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Arrests/Police Log, Aug. 25 edition

by | Aug 26, 2020 | News, Police & Fire

POLICE LOG

August 18
8:04 a.m. Multiple calls were received about a motor vehicle accident with airbag deployment and personal injury on West Main Street. Officers Brendon Lyver, Matthew Santoro and Moira McGaffigan responded along with ambulances. Patients were transported to both Milford Hospital and UMass Memorial Medical Center. A report was to follow.
8:46 a.m. A Lumber Street business reported credit card fraud. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and took a report.
10:20 a.m. A caller reported finding baby snakes on Daniel Shays Road while doing construction work. The animal control officer was notified.
3:20 p.m. Officer Derek Morton responded to a possible ATM scam at a Main Street bank, spoke with the bank manager and took a report.
3:34 p.m. A Tammer Lane resident reported a motorbike trespassed on his property. Officer Ryan Polselli responded and spoke with the caller, who had just spoken with the biker and issued a verbal no trespass order for the future.
5:55 p.m. An East Street caller reported his house was egged overnight. Officer Derek Morton responded and took a report.
7:40 p.m. A caller reported suspicious utility company workers walking up and down Fruit Street, taking notes on properties. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and checked the area with a negative find.

August 19
12:46 a.m. Officer Jessica Ferreira checked on occupants in a motor vehicle parked on Hayden Rowe Street and moved them along.
12:09 p.m. A Pond Street caller reported a scam phone call and wanted the incident logged.
12:44 p.m. A Davis Road resident reported a scam phone all and wanted it logged.
1:01 p.m. A Pond Street caller reported unemployment fraud.
1:10 p.m. A Saddle Hill Road resident reported a suspicious vehicle in front of her house. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and reported the vehicle belonged to a neighbor. All was OK.
1:20 p.m. A caller reported smoke in the area of East Main Street, possibly an illegal outdoor burn. Officer John Corridan responded along with the Fire Department. Four different fires were extinguished. Individuals were advised of the rules.
1:55 p.m. A Meserve Street caller reported her fence was vandalized. Officer Matthew Santoro responded. A report was to follow.
2:40 p.m. A caller reported a social security scam and wanted the incident logged. No personal information was given to the scammers.
3:21 p.m. A Winter Street resident requested to speak with an officer about an incident that occurred in Westborough the previous day. Officer Derek Morton assisted. A report was to follow.

August 20
1:11 a.m. Officer Jessica Ferreira assisted the Southborough Police Department with a prisoner search on Cordaville Road.
1:15 a.m. The Milford Police Department requested officers to be on the lookout for a motor vehicle. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officers Robert Ekross and Tyler Brabham responded and located the vehicle and operator on Main Street. The Milford Police Department was notified. The operator passed field sobriety tests and was advised to return the motor vehicle.
9:00 a.m. Sergeants Scott van Raalten and John Porter completed community relations on West Main Street.
11:01 a.m. A caller reported fallen wires on Cunningham Street. Officer Matthew Santoro responded and subsequently contacted Verizon, who owns the wires.
11:19 a.m. Officer Brian Sanchioni and K-9 Officer Titan assisted the Westborough Police Department on Computer Road.
11:20 a.m. Officer Philip Powers left a note for a vehicle on Davis Road taking up two parking spots.
2:49 p.m. A caller reported a low hanging branch on Spring Street. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and notified the DPW.
5:49 p.m. A manager of a Main Street store reported a male had been hanging around the store and was not leaving. Officers Robert Ekross and Benjamin Stickney responded and spoke with the man, who stated he was just leaving.
7:25 p.m. A caller complained of equipment operating on Downey Street in violation of town bylaws. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and spoke to workers, who stated they were finished for the night.
9:06 p.m. A West Elm Street caller reported unemployment fraud.
9:27 p.m. Officer Benjamin Stickney checked on a motor vehicle parked on Parker Point Road and moved the operator along.
9:32 p.m. Officer Robert Ekross checked on a motor vehicle on Rafferty Road and moved the operator along.
9:32 p.m. Multiple calls were received about a disabled motor vehicle with no lights on in a dangerous spot on West Main Street. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and reported a Good Samaritan assisted the operator in moving the vehicle into the Price Chopper parking lot. A tow truck was on the way.

