Crime in suburbia

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[Editor's note: There were 18 suspicious items this week and five lock-outs]
Holden

Monday -- August 8

2:34 a.m. Male sitting on guardrail with bag, Main St. Person has housing issues
6:55 a.m. Male sitting in car at end of Greystone Dr.
9:33 a.m. Wild animal call, Redgate Ln.
2:19 p.m. Police remove kids from parking lot, Main St.
4:47 p.m. Group of kids throwing rocks and sticks at each other, Main
St./Boyden Rd.
8:28 p.m. Request for officer to check vehicle parked on field, Salisbury St.
10:30 p.m. Police check on two people at football field, Main St.

Tuesday -- August 9

1:37 a.m. Group of youths paintballing in neighborhood, Wachusett St.
8:27 a.m. Person at station for car seat installation, Main St.
11:02 a.m. Several calls and walk-in complaints about protestors in front of post office
11:28 a.m. Kids on bikes hopping over islands in parking lot, senior center, Main St.
4:44 p.m. Loose bulldog causing traffic problems, Highland St.
8:25 p.m. Report of “drag” racing, Lowell Ave.

Wednesday -- August 10

3:42 a.m. Three or four full trash cans in middle of Manning St.
10:03 a.m. Assist with car seat installation, Main St.
12:46 p.m. Town manager closed library for hour while bat is captured, Highland St.
2:03 p.m. Police assist females with flat tire, Main St.
3:13 p.m. Ten teenagers throwing junk objects in roadway, Woodland/Phillips Rds.
3:18 p.m. Skateboarders at church, Princeton St.
4:54 p.m. Vehicle passed vehicle, party pulled over and argument ensued, Broad St., Jefferson
7:11 p.m. Police assist person locked out of vehicle, Shrewsbury St.

Thursday -- August 11

8:27 a.m. Man advising he will be conducting surveillance on Reservoir St.
8:49 a.m. Suspicious vehicle in front of house, Wachusett St.
1:27 p.m. Suspicious vehicle with two males, Centerwood Dr.
8:16 p.m. Person stumbling down Main St./ Alpha Rd.
8:50 p.m. Suspicious incident, two Mopeds, Main St.
9:12 p.m. Activity heard, no lights, Reservoir St.

Friday -- August 12

12:27 a.m. White truck speeding up and down Bailey Rd., doing burnouts
3:15 a.m. Suspicious person going into shed, Edgewood Dr.
4:19 a.m. Suspicious vehicle speeding down the road and pulling into several
driveways, Wachusett St.
9:35 a.m. Person dressed in camouflage walking into the woods with large firearm, Wachusett/Bullard St.
11:18 a.m. Assist with vehicle lockout, Main St.
1:59 p.m. Check on individuals possibly intoxicated, Shrewsbury St.
7:22 p.m. Police check on four youths walking down driveway of business, Princeton St.
9:32 p.m. Police check fields on Main St. for kids
10:08 p.m. Suspicious vehicle, Main St.
11:44 p.m. Barking dog complaint, Holden St.

Saturday -- August 13

2:42 a.m. Suspicious vehicle in parking lot, Salisbury St.
p.m. Group of kids in front of business, Main St.
9:46 p.m. Music coming from woods, Wachusett St.
11:20 p.m. Loud music, Wachusett St./Blair Dr.

Sunday -- August 14

12:23 a.m. Possible gunshots, Twinbrooke Dr.
2:17 p.m. Loose horse from farm, Bullard St.

Paxton

Monday -- August 8

2:58 p.m. Person threw beer can out of vehicle window, Pleasant St.
4:38 p.m. Ammunition shot off in area of Moore State Park, Oak and Nanigian Ln.
5:43 p.m. Person at station reports his shrub was dug up and dragged to Davis Hill Rd.

Tuesday -- August 9

2:42 p.m. Vehicle lockout, police assist, Pleasant St.

Wednesday -- August 10

7:50 a.m. Caller found white dog with black spots with Delaware tags, Boynton Pkwy.
11:51 p.m. Assist citizen looking for Austin, Texas, PD phone number, Pleasant St.

Thursday -- August 11

11:01 a.m. Dog barking for long time, Pleasant St.
2:20 p.m. Employees from business on strike followed by group of employees they believe may be intoxicated, Pleasant St.
5:37 p.m. Female at station turning in ammunition found in her home, Pleasant St.
9:34 p.m. Suspicious people in the road, Eagle Ln.

Friday -- August 12

5:18 p.m. Stray cat in area has started to bite people and is trying to attack another cat through the window, Bel Arbor Dr.
5:32 p.m. Suspicious female in all-black clothing taking photos of houses, Davis Hill Rd.

Saturday -- August 13

6:19 a.m. Suspicious vehicle parked on Suomi St
12:32 p.m. Sheet metal screws in road, Pleasant/Grove Sts.

