Police made seven motor vehicle stops during the past week, five of which resulted in verbal warnings and three in written warnings or citations. Officers also responded to four medical emergencies, with three people being taken to hospitals. Police also issued or renewed five firearms licenses.
Tuesday, Dec. 11
A Mill Road resident called 911 at 2:01 a.m. about a car with its engine running while parked in front of the caller’s house. Police spoke to the driver, who moved on. At 9:50 a.m. someone came to the station to turn in a credit card found at a Bromfield basketball game; police notified the owner.
Wednesday, Dec. 12
At 11:07 a.m. a person returning to a Woodside Road home found the front door wide open and called police, who came and walked through the house with the resident, finding nothing amiss. At 6:32 p.m. a Harvard officer assisted Fitchburg police with an accident reconstruction.
Thursday, Dec. 13
An Ayer Road business called police at 12:38 p.m. to report some money missing from the office; the case is under investigation. At 3:18 p.m. someone on Prospect Hill Road told police of seeing a hunter heading into the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge, where hunting is illegal. The police chief went to the area and left a card on the hunter’s car, asking that he call police.
Friday, Dec. 14
At 9:51 a.m. a resident came to the station to report a previous identity fraud. At 12:05 p.m. an Ayer Road resident reported a case of mail theft. A Poor Farm Road resident called at 4:25 p.m. to say that tree branches were leaning on power lines, but the responding officer did not find anything amiss, and police say the problem may be on private land. At 4:40 p.m. someone turned in a set of keys found near Trail Ridge Way, and the keys are still at the station, waiting to be claimed. At 7:06 p.m. a 911 caller from Littleton Road told police a friend’s car had struck a utility pole. The driver was taken to a hospital and the car was towed. At 11:15 p.m. a person from the same address called to say a dog that had been in the car at the time of the accident was missing. Police were uncertain whether the dog had later been found.
Saturday, Dec. 15
At 7:34 a.m. police spoke with a Littleton County Road resident about a case of identity fraud. A caller at 2:53 p.m. reported large branches in the road near the post office. Police said the branches might have fallen off a truck after some tree work in the area, and an officer cleared them away.
Sunday, Dec. 16
An Old Littleton Road resident called at 1:46 p.m. to report a driver speeding and passing other cars. At 9:59 p.m. police notified the Department of Public Works that freezing rain was making roads hazardous throughout town.
Monday, Dec. 17
At 6:47 a.m. an officer noticed a disabled car in an unsafe location near the intersection of Ayer and Old Shirley roads. The car had been involved in a minor collision with another vehicle, which had already left. Later, two dogs were struck by cars in separate accidents that occurred near dusk. One accident took place on Bolton Road at 4:02 p.m., and the second took place near the intersection of Littleton and Pinnacle roads at 4:31 p.m. A Stonecutters Path resident reported at 7:13 p.m. that someone had used his credit card online to purchase merchandise, and he had been notified that the goods were being sent to his house; later, however, the delivery service had been told to send the items to a different, out-of-state address. Harvard police notified officials in the town to which the goods were apparently sent.
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