Crime & Safety
Drag Racing to the Bridge; B&E; Numerous Vandalism Reports
The following information was supplied by the Shrewsbury Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Incidents, Friday, Aug. 16
12:33 a.m.: Vandalism reported on Grafton Street
12:54 a.m.: Police respond to reports of a man running in the middle of Boston Turnpike. The man, said the report, was trying to make it to Framingham
1:33 a.m.: Vandalism on Lake Street
2:02 a.m.: Vandalism on Cherry Street
2:40 a.m.: Police respond to suspicious persons reported at Floral Street
8:19 a.m.: NSTAR employee brings found wallet from Old Brook Road. The wallet is returned to its rightful owner.
1:30 p.m.: Hit and run on Hartford Turnpike
2:51 p.m.: Police respond to reports of two cars drag racing toward the Route 9 bridge
2:59 p.m.: Reports of erratic driving of a truck on Boston Turnpike
3:51 p.m: Three males causing a disