In the past week, police made four motor vehicle stops, issuing three verbal warnings and one citation, and dealt with two parking violations. They also helped one driver with a disabled vehicle and another with an inadvertently locked car. Officers fielded seven medical emergency calls, and the ambulance squad took four people to the hospital, two with Advanced Life Support on board. Police issued or renewed four firearms permits.
Tuesday, Nov. 6
Nothing of significance to report.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
Nothing of significance to report.
Thursday, Nov. 8
At 5:50 a.m. a caller reported that someone had dumped trash near the woods at the end of the McCurdy Track parking lot. Police found 20 bags of trash as well as a car seat and furniture. Officers identified the person who had left the mess and told him to pick it all up or he would face charges. A 911 caller at 1:27 p.m. reported hitting a deer on Still River Road. Although no one in the car was injured, the vehicle was damaged and needed a tow. An Old Littleton Road resident called at 1:44 p.m. to report finding an arrow that appeared to have been shot from the road toward the caller’s house. (Bow-hunting season lasts until Nov. 24.)
Friday, Nov. 9
A car hit a telephone pole on Lancaster County Road near the McCurdy Track at 2:53 a.m., but no one was injured. At 1 p.m. police conducted a hold-in-place safety drill at the Bromfield School, with canine units searching hallways while students remained in classrooms. A resident phoned at 1:07 p.m. to report suspicions that a man on a bike might be casing houses near the intersection of Mass. Ave. and Pond Road, but the man was gone when police arrived. In separate incidents at 1:17 and at 2:30 p.m., residents came to the police station to report cases of identity theft. At 1:51 p.m. police called the animal control officer to deal with two dogs running loose near the Transfer Station.
Saturday, Nov. 10
At 1:01 p.m. police noticed someone at a Lancaster County Road business who seemed to be living out of a vehicle parked there. As the person did not have a valid driver’s license, police told the person to call a licensed driver to move the vehicle.
Sunday, Nov. 11
During routine patrols in the early morning hours, police checked on two occupied vehicles at Ayer Road businesses. At 1:16 a.m. a night owl was having a snack in a car parked near Sorrento’s Pizzeria, and at 1:34 a.m. a tired driver was napping in the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot.
Monday, Nov. 12
At 12:56 a.m. Ayer Police called about a white van with blacked-out windows that had repeatedly circled the Ayer rotary, pulled into a gas station there, backed out, and headed toward Harvard, finally turning into Myrick Lane. Harvard officers went to Myrick but left the incident to officers from Ayer who were already on the scene. No further information was available. At 7:20 a.m. a car spun out on an icy spot on Mass. Ave. near the Westward Orchards farm store, and police notified the Department of Public Works about the slick conditions. An Ayer Road resident called 911 at 12:09 p.m. after he saw a middle-aged man walk onto the caller’s property and peer at his shed. The caller told him to leave, and the man next walked into a neighbor’s backyard, at which point the caller notified police. Police searched the area but found no one.
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