Princeton

Monday -- August 8

4:40 p.m. Request for welfare check on employee that didn’t show up for work, Rocky Pond Rd. Person has moved
9:11 p.m. Suspicious vehicle at cemetery, Connor Ln. Police find many people attempting to communicate with the deceased
9:32 p.m. Suspicious person wearing hooded sweatshirt at intersection of Hobbs Rd. and Rte.140 N. Person had argument with parents

Tuesday -- August 9

10:44 a.m.911 abandoned call, Mountain Rd. School group spoken to about phone use
12:37 p.m. Suspicious vehicle, Ball Hill Rd.

Wednesday -- August 10

12:54 p.m. Several TVs and computer monitors dumped near brook on dirt section of Houghton Rd.
8:59 p.m. Suspicious vehicle parked beside Gates Rd.

Thursday -- August 11

10:07 a.m. Caller reports unleashed dogs chased her while bicycling, Thompson Rd.
11:55 p.m. Suspicious vehicle, Mountain Rd.

Friday -- August 12

11:42 a.m. Suspicious motorcycle in driveway, Pine Hill Rd.

Saturday -- August 13

p.m. Report that lug nuts on rear tire were loosened, Boylston Ave.
2:49 p.m. Two loose dogs, Merriam/E. Princeton Rds.
p.m. Police transport person to home on E. Princeton Rd. from Worcester Rd.
9:16 p.m. Report of loud noise then mailbox found, Beaman Rd.
9:36 p.m. Caller reports mailbox in road, Clearings Way

Sunday -- August 14

11:28 a.m. Police serve immediate threat revocation for person’s driver’s license after finding person sitting in vehicle passenger seat in driveway, Worcester Rd.
10:52 p.m. Police report low battery in smoke detector making chirping noises, Radford Rd.

Rutland

Monday -- August 8

8:32 a.m. Shrewsbury PD requests Rutland officer go to home on Sassawanna Rd. and ask person to call them regarding a boat
3:03 p.m. Stray cat and kittens on deck of home, Turkey Hill Trl.
4:05 p.m. Police out with citizen with complaint of suspicious activity, Maple Ave.
8:44 p.m. Sick mink, euthanized and head sent to Boston to check for rabies, Pommogussett Rd.
9:22 p.m. Four youths in dark clothing walking in road, Main St.

Tuesday -- August 9

4:54 p.m. Dog in yard attempted to bite person trying to get into house, Peters Ave.

Wednesday -- August 10

2:59 P.M. Group of teenagers on roadside mooning cars going by, River Rd.

Friday -- August 12

2:36 p.m. Report of health hazard at building where people are removing paint, Main St.
4:12 p.m. Loud music coming from basketball court, Memorial Dr.
4:55 p.m. Request for assistance with residential lockout, Main St.
7:24 p.m. Three male youths in back yard of abandoned building, Inwood/Birchwood Rds.
8:11 p.m. Group of youths tore down basketball hoop, Male Ave.
Wallet found, Main St.

Saturday -- August 13

8:44 a.m. Police assist person locked out of vehicle, Main St.
11:00 a.m. Break-in to vehicle overnight, items taken and mailboxes damaged,
Campbell St.12:21 p.m. Person at station to report theft of
medications, Main St.
5:38 p.m. Gun shots in woods near rail trail

Sunday -- August 14

4:29 p.m. Gun shots heard near Prison Camp Rd.
4:08 p.m. Loud music from Pommogussett Rd./Simon Davis Dr. area
4:58 p.m. Request for officer to respond to verbal altercation with neighbor, Simon Davis Dr.

Sterling

Monday -- August 8

9:52 a.m. Large turtle in Chocksett Rd.
10:30 a.m. A bird, banded on both legs, has been at caller’s home for a week, Gates Rd.

Tuesday -- August 9

3:12 a.m. Transport female to Clinton town line
9:56 a.m. Female requesting assistance getting into home, does not have house keys, Patriots Way
1:49 p.m. Two roosters loose in yard, Chace Hill Rd.
9:19 p.m. Motorist reports male lying on side of Clinton Road, not moving. Person was resting from walk from Clinton
11:48 p.m. Report of vehicle with passenger door open beside road for long time, Metropolitan Rd.

Wednesday -- August 10

9:26 a.m. Vandalism by BB gun pellet, broken window in house, Laurelwood Rd.
9:29 p.m. Bat in home flying from second floor to basement, Meetinghouse
Hill Rd. Neighbor came with net and got bat

Thursday -- August 11

12:22 a.m. Truck in yard, putting lights on and off, Pratts Jct. Rd.
8:29 a.m. Loose cows in Lucas Rd.
11:54 a.m. Report of “weird” acting squirrel, doing flips and walking slowly,
Metropolitan Rd.

Friday -- August 12

12:10 a.m. Suspicious vehicle outside home, James Rd.
8:59 a.m. Youth on dirt bike, fled down street to Clinton town line. Lancaster PD advised
10:34 a.m. Report of sick fox near Chocksett Rd.
8:17 p.m. Kittens spotted through hole in fence, Worcester Rd.
8:50 p.m. Complaint about barking dog, Maple St.

Saturday -- August 13

1:13 a.m. Several youths hanging around house and running around development, Patriots Way
10:04 a.m. People going door-to-door handing out flyers, Meetinghouse Hill Rd.
3:29 p.m. Caller found feces in her mailbox, Griffin Rd.