In the past week, police made seven motor vehicle stops, three resulting in verbal warnings, two in written warnings or citations, and one in a civil citation, which carries a fine; one stop was listed only as completed. Officers also carried out three well-being checks, responded to three disabled motor vehicles, issued or renewed one firearm permit, helped one person locked out of a vehicle, and responded to one false burglar alarm.
Tuesday, April 23
At 6:55 a.m. a 911 caller reported an erratic driver on Bolton Road; police searched the area but did not locate the car. At 9:22 a.m. an officer stopped a car on Pinnacle Road because the license plate number did not match the vehicle; the driver—a 34-year-old Boxborough resident—received a summons for driving an unregistered, uninspected vehicle with false number plates; the car was towed. At 2:05 p.m. an officer saw seven tires that had been illegally dumped on Shaker Road; the Department of Public Works was called to remove them. At 2:58 p.m. a Harris Lane resident called to say she had found a wallet while in Waltham; an officer notified the Waltham police. At 8:34 p.m. a Littleton County Road resident called 911, saying her car had been stolen. She later called back, saying the car was safely in her driveway, but she hadn’t seen it in the darkness. At 8:42 p.m. state police asked for help locating a car that might have exited Route 2 into Harvard.
Wednesday, April 24
At 6:43 p.m. an out-of-town driver called police to report a case of road rage on Littleton County Road. One car had honked at the other; then one driver had stopped, picked up a handful of rocks, and thrown them at the caller’s car, possibly damaging it.
Thursday, April 25
Nothing significant to report.
Friday, April 26
At 2:45 p.m. a caller reported hitting a deer on Old Littleton Road; an officer had to put down the injured deer. At 3:09 p.m. and again at 4:20 p.m., police received complaints about a man going door to door, selling solar panels, first on East Bare Hill Road and later on Deerfoot Trail. Police located the man and told him he needed to inform them ahead of time. At 5:23 p.m. Ayer police asked for help in making an arrest. At 7:31 p.m. Harvard police again assisted Ayer officers, this time in removing two unwanted male guests at a Pingry Way home.
Saturday, April 27
At 9:38 a.m. someone came to the station to report damage to the tennis courts behind the Bromfield School. At 12:30 p.m. a caller reported the deer carcass on Old Littleton Road, left from the collision Friday. At 1:22 p.m. a walker found a cellphone on Ayer Road. At 8:59 p.m. someone on Still River Depot Road told police that four cars, one with a boat, had just driven down toward the Oxbow National Wildlife Refuge. An officer spoke to the drivers, telling them the area was closed at that hour.
Sunday, April 28
At 11:19 a.m. there was a four-car crash on Route 2 eastbound; state police had jurisdiction. At 12:40 p.m. yet another caller reported the dead deer on Old Littleton Road. (See Fire Log below.) At 4:48 p.m. the Northern Worcester County Youth Mobile Crisis Intervention Team asked for a well-being check on a Harvard resident who was said to be refusing medication; but a family member denied there was a problem and refused assistance. At 6:07 p.m. a caller reported suspicious juvenile activity on Mass. Ave., which was referred to the school resource officer. A few minutes later, an officer escorted a crisis intervention agent to the incident. At 11:57 p.m. someone requested police to do a mental health evaluation.
Monday, April 29
At 2:19 p.m. a caller reported suspicions about six young people walking along Ayer Road, creating a traffic hazard. But an officer found they were members of the military who had been dropped off by an Uber driver and were walking to Devens. Police gave them a lift. At 2:21 a.m. an Old Littleton Road resident said someone was driving around, honking and yelling; the car was gone when police arrived. At 3:39 p.m. a good Samaritan who was trying to move a snapping turtle across Ayer Road asked police to help stop traffic till the crossing was complete. At 4:52 p.m. an officer noticed that more tires had been dumped by a town road, this time along Littleton Road.
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.
