During the past week, police made 13 motor vehicle stops, with eight resulting in verbal warnings and five in written warnings or citations. With the ambulance squad, police also responded to 10 medical emergencies, from which seven people were taken to area hospitals, four with Advanced Life Support on board. Officers also made two well-being checks, responded to five false burglar alarms, and issued or renewed one firearms license.
Tuesday, June 11
Nothing of significance to report.
Wednesday, June 12
At 8:32 a.m. police served a protective order for an Old Littleton Road resident. At 5:41 p.m. a collision on Route 2 westbound near Exit 38 required the ambulance to take a person to the hospital in Leominster. A monitoring company called at 10:12 p.m. saying a Cove Drive resident had activated a personal panic alarm. But when police reached the home, the occupant denied owning any alarm. At 11:41 p.m. state police called Harvard officers for help when a car struck a deer on Route 2 westbound.
Thursday, June 13
A Tahanto Trail resident was working in his yard when the neighbor’s dog came over. The resident returned the dog to its home and noticed the neighbor’s house was not locked, so he called police at 9:51 a.m. An officer checked the building and found nothing amiss. At 7:02 p.m. someone on Sherry Road reported that one tree was down across the road and another was entangled in power lines. The police notified National Grid. An officer on patrol saw that the lights were on upstairs in Town Hall at 10:09 p.m. and checked on the building, but found everything secure. At 11:23 p.m. someone called 911 to report an erratic driver on Ayer Road; police searched the area, but the car was gone.
Friday, June 14
A Warren Avenue resident awoke to the unwelcome sight of three dead deer—a doe and two fawns—in the yard and called the Devens dispatch center at 7:22 a.m. The dispatcher reportedly said it was not an issue the police could help with and told the homeowner to call animal control. At 12:18 p.m. a caller reported a white sports car was speeding on Route 2, and police units were advised to be on the lookout for it. A 911 caller at 1:57 p.m. said two teenagers in a black vehicle were driving unsafely near the town beach, but they were gone when police arrived. At 2:36 p.m. police learned that the representative of a pest control company was going door to door on Old Littleton Road without have checked in with Harvard police first, although the rep had apparently informed Littleton police. Police located the rep, who then registered as required. At 3:37 p.m. police notified the Department of Public Works about a tree down on Shaker Road. A burglar alarm went off in a vacant house on Brown Road at 4:45 p.m. An officer checked the house and found it secure.
Saturday, June 15
At 1:42 p.m. a Stow Road resident called to say an unfamiliar vehicle was in the driveway, and someone was trying to get into the backyard through the fence. An officer checked the property but found no sign of a break-in. A caller at 6:03 p.m. complained that a person in an electric wheelchair was in the roadway on Mass. Ave. where it crosses over Route 495; police said no service was needed.
Sunday, June 16
A 911 call at 12:45 a.m. brought police to a crash on Bolton Road in which a car had struck a tree. Michelle Wright, 34, of Ayer was arrested and charged with operating under the influence of alcohol, negligent operation of a vehicle, and a marked lanes violation. She was later released on bail. At 6:37 a.m. police called the DPW about a fallen tree on Littleton Road. A Mill Road resident phoned at 2:47 p.m. to say a large snapping turtle was in the area. At 6:57 p.m. Harvard police helped Boxborough officers deal with some combative people on Swanson Court. And at 9:05 p.m. a West Bare Hill Road resident called to say the power was out in that neighborhood. The power failure also triggered an alarm system at a Woodside Road home.
Monday, June 17
At 4:12 p.m. Harvard police again helped Boxborough officers, this time in serving a summons at the same Swanson Road residence where the disturbance had taken place Sunday. And the large snapping turtle was still roaming the Mill Road neighborhood; a resident there called to say she could not leave her house because the snapper was outside. Sgt. Babu removed the turtle with a large shovel, sparking some competition with the Ayer Police Department, which had dealt with a much less impressive turtle earlier that day. (Photos are on the Harvard Police Department’s Facebook page.) At 11:39 p.m. a Haskell Lane resident phoned to say a man had come out of the woods and into the yard, but the unknown person was gone when police arrived.
The police log is written by a Harvard Press reporter based on information gleaned from daily police logs and interviews with police staff. Decisions to publish or withhold names of people arrested is based on our need to balance the privacy of individuals with our responsibility to report news of significance and public safety.
