In the past week, police made 95 motor vehicle stops, 34 resulting in verbal warnings and 60 in written warnings or citations; one stop resulted from an accidental 911 call. Officers also checked on a disabled vehicle, helped someone locked out of their car, made a well-being check, and responded to four false burglar alarms.
Tuesday, April 14
At 2:35 p.m. an officer asked a paving company whose truck was partly blocking Prospect Hill Road to keep the roadway clear. At 8:36 p.m. a caller reported a tree branch down on Brown Road. An officer moved it aside and asked the Department of Public Works to clear it away.
Wednesday, April 15
At 8:51 a.m. on Mass. Ave. a 28-year-old Stoughton man received a summons for driving without a license and having no inspection sticker on the car. At 12:10 p.m. a Pinnacle Road resident called about a previous road rage incident of which the caller had video and photos. At 1:06 p.m. someone reported a dead animal on Mass. Ave., and the DPW was notified. At 6:12 p.m. there was a minor two-car collision at the intersection in the center of town; no one was injured.
Thursday, April 16
At 3:20 p.m. someone called 911 with concerns that a group of young people who were jogging with a teacher on Still River Road were creating a traffic hazard; the group was gone when an officer arrived. At 6:41 p.m. a caller reported a car speeding on Bolton Road. At 7:04 p.m. a Poor Farm Road resident told police a man had walked into the woods behind the caller’s house; the caller was concerned about the man’s safety because of a swamp nearby.
Friday, April 17
At 6:53 p.m. a caller told police a group of young people in a black Jeep had ignored a stop sign at the intersection of Littleton and Pinnacle roads.
Saturday, April 18
At 8:18 p.m. a caller asked for a well-being check on someone who seemed either asleep or unwell in a car parked near Fairbank Street, but the car was gone when police arrived.
Sunday, April 19
At 12:44 a.m. an officer checked on an unoccupied car parked on Mass. Ave. with its door open; nothing seemed to be wrong, so the officer just shut the door.
Monday, April 20
At 11:35 a.m. someone came to the station and turned in a license plate they had found; police returned it to the owner. At 3:36 p.m. Vermont state police asked for help in locating a man who had made suicidal statements and whose cellphone had last pinged near the intersection of Ayer and South Shaker roads. However, he was no longer in the area, and the cell phone battery had apparently died.
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