ARRESTS

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POLICE LOG

March 23
10:20 a.m. The Berlin Police Department requested a check of a possible suicidal person whose number pinged to a Palomino Drive residence. School Resource Officer Philip Powers and Officers Ryan Polselli and Matthew Santoro and Sergeant Matthew McNeil checked the area for the involved person and vehicle with a negative find.
11:28 a.m. School Resource Officer Philip Powers removed parties from the high school basketball courts on Hayden Rowe Street.
2:15 p.m. Officer Matthew Santoro checked on a Main Street house and secured it.
7:51 p.m. A caller reported a COVID-19 telephone scam in which the caller was asked for personal information. He did not provide any but wanted the incident logged.

March 24
12:57 a.m. Officer Stephen Buckley conducted a check of the State Park on Cedar Street.
3:40 a.m. Officer Brendon Lyver conducted a check of the Fruit Street fields.
3:18 p.m. A caller reported three youths hanging around outside on Walcott Valley Drive. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and the group was gone upon his arrival.
6:28 p.m. A caller reported a boy punching and kicking his dog on South Mill Street. School Resource Officer Philip Powers responded and spoke with the boy.
7:56 p.m. A Davis Road resident reported she had no water in her unit. Sergeant Aaron O’Neil responded and reported plumbers were working in the building.

March 25
1:41 a.m. Sergeant William Burchard checked on an unoccupied vehicle with front end damage parked on West Main Street. A note stating the owner was trying to find a garage to fix it was found on the windshield.
2:08 a.m. Sergeant William Burchard checked on two youths on bikes on Main Street and moved them along toward home.
9:34 a.m. A Crispwater Way resident reported her house alarms were sounding. Officer Moira McGaffigan responded along with the Fire Department, and a faulty detector was discovered.
3:08 p.m. Officer Derek Morton assisted the Medfield Police Department in contacting a Hayden Rowe Street resident.
3:29 p.m. A walk-in requested assistance. Sergeant William Burchard responded and assisted.
3:55 p.m. Officer Brian Sanchioni took a report of refinancing fraud on Main Street.
4:12 p.m. Multiple calls were received about gunshots in the area of School Street. Officers Preston Mucciarone and Brian Sanchioni responded and were unable to locate the source.
4:58 p.m. A concerned caller reported seeing a person on Winter Street for the past several days. Sergeant William Burchard and Officers Preston Mucciarone and Brian Sanchioni responded and spoke with the caller and then checked on the person.
9:51 p.m. The Ashland Police Department reported an erratic operator traveling on East Main Street toward Hopkinton. Officer Brian Sanchioni checked the area with a negative find.

March 27
8:48 a.m. On Winter Street, Sergeant William Burchard reported a youth in the woods with a gun. Officers Matthew Santoro and Moira McGaffigan responded and spoke with the youth, who was using an airsoft gun.
12:54 p.m. A caller reported people gathering on town-owned Emerald Hills Field on Greenwood Road in violation of the governor’s orders. Officer Matthew Santoro responded and sent the parties on their way.
4:39 p.m. A caller reported a white Toyota Tundra pulling a trailer with a male in back of the trailer and requested help. The male on the back of the trailer stated his trailer on Woody Island Road was being stolen. Officers Preston Mucciarone, Robert Ekross and Tyler Brabham responded and spoke with the man on the trailer who stated the operator of the truck was his brother. The issue was resolved and officers subsequently left the scene.
5:30 p.m. A caller reported nine or 10 high school or college-aged students playing football on Daniel Shays Road in violation of the governor’s orders. Officer Robert Ekross responded and spoke with the group and advised them of social distancing.
10:21 p.m. An East Main Street resident reported she fell and could not get up. Officer Tyler Brabham responded along with an ambulance to assist. Officer Brabham additionally assisted another resident who had fallen.

March 28
8:52 a.m. Officer Matthew Santoro reported vandalism in the high school’s K lot on Loop Road, where a portable toilet was knocked over.
1:39 p.m. A caller reported a lot of outside smoke in the distance on Christian Way. Officer Brian Sanchioni responded along with the Fire Department. The fire, a contained outdoor burn, was located.
3:00 p.m. A Princess Lane resident reported hearing gunshots in the area. Officers Brendon Lyver and Ryan Polselli responded and checked the area with a negative find.
4:09 p.m. A caller reported a portable toilet was knocked over on the Center Trail. Officer Tyler Brabham responded and found the vandalism.
8:20 p.m. A caller reported a disabled motor vehicle on Main Street. Office Tyler Brabham responded and stood by while assistance was en route.

March 29
12:57 a.m. A walk-in requested an incident report from a previous incident that he needed to bring to the hospital. He was given a records request form.
5:25 p.m. Officers Benjamin Stickney and Tyler Brabham responded along with the Fire Department to a report of a telephone pole on fire on Proctor and Walker Streets. The fire was extinguished and Eversource was contacted.
11:41 p.m. Sergeant William Burchard and Officer Brendon Lyver responded to a motor vehicle accident on Wood Street, where a car hit a guardrail. No personal injuries were reported. A tow truck was requested. Field sobriety tests were administered. A complaint application was issued for operating to endanger and speeding.

March 30
1:02 a.m. A driver reported hitting a low-hanging wire with his truck on Wood Street. Officer Brendon Lyver responded and found a low cable wire from a pole to a house. Verizon and Comcast were notified.
9:41 a.m. Eversource requested assistance on Wood Street while they hung a control box. Officer Philip Powers responded.
11:51 a.m. Officer Ryan Polselli found a loose dog on Old Farm Road. It was returned to its owner.
1:23 p.m. A caller reported an erratic operator on Chestnut Street heading toward Holliston. Officers Jay Deiana and Philip Powers responded and checked the area with a negative find. The Holliston Police Department was advised to be on the lookout.
8:57 p.m. A North Mill Street resident reported a pipe in her wood stove was red. She had turned off the stove and there was no smoke or fire. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded along with the Fire Department. A fire within the pipe was found and extinguished.
9:50 p.m. Officer Jessica Ferreira checked on a vehicle parked at Sandy Beach on Lakeshore Drive and advised the operator to move along.
10:02 p.m. A caller reported that while he was walking his dog past the middle school on Grove Street, he heard an alarm sounding in the shed between the water towers. Officer Benjamin Stickney responded and reported the pump alarm was sounding, and he contacted the Water Department.