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Crime & Safety

Hitchhiking and an 'Out-of-Control 25-Year-Old

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

Stealing Tips:

  • 5/11/12 - 3:52 p.m. - Main Street: Police received a call about an elderly man who stole tips off the counter. Police believed he was having a possible diabetic reaction.

Dog Bite:

  • 5/12/12 - 9:19 a.m. - Main Street: Police received a report about a dog bite.

Arrested:

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, 25, of 158 Main Street, Acton

  • Arrested on: 5/12/12 - 158 Main Street, Acton
  • Charged with: Two counts of Assault and Battery
  • Arresting officer: Christopher G. Browne
  • Narrative: Police responded to an out-of-control 25-year-old

Young Child Left in Car:

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  • 5/12/12 - 1:51 p.m. - Main Street: Police responded to a report of a young child left alone in a running vehicle. The driver of the vehicle was an unlicensed operator so another driver came to pick them up. 

Hitchhiking:

  • 5/13/12 - 1:10 a.m. - Great Road: Police received a report of a hitchhiker.

Unsecured Children in Car:

  • 5/13/12 - 6:55 p.m. - Main Street: A woman reported witnessing someone driving west on Route 2 with two children in the car that were not secured properly. The plate number came back as a Harvard operator so the police informed the Harvard Police.

Deer Hit by Car:

  • 5/13/12 - 7:55 p.m. - Main Street: Police responded to a deer that got hit by a car. The police 'put the deer down' and removed it.

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