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March 26
10:15 a.m. — A resident reported the alleged theft of a RidStar e-bike from in front of an apartment on Green Street Court. According to the report, the e-bike had been locked to a railing and the lock was cut. The resident, who later spoke with Officer Jason McDonald at the police station on March 30, said the lock had since been discarded, that no surveillance footage was available, and that no specific person was suspected. McDonald documented the alleged larceny, had the resident complete a green sheet and forwarded the matter to the Criminal Investigations Division for follow-up.
March 30
12:50 p.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney was dispatched to Lincoln Avenue for a report of an individual allegedly building an encampment in the woods behind a residence. On arrival, Sweeney spoke with a resident who said an adult-aged male had been observed putting up tarps in trees in an area where neighborhood children typically ride bikes. Sweeney walked into the wooded parcel, which is town-owned land, and observed three large tarps tied into the trees with rope along with assorted items beneath them. He located the individual responsible nearby, who acknowledged having put up the tarps for shade. Sweeney advised him to remove the tarps and clean up the area, warning that he could be subject to a fine under the town’s littering on public property bylaw. The individual agreed to take the tarps down. Sweeney returned to the residence to update the caller and advised her to call back if the items were not removed by the end of the day. Photographs were taken for documentation.
2:12 p.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney was dispatched to the police station lobby to meet with a caretaker regarding allegedly missing items from a home on Elm Street. The caretaker reported that a contractor known to her only as “George” had performed work at the residence days earlier, had returned claiming to have forgotten a phone charger and was permitted back upstairs. After he left, the caretaker noticed that a clock and a dress were missing from the room he had entered, and her subsequent attempts to reach him by phone went unanswered. Sweeney searched the phone number provided through a law enforcement database with no results and asked the caretaker to gather any additional identifying information about the contractor. The matter remained open pending further information.
3:01 p.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney was dispatched to Overlook Road for a report of an alleged scam phone call. A resident told Sweeney that he had received a Facebook notification stating he had been locked out of his account and listing a phone number to call. After dialing the number, the resident said he remained on the line for more than an hour while the caller allegedly attempted to obtain his bank information and Social Security number. The resident said he refused to provide any of that information and ended the call. Sweeney advised him to block the number and to contact the department again if he received further suspicious calls.
April 1
12:35 p.m. — Officer Brandon Boutilier spoke with a young man in the police station lobby who reported that, roughly 10 minutes earlier, he had allegedly collided on his skateboard with the rear of a gray Ford F-150 on Elm Street near Sewall Street. Boutilier first asked whether the skateboarder needed an ambulance, which he declined. The skateboarder said he had been traveling at a high speed downhill when a vehicle pulled out partway from what he believed to be Roosevelt Avenue to turn left onto Elm Street, and that he was unable to stop in time before striking the truck near its driver-side rear wheel. He provided a license plate number he believed he had read while upside down, along with a description of the operator, and said the operator had cursed at him before he chased after his skateboard, which had rolled under the truck and continued downhill. Boutilier searched the plate in a law enforcement database and confirmed with dispatch that no record was returned, and the skateboarder acknowledged he may have transcribed the plate incorrectly. Boutilier subsequently drove the area of Elm Street but did not locate any vehicle matching the description. He advised the skateboarder to call or return to the station, and to photograph the plate, if he saw the truck again.
April 6
10:05 a.m. — Officer Charles Sweeney was dispatched to Lincoln Avenue to speak with the same individual previously identified in connection with the makeshift encampment in the woods between Hoods Lane and Lincoln Avenue. The man, contacted in front of a marine boat yard, told Sweeney that shovels he had been using in the woods had allegedly been snapped, and he speculated that one of the neighbors who had repeatedly asked him not to leave items in the area might have been responsible. Sweeney explained that leaving belongings on public property was inadvisable and encouraged him to stop frequenting that patch of woods. The man indicated he would relocate his activities to wooded areas in a neighboring city.
4:47 p.m. — Officer Robert Picariello was dispatched to the area of Pleasant Street near a local tavern after a caller reported that a young male in a maroon jersey had allegedly been throwing items at passing vehicles before walking inbound on Pleasant Street. Picariello located two juveniles matching the description further down Pleasant Street near a coffee shop. Both acknowledged having purchased two cans of iced tea at a nearby market and later tossing the cans into the air, where they landed in the roadway, but maintained that no vehicle had been struck. Picariello confirmed with dispatch that the original caller had reported no damage to her vehicle. He escorted both juveniles back up Pleasant Street to retrieve the cans from the roadway and dispose of them properly.
April 7
5:30 p.m. — Officer Dean Peralta met at the police station with a woman who came in to file a report concerning her mother’s former apartment on Elm Street, from which the mother had been moved out of state the prior week. The reporting party expressed concern that the unit might allegedly have been equipped with recording devices, citing the presence of two Nest thermostats and what she said was the manufacturer’s recording capability. She acknowledged she had not personally observed any cameras or audio devices but described instances in which the landlord allegedly knew details — including the names of visiting friends and that a key had been entrusted to a neighbor for package retrieval — that she said she could not explain. She also reported that the landlord had told her to stop making contact after the move-out. Peralta documented her account.
7:59 p.m. — Officer Nicholas Michaud was dispatched to Robert Road for a complaint regarding the newly installed athletic field lights at a nearby park. The reporting party told Michaud that the lights were so bright that the interior of her home appeared nearly daylit when they were on. Michaud advised her to contact the town’s recreation and parks department, and she said she had already done so but wished for a town representative to observe the brightness firsthand. The reporting party referenced an alleged state limit of 3,000 lumens; Michaud was unable to identify a corresponding state statute or town bylaw on the matter. He referred her again to the recreation and parks department and suggested she contact the state Department of Environmental Protection if she believed the issue fell under environmental light pollution. Michaud documented the complaint and took photographs.
April 10
8:23 a.m. — Officer Brandon Boutilier responded to a hair salon on School Street for a report of alleged vandalism. Boutilier met staff outside the business, where the front glass door had been shattered. A detail officer already in the area advised that a large rock had been left nearby. The owner told Boutilier that she had arrived at work minutes earlier and observed the broken door with a sizable rock on the sidewalk roughly 10 feet away, and that the salon had been closed since the previous evening. Boutilier collected the rock and placed it in his cruiser. He then surveyed the area for cameras and identified one mounted at a nearby restaurant facing School Street; finding the business closed, he left a message for its owner about possible footage. The matter was forwarded to the Criminal Investigations Division, with further follow-up dependent on the camera footage.
9:23 a.m. — Officer Taylor Nolasco was dispatched to Humphrey Street regarding allegedly stolen park benches. On arrival, Nolasco met with a representative of the town’s recreation and parks department, who said that while crews were working on the bathrooms at a nearby park they noticed all three of the playground’s benches were missing. He explained that the benches were anchored by underground steel ball mounts that would make removal difficult, and that the right side of the gate had been taken off its hinges as if intentionally disassembled, although it was not damaged. He noted that town departments knew the gate’s lock combination, so there should have been no need to remove the hinges. Crews could not pinpoint when the benches had last been seen on site, but online imagery from October 2025 showed the benches still in place. No cameras were available at the park. Nolasco advised that the report would be forwarded to the Criminal Investigations Division.
April 11
12:42 p.m. — Officer Douglas Mills was dispatched to the police station lobby to take an alleged fraud report. The reporting party said she had helped a relative attempt to purchase a sewing machine through a social media marketplace from an individual using the name “Tina Franks,” later determining the listing had allegedly been a scam after the seller failed to ship the item once payment was made. According to the report, $1,350 was sent through one payment app and an additional $690 through another on March 31. The reporting party acknowledged the seller likely used fictitious identifying information. Mills documented the account and advised that a copy of the report could be requested for her records.
5:57 p.m. — Officer Christian Hennigar responded to Ramsay Road to speak with a young man about allegedly threatening messages received over a social media application. The reporting party met Hennigar outside and showed him the message thread, which appeared to involve a friend seeking money. Hennigar observed no specific threats within the messages, although the reporting party had told the friend not to come to his residence. The reporting party explained he had called police primarily to document the exchange, and indicated only that he believed one of the friend’s parents might live in a neighboring town. Hennigar advised him to call back if anything further occurred.
April 12
11:30 a.m. — Officer Douglas Mills was dispatched to Abernathy Way for a report of an alleged no-trespass-order violation tied to an ongoing civil property dispute. Mills met with the reporting party and a neighbor, who said a recent survey indicated their property lines extended approximately five feet onto the parcel at an adjacent Hillcrest Road address. They identified a newly built fence on that adjacent property and asserted that an older chain-link fence on what they described as their land needed to be removed. They also alleged that another neighbor, previously served with a no-trespass order, had that day positioned an angled section of the new fence to connect it to the older fence — an act they considered both a property encroachment and a violation of the no-trespass order. While Mills was speaking with them, the named neighbor allegedly shouted from the other side of the fence claiming the disputed land as her own. Mills then walked around to speak with her; she said the property was hers through alleged adverse possession, that the others were lying and that she had angled the fence panel to keep her pet from getting through. She indicated she would contest the matter in court. Mills relayed each side’s position to the other and explained he had no authority to order the fence removed, advising both parties to consult an attorney and document the day’s events. One of the reporting parties additionally said he suspected the named neighbor of having taken a traffic cone from near the property line but acknowledged he had no video or other evidence; Mills documented the suspicion as well.
April 13
5:58 p.m. — Officer Tyler Bates was dispatched to the police station to meet with a man reporting an alleged fraudulent online marketplace transaction that had taken place in the station parking lot two days earlier. The reporting party said he had paid $270 for an iPhone 15 to a seller identifying himself as “Robert,” but upon attempting to set the device up he found it fully locked by its prior carrier, which was unable to release it. Subsequent attempts to reach the seller were unsuccessful, as the seller had allegedly blocked him and removed the listing. The reporting party provided a physical description of the seller. Bates documented the report.
April 14
12:26 p.m. — Officer Douglas Mills was dispatched to the police station to take a report by phone regarding an allegedly stolen iPad. The reporting party said her vehicle had been parked at the high school lot two days earlier during a half marathon event held that morning, and that at some point during the event her fifth-generation iPad had been taken from inside. She explained that a relative had used her keys during the event to retrieve an item from the vehicle and was uncertain whether it had been relocked. According to the device’s tracking application, the last recorded location was on Humphrey Street, in an area abutting the school’s parking lot, on the day of the event; the device had not pinged since, suggesting it was off or out of battery. The owner estimated the iPad’s value at approximately $500. Mills searched the parking lot near the indicated address without locating the device, then spoke with the tenants of both apartments at that address, neither of whom reported having an iPad. The matter was referred to the Criminal Investigations Division.
