In the past week police made 53 motor vehicle stops, 25 resulting in verbal warnings and 28 in written warnings or citations. Many of the stops were part of a National Highway Traffic Safety Administration grant that allowed for officer overtime. Officers also made one well-being check, helped one person with a disabled vehicle, issued or renewed one firearm permit, and responded to three false burglar alarms.
The ambulance crew responded to three calls and transported one patient to the hospital. One additional patient was transported by a mutual aid ambulance. One call was for a motor vehicle collision.
Tuesday, Nov. 29
At 11:06 a.m. a resident called 911 for help in reaching emergency services in another state, because the caller believed their mother might be having a stroke. Police were able to help the resident contact help near the mother’s home. At 5:13 p.m. a resident called for help with a child custody issue.
Wednesday, Nov. 30
Windy conditions from 6:30 to 11:30 p.m. led to several calls about fallen tree branches and wires down. At 6:28 p.m. a caller reported a large fallen branch near the intersection of Stow and Eldridge roads. At 7:38 p.m. an ambulance crew reported branches and wires down on Partridge Hill Road. And at 11:30 p.m. police notified National Grid about wires down on South Shaker Road.
Thursday, Dec. 1
At 6:27 a.m. a 911 caller reported a gray-haired man wearing a hoodie and jeans was yelling at passing cars on Myrick Lane, but the man was gone when police checked the area. At 8:07 a.m. a caller reported another large fallen branch, this one on Bolton Road. At 5:20 p.m. a woman called 911, concerned that her husband was several hours late returning from a medical appointment. An officer reached her house just as her husband arrived safely, having been delayed both at the appointment and by traffic. At 8:14 p.m. an officer served a restraining order at a house on Littleton County Road. At 10:01 p.m. police were called to a domestic disturbance at a Bolton Road home.
Friday, Dec. 2
At 2:38 a.m. a woman who was delivering newspapers pulled in at the police station and called 911 to say a black sedan had followed her from Leominster and was now sitting nearby with its lights off. The sedan left when a police car arrived, and the officer was unable to see its license number. The officer followed the woman as she completed her local route. At 4:52 p.m. Acton police asked a Harvard officer to identify a resident whose car had struck a pedestrian in Acton; Harvard police provided the information.
Saturday, Dec. 3
At 7:03 a.m. someone came to the station with questions about hunting rules. At 9:51 a.m. a caller reported tree branches and wires down on Lovers Lane; police called National Grid and asked the Department of Public Works to set up signs closing the road until it was cleared. More fallen branches were reported at the library at 4:03 p.m. At 7:06 p.m. a burglar alarm went off in a building at Fruitlands; an officer found a door was unsecured and closed it after checking with a manager. At 8:21 p.m. someone called to report seeing spotlighting on conservation land at the end of Murray Lane, where poachers had been apprehended in early November; a car left the area before police arrived.
Sunday, Dec. 4
At 2:02 a.m. someone on Still River Road called 911 to say a car with its lights on had been parked nearby for about an hour. An officer found that a woman with a dog was sitting in the car and reading. At 7:20 p.m. a caller reported two dogs roaming in the Shaker Road area; the animal control officer was notified.
Monday, Dec. 5
At 2:29 p.m. an officer saw that a car had struck a utility pole on West Bare Hill Road; damage was minor, and no one was injured. At 5:16 p.m. a parent called 911 after their child said a stranger was near the house; police checked and found the stranger was a UPS driver making a delivery.
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.
