the Littleton train station. A 911 call at 2:18 p.m. brought the ambulance crew to Woodside Road, where a resident needed help getting to her feet but did not want to be taken to a hospital.
Monday, March 5
Police alerted the DPW at 4:05 a.m. that roads were becoming hazardous. At 8:50 a.m. people arriving for work at 233 Ayer Road found the medical offices there had been burglarized sometime over the weekend. The front door had been forced open and left ajar. One or more intruders had broken into four offices inside, damaging the doors and stealing some petty cash and syringes. An investigation is in progress
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