Tuesday, June 4
Around 7 a.m., police interviewed suspects and a potential witness on Old Littleton Road regarding a two-week-old incident in which a partly filled propane tank was set afire in a nearby field. At 7:44 a.m., police advised a Ricciardi Bros. truck blocking the roadway near Old Littleton Road and Fairbank Street that the owner had failed to file a request for a police detail and needed to do so. The elderly male driver of an aging green Lincoln and his passenger were brought to the police station around 9:45 a.m. after a motorist on Ayer Road reported being tailgated and honked at by the vehicle, which was also said to have been driven erratically. No charges were filed and the men were sent on their way. At 12:20 p.m., at the request of the Lincoln police, an officer went to a Mill Road address to seize the firearms and firearms license of a resident who had failed to file the necessary paper for a recent move from Lincoln to Harvard.
Wednesday, June 5
The on-duty dispatcher reported at 5 a.m. that the main radio system at the station was no longer working. Police switched to a backup system and repairs were later scheduled. At 9:40 a.m., the ambulance responded to a 911 call on Bolton Road. A woman suffering from alcohol poisoning was transported to Emerson Hospital for treatment and evaluation. An employee of Harvard Cleaners came to the police station at 11:27 a.m. with a wallet that had been left by a customer. The owner was notified and the wallet retrieved. About 11:35 a.m. an officer spotted a young child playing too close to traffic on Ayer Road. The officer stopped and spoke to the parent. About 1:30 p.m., police interviewed a third suspect in the incident involving the burning of a propane tank on Old Littleton Road. A Lovers Lane resident reported hearing sounds of machinery or hammering at the Saxl property on Depot Road at 1:45 p.m. Police investigated but found nothing. At 7:36 p.m., the ambulance transported an out-of-control child from a Littleton Road residence to Emerson Hospital.
Thursday, June 6
An Ayer Road resident called 911 at 7:20 a.m. to report that an elderly neighbor was feeling weak and needed to be evaluated. When the ambulance responded, the senior refused transport to a hospital. The fire department responded at 5:44 p.m. to reports of fire at a Slough Road residence. The owner of a new grill had set his owner’s manual ablaze, which the firemen soon extinguished. The ambulance responded to a 911 call from Old Littleton Road near the Littleton town line about 7:20 p.m. A mountain biker had fallen and broken his wrist. He was transported to Emerson Hospital. A resident called police at 10:40 p.m. to say he had spotted two teenage girls attempting to remove a street sign at the intersection of Pinnacle and Old Littleton roads. The girls had fled by the time an officer arrived. Vandalism of street signs and mailboxes is now a felony, punishable by up to five years in prison.
Friday, June 7
At 9:56 a.m., the ambulance transported a female Littleton Road resident to Nashoba Hospital. Ayer police asked Harvard at 2 p.m. to be on the lookout for a white male wearing a leather jacket and carrying a suitcase. The man was wanted on a domestic violence charge. No such person was found. At approximately 3:30 p.m., the ambulance transported a male who had been experiencing chest pains from Acton Medical on Ayer Road to Emerson Hospital. A Bolton Road resident called to report a tree limb lying nearby in the roadway. Officer Newman removed it. About 10 p.m., a caller reported seeing two naked teenagers lying near Ayer Road in the vicinity of Bromfield School. No one was found.
Saturday, June 8
Police and the ambulance responded to a 911 call from an Eldridge Road resident reporting a motor vehicle accident near his home about 4:05 a.m. A westbound car had left Stow Road, traveled 60 feet, and hit a tree, leaving the female driver, Jennifer Sundeen of Scott Road, badly injured. She reported she had been talking on her cell phone at the time of the accident, which occurred on a dark stretch of road in a light rain. Police determined she had been speeding and operating under the influence of alcohol, and charged her on both counts, as well as with failure to stay within marked lanes. She was arrested and taken to Nashoba Hospital, where she was released on bail before being taken to Mass General for further treatment. The car was towed. At 11:34 a.m. a South Shaker Road resident who had fallen in her bath was transported by the ambulance to Nashoba Valley Medical Center. The ambulance with ALS onboard responded to a 911 call from an Eldridge Road residence at about 2:11 p.m. where an elderly female was reported to have lost consciousness. On arrival, EMTs found that Vera Barney of Lunenburg, the mother of a Harvard resident, had died. State police declined to investigate, and her body was transported to a Lunenberg funeral home.
Sunday, June 9
Shortly after midnight a Littleton Road resident called to report a loud party in the area. An officer visited the gathering, which did not involve underage drinkers, and advised participants to quiet down. A Murray Road resident called the police at 5:20 p.m. to say that he had returned a rogue dog to its owner at the town beach. The dog had been chasing the man’s chickens and donkey. The dog’s owner, said the caller, had put the dog in his car and gone for a walk. Given the 78 degree outdoor temperature, the caller said he was concerned for the health of the animal. Around 7:49 p.m. a caller reported that a red Dodge Durango headed north on Ayer Road was weaving dangerously between lanes. After following the vehicle, an officer pulled it over near Dunkin’ Donuts. The driver, Leocadio Reyes of Ayer, failed a field sobriety test and was arrested. His car was towed. After failing a breathalyzer test at the station, he was charged with operating under the influence, failure to stay within marked lanes, and driving to endanger. He was later released on $40 bail.
Monday, June 10
At 2:02 p.m., a Brown Road resident reported a break-in at her house, from which some jewelry had been stolen. An officer investigated and determined that the thief had gained entry by cutting open a window screen. The case remains open and there are no suspects.
