In the past week, police made 71 motor vehicle stops, 40 resulting in verbal warnings and 29 in written warnings or citations. Officers also helped someone who had been locked out of a vehicle, made three well-being checks, and responded to one false burglar alarm.
Tuesday, June 2
At 8:12 a.m. a woman called police, saying her car had broken down on Depot Road and she was waiting for a taxi. An officer helped her find a towing service for her car. At 4:02 p.m. someone came to the police station to report suspicious activity at an empty house.
Wednesday, June 3
At 3:33 p.m. a solar company notified police that a representative would be going door to door in Harvard. At 4:46 p.m. someone on Ayer Road complained about the person going door to door. At 9:10 p.m. a driver on Ayer Road crashed into a car that had been stopped by police. A 66-year-old Harvard woman was charged with a marked lanes violation, negligent operation of a vehicle, operating under the influence of alcohol, and having an open container of alcohol in her car; she was taken to the hospital with a head injury.
Thursday, June 4
At 6:01 a.m. an Ayer Road resident asked for a well-being check on her neighbor, saying her car was parked in the driveway and her wallet was visible inside. The car belonged to the woman who had been involved in the crash the night before. At 7:23 a.m. a caller reported some large black trash bags had been dumped on Still River Road, but when police arrived, the bags had already been removed. At 7:42 p.m. an officer saw a large, dead turtle on Still River Road and called the Department of Public Works to remove it. At 1:38 p.m. someone called to complain about a man in his late 20s who was drinking in an Ayer Road parking lot; an officer asked the young man to move along. At 7 p.m. an officer tried to serve a summons at a Craggs Road house, but the man who was the subject of the summons was not there. He later came to the police station, and the summons was served there.
Friday, June 5
At 10:39 a.m. someone came to the police station to ask for directions. At 12:23 p.m. Gloucester police called, asking Harvard police to notify a resident that her wallet had been turned in there. At 1:04 p.m. a man came to the station to report some large, fraudulent bank transfers from his account; both the bank and the police are investigating. At 7:38 p.m. a Prospect Hill Road resident complained about a noisy motorcycle speeding back and forth on that road. An officer spoke with several bikers in the area.
Saturday, June 6
At 9:11 a.m. a car struck and injured a bicyclist on Littleton County Road. At 9:42 a.m. a caller complained that cyclists on Littleton County Road were not stopping for stop signs and were blocking the road. At 2:03 p.m. an officer spoke with three cyclists who had pulled out in front of the police car at the intersection of Slough Road and Mass. Ave.
Sunday, June 7
At 6:53 a.m. a firefighter who was traveling on Route 2 eastbound saw that a car had struck a deer; the firefighter notified state police. At 8 a.m. a 911 caller said both sides of Fairbank Street were blocked by cars that had been parked there for the Triathlon. At 2:23 p.m. a St. John Lane resident complained about a neighbor who was urinating in a nearby yard. At 2:52 p.m. a 911 caller reported a utility line down on Old Mill Road, but an officer found no smoke, fire, or power outage.
Monday, June 8
At 8:08 a.m. someone on Old Mill Road backed out of a driveway and collided with another car. No one was injured. At 1:42 p.m. a caller asked for a well-being check on a Littleton County Road resident who had sounded depressed during a breakup. At 4:37 p.m. a caller reported an open door at a school building. The door had been propped open so students could go in and out during sports practice. At 6:39 p.m. Ayer police asked for help finding a car involved in a hit-and-run on Route 2, but the car was not located. At 7:05 p.m. someone complained about an erratic driver on Ayer Road. At 9:21 p.m. an Ayer Road resident called 911, saying she had left some groceries by her parked car. When she went back for them, they were gone, but they turned up in her apartment. She told police she was concerned someone had been in her apartment.
The police and fire logs are written by a Press reporter based on dispatch logs and interviews with police and fire 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.