Ayer
Tuesday, July 26
8:05 a.m. Vehicle accident with property damage at Fletcher and Pine streets.
Thursday, July 28
4:14 p.m. Chelsea J. Williamson, 28, 64 Westford Road, Ayer, was arrested on a default warrant.
Friday, July 29
8:03 a.m. Vehicle accident with property damage at the bridge on West Main Street.
11:50 a.m. Vehicle accident with property damage on New England Way.
Groton
Monday, July 25
1:13 p.m. Fraud reported on Integrity Way.
Tuesday, July 26
10:32 p.m. Richard P. Kuzmitch Jr., 43, of Pepperell ,arrested on Townsend Road for a second offense of operating under the influence of liquor and for an unsecured/uncovered load.
Wednesday, July 27
8:46 a.m. Motor-vehicle crash reported on Boston Road.
3:14 p.m. Motor-vehicle crash reported on Main Street.
5 p.m. Past larceny reported on Lowell Road.
Friday, July 29
8:39 a.m. Motor-vehicle crash reported at Boston Road and Sandy Pond Road.
Sunday, July 31
2:13 a.m. Phillip M. Dubay, 21, of Dunstable, arrested on Boston Road for operating under the influence of liquor, speeding in violation of a special regulation, and possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
12:15 p.m. Motor-vehicle crash reported on Boston Road.
5:11 p.m. Frankie V. Ruiz, 25, of Clinton, arrested at Hollis Street and Martins Pond Road for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license.
Monday, Aug. 1
5:27 a.m. Vandalism reported on Adams Avenue.
Pepperell
Thursday, July 28
Several cars were burglarized, with break-ins reported on Beaver Creek Circle, Elliott Street and three on Julia Lane. The police have identified a person of interest and recovered some of the stolen items. The investigation is ongoing.
Shirley
Monday, July 25
3:35 a.m. – A fire in a planter on the porch of a home on Rodman Ave. was extinguished.
8:18 a.m. – Another garden gnome has gone missing, stolen from a yard on Peabody Rd.
Tuesday, July 26
7:08 a.m. – Fire Dept. call, Walker Road: Brush fire extinguished.
Wednesday, July 27
5:46 a.m., Motor Vehicle Accident, Squannacook Road – A 46-year- old Shirley woman drove her vehicle off the road, striking a pole. According to the police report, the woman said she had fallen asleep. She refused the ambulance and was not cited for the crash.
12:42 p.m. – Mailbox vandalism, Horse Pond Road.
7:32 p.m. – Motor Vehicle Accident – A 37-year old North Carolina man who was visiting in the area was charged with several motor vehicle violations and faced additional charges after the Lamborghini Murcielago he was driving flipped over on Leominster Road. The man told police he was “distracted,” Police Chief Thomas Goulden said. Initial charges included operating a motor vehicle after driver’s license suspension, marked lanes violation and improper and unreasonable speed. He was also charged with operating as to endanger because of his two passengers, both children. They were not injured. An ambulance responded but the man refused it. The car was totaled.
Friday, July 29
7:45 p.m. Responding to a vandalism call on Great Road, police arrested a Shirley woman, Trisha Bragdon, 26 on a warrant that was unrelated to the call. According to Police Chief Thomas Goulden, he and another officer and a firefighter went to the home because the caller had stated that people inside were “trashing” the place and the occupants wouldn’t let them in. It turned out to be something of a false alarm, but one of them had an outstanding warrant, so she was arrested, he said.
Townsend
Sunday, July 24
1:55 p.m. Fraud reported on Pierce Road.
Monday, July 25
2:14 p.m. Brush fire reported on Warren Road.
3:46 p.m. Motor-vehicle accident causing injury reported on Fitchburg Road.
8:01 p.m. Motor-vehicle accident reported on West Main Street.
Wednesday, July 27
6:47 a.m. Michael David McCaughey, 30, of Townsend, arrested on a warrant on Fitchburg Road. Charged with operating with a license suspended and another redacted charge.
7:06 a.m. Motor-vehicle accident causing injury reported on Warren Road.
6:16 p.m. Fraud reported on Smith Street.
Thursday, July 28
1:26 p.m. Fraud reported on West Main Street.
4:37 p.m. Motor-vehicle accident causing injury on East Main Street.
Saturday, July 30
4:11 p.m. Harassment reported on Greeley Road.
8:17 p.m. Brush fire reported on Highland Street.
