Tuesday, August 24
A Park Lane resident called at 2:32 a.m. to report suspicions about a car parked on the street with its lights flashing. The vehicle was gone when police arrived. A caller reported that there were some unfamiliar vehicles parked on Westward Orchards land on Prospect Hill Road at 2:50 p.m. When police arrived, the new owner of the property said he would provide them with contact information listing people authorized to be on the property. A Still River Road resident called at 8:22 p.m. to report suspicions about a car with two occupants that had been repeatedly driving by Willard’s farm stand. The car was gone when police arrived.

Wednesday, August 25
At 10:05 a.m. a Woodchuck Hill Road resident reported that an intruder had entered the house and had fled through the front door after being confronted by the resident. Minutes later an Oak Hill Road resident called to report that a man in his early 20s, driving an older-model metallic blue vehicle, had stopped to ask directions to Interstate 495, and was acting strangely. The car was gone when police arrived, but the  description of the man provided by the resident matched that of the intruder at the Woodchuck Hill Road residence. Police have a “person of interest” in the case, which remains under investigation. At 3:53 p.m. a Still River Road resident called about the suspicious-looking vehicle that had been driving by Willard’s farm stand the previous day. The caller said that the car stopped to drop off a passenger on the side of the road and then drove away, later returning to pick up that person. The car was headed toward Bolton. Based on the plate number and vehicle description provided by the caller, police determined that the owner was a Hudson resident. At 5:02 p.m. a caller from Willard’s Farm Stand reported money missing from the stand. At 5:35 p.m. police located the car thought to be connected to the farm stand larceny at the Prospect Hill overlook and issued a summons to the driver for operating with a suspended license. The car was towed. The larceny remains under investigation.

Thursday, August 26
A caller reported at 8:40 a.m. that a black truck had passed by her four times while she was walking on Littleton Road. Police located the vehicle and redirected the driver to the worksite he was looking for on Littleton County Road. A Clinton Shore Drive resident called at noon about a dispute with a neighbor, and asked that police speak to him about yelling at her and her family when they are outside. A Woodside Road resident called at 6:01 p.m. to report that two unfamiliar men were walking in the area. Police did not locate the men. Police investigated an accident between a motorcycle and a bicycle on Finn Road at 6:53 p.m. The operators, who sustained minor injuries, were both taken to Emerson Hospital. The motorcycle was towed. 

Friday, August 27
An officer on patrol stopped to investigate a parked car on Ayer Road at 2:07 a.m. and took the occupant, who was sleeping and appeared to be inebriated, into protective custody. The man was released at 7:39 a.m. Police investigated a minor accident that occurred at the end of the Route 2 off-ramp on Ayer Road at 8:48 a.m., when a car stopped at the top of the ramp was rear-ended by a second car. There were no injuries and no damage to either car; no citations were issued.

Saturday, August 28
The Mass. State Police called at 5:48 p.m. after receiving several reports about a car fire on Route 2 in Harvard. Firefighters were dispatched to the scene, where they found an overheated, not flaming, car. At 6:06 p.m. a caller reported suspicions about three people walking on East Bare Hill Road. Police checked the area but did not locate anyone. At 9:25 p.m. a Myrick Lane resident called because her cat had brought two live mice into the house and she was alone with two young children. She said the mice had escaped and were in the house somewhere. The responding officer assured the woman that she was in no danger, and advised her to set traps.

Sunday, August 29
At 12:04 p.m. a caller reported that real estate signs on South Shaker Road were too close to the roadway and posed a hazard. Police determined that the signs were not a hazard. A Bolton Road resident called at 9:22 p.m. and asked police to check his house, because he had returned home to find the back door open. Police found nothing amiss.

Monday, August 30
At 2:08 a.m. the owner of a business on Ayer Road reported that someone had attempted to get into the building through a window but left when the owner yelled at the intruder. The business owner said he did not see any car. At 4:03 p.m. a caller reported that six donkeys were loose on Bolton Road. Police were unable to locate the owners, so rounded up the animals and returned them to their corral. The ambulance took a child to Emerson Hospital from a Lancaster County Road address at 8:07 p.m. At 8:48 p.m. an Eldridge Road resident called to report that he had returned home from work to find that someone had attempted to gain entry to his house by removing a screen. The case is under investigation.