August 21
9:27 a.m. A caller complained of traffic on Winter Street. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded and advised the caller that there was not much that could be done to control the volume of traffic.
10:38 a.m. A Chestnut Street resident reported an unknown vehicle parked in the driveway that is shared with a neighbor. Officer Matthew Santoro and Sergeant Scott van Raalten responded and located the operator, a contractor working in the area. He was to move his vehicle.
10:41 a.m. A passing motorist reported sheetrock in the roadway of West Main Street. Officer Philip Powers responded and removed the item.
1:55 p.m. Officer Brian Sanchioni assisted a disabled motor vehicle with a flat tire on South Street.
4:07 p.m. A caller requested assistance with traffic control while he removed his disabled motor vehicle off the roadway of Wood Street.
4:24 p.m. An employee at the Windsor apartment complex complained of a person who regularly parks a vehicle in a handicap parking spot on Freedom Way despite multiple warnings. Officers Benjamin Stickney and Ryan Polselli responded and issued a parking ticket. The employee requested a private tow.
5:22 p.m. Officer Benjamin Stickney checked on a vehicle parked on a West Main Street sidewalk. After locating the owner, a realtor showing a house, he advised her not to park on the sidewalk in the future.
6:37 p.m. A Windsor apartment complex employee requested an officer to issue a ticket to a second vehicle parked in a handicap spot. Officers Ryan Polselli and Benjamin Stickney responded. The vehicle was to be towed by the property owner.
6:56 p.m. A Fawn Ridge Road caller reported fraud. Officer Benjamin Stickney spoke with the victim.
7:07 p.m. An East Main Street caller reported someone attempted to use her credit card. She was advised to contact the credit card company.
9:50 p.m. Officers Robert Ekross and Benjamin Stickney checked on people in a motor vehicle on Rafferty Road and advised them to leave.
10:14 p.m. A caller complained of a loud house party on East Main Street. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officers Robert Ekross and Benjamin Stickney responded and spoke to the residents, who stated they would turn down the music.

August 22
10:32 a.m. A caller reported a suspicious incident that took place on Hayden Rowe Street. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Brian Sanchioni responded and spoke to all involved individuals and took a report.
11:00 a.m. A walk-in reported change of address fraud through the U.S. Postal Service. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil took a report.
11:03 a.m. A Tammer Lane resident reported an injured squirrel in the area. The caller was advised on proper 911 usage. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded and reported it was a small deceased fox, not a squirrel. The DPW was contacted for pickup.
11:26 a.m. Officer Brian Sanchioni came upon a motor vehicle accident on Main Street and requested a tow truck. No personal injuries were reported. A report was to follow.
2:35 p.m. A caller complained of a dirt bike and a pocket bike speeding down the wrong way on a dirt road in Legacy Farms South. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil and Officer Moira McGaffigan responded and checked the area with a negative find.
4:54 p.m. A caller reported a suspicious incident on Pleasant Street. Officer Derek Morton responded and spoke with the reporting person.
5:37 p.m. A caller reported her son was being harassed in the State Park on Cedar Street. The Ashland Police Department was notified and was to respond.
7:50 p.m. Officer Jay Deiana assisted the Natick Police Department in searching for a white Ford F-150 truck on Apple Tree Hill. He checked the area with a negative find.

August 23
12:53 a.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield and Officers Stephen Buckley and Tyler Brabham assisted the Milford Police Department with a domestic situation that included a female passenger bleeding from the head. The officers searched South Street with a negative find.
12:59 a.m. Sergeant Arthur Schofield checked on people on Lakeshore Drive who stated they were star gazing and moved them along.
3:57 a.m. A Dell security guard reported hearing drag racing on South Street. Officer Tyler Brabham responded and checked the area with a negative find.
1:53 p.m. A motorist on Interstate 495 reported she had run out of gas. The State Police were notified.
4:02 p.m. A caller complained of noise from construction on Wood Street that violates town bylaw. Officer Derek Morton responded and found a homeowner doing work and advised him to cease the work.
5:21 p.m. A Spring Street caller reported lightning struck his house and there was a brief fire and smoke in the basement. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded along with the Fire Department. The wiring inspector was requested.
7:16 p.m. A caller reported suspicious activity on his and his girlfriend’s Facebook pages. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded and took a report.
8:58 p.m. The Holliston Police Department requested assistance with a hit-and-run motor vehicle accident. Officer Preston Mucciarone responded but was canceled en route.

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