Crime & Safety

Man Leaves Car On Carlisle Road, Allegedly Steals Items So He Can Move It

The following information was supplied by the Westford Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Nov. 18, 7:53 a.m. – A parent called the police on their son on Lowell Road, who was described as “being disruptive and out of control within the residence.”

The parent was attempting to get his son ready for school, but the son became physical to the point where the father felt he needed assistance.

After talking to the officer, the son apologized and went to school without further incidents.

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The son’s age was not mentioned.

Nov. 19, 11:02 a.m. – A mother on Farmer’s Way issued a report with the Police relating to an incident near her child’s bus stop with another mother earlier that morning.

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According to the mother, she was beginning to drive back to her home down the street when the other mother passed around her across a double yellow line at a speed she considered dangerous.

The other mother was contacted, indicating that her child was sick at the time. She apologized for her speed.

Nov. 25, 9:15 p.m. – A stalled vehicle in the middle of Carlisle Road was spotted, with people indicating that an African-American man who was driving the car and holding a gas can left the vehicle in the middle of the road and vanished from the scene.

Officers eventually found the man at MacKay’s Hardware on Littleton Road, where he was allegedly found trying to siphon diesel fuel from a tractor through a hose, reportedly covering himself head to toe in the fuel.

It was also discovered that the man allegedly stole the hose from the Metropolitan Deli further down Littleton Road, with the man telling police he had no money to get fuel to return home.

The man was issued a citation to appear in Ayer District Court on unspecified charges relating to the incident and he was given medical attention for potential issues relating to possible ingestion of the fuel. 


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