In the past week police made two motor vehicle stops, both resulting in verbal warnings, and issued one parking ticket. Officers also checked on a disabled car, helped two people who were locked out of their cars, made two well-being checks, issued or renewed a firearm license, and responded to three false burglar alarms. The Ambulance Service responded to 13 calls and transported nine people to the hospital, four with Advanced Life Support on board; three of the calls were to motor vehicle crashes, all on local roads rather than the highway.
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Nothing significant to report.
Wednesday, Oct. 19
At 12:37 p.m. Stow police asked for assistance from the co-clinician they share with Harvard as part of a jail diversion program. At 9:35 p.m. a Mass. Ave. resident reported a car had struck a large planter near the resident’s driveway, smashed it, and driven off. Police found debris in the roadway and also a license plate that had fallen off the hit-and-run vehicle, which enabled them to identify the car owner as a Bolton resident. Soon afterward, police located the vehicle itself, which was leaking fluid, so the Fire Department was called to the scene. The driver, a 34-year-old Bolton woman, received a summons for driving with a revoked license and leaving the scene of a crash that resulted in property damage. Police found there were three outstanding warrants for the passenger in the car, a 37-year-old Taunton man whom they discovered was also carrying drugs. They charged him with four counts of drug possession—one a class A substance (heroin, morphine, or similar) and three prescription drugs for which he had no prescription. Police drove the woman home and took the man into custody at the station. While there, he complained of a foot injury, and the ambulance took him for medical treatment. On Thursday he was transferred to the Worcester County House of Correction.
Thursday, Oct. 20
At 7:56 a.m. police received an automated call from OnStar about a collision at an address on Madigan Lane, where a vehicle had crashed into a house. An ambulance crew came to the scene, but no one was injured. The Fire Department duty officer and the building commissioner checked the house for structural damage. At 4:11 p.m. a caller told police a friend who lived on Ayer Road had seemed unwell during a phone conversation; she asked for a well-being check on him, which led to his being taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center by ambulance with Advanced Life Support service on board.
Friday, Oct. 21
At 7:30 a.m. the state police in Concord asked Harvard police to check on a local vehicle that might have been involved in a hit-and-run incident. At 11:10 a.m. a Trail Ridge Way resident called about a neighbor’s dog that had attacked their dog; the animal control officer was notified. At 12:35 p.m. police got a 911 call about a three-car smashup on Ayer Road. All three emergency services responded—police, fire, and ambulance. A second ambulance was also called, because two people had to be taken to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. Two cars were towed away. At 1:53 p.m. a resident came to the station to report a case of harassment. At 7:01 p.m. an Ayer Road resident called after seeing a light in a neighboring building that was supposed to be empty and locked; police checked and found everything secure.
Saturday, Oct. 22
At 10:38 a.m. a neighbor complained that cars parked for a yard sale were blocking Old Shirley Road, but police found no problem. At 2:31 p.m. a woman called 911 to say she had just crashed her car on Ayer Road and had hurt her back; again all three emergency services responded, and she was taken to the hospital.
Sunday, Oct. 23
At 1:19 a.m. an officer checked on a car parked at an Ayer Road building, but all was well. At 8:27 p.m. a friend asked police to check on the well-being of the Ayer Road resident who had been taken to the hospital the previous Thursday; police found no one home at the apartment.
Monday, Oct. 24
At 3:45 p.m. a passerby called with suspicions about a box lying at the side of Still River Road; police found the box was full of kitty litter. At 9:22 p.m. a neighbor reported hearing a man and a woman yelling at each other at a Lancaster County Road home; an officer spoke with them.
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 the names of people arrested will be based on our need to balance the privacy of individuals with our responsibility to report news of significance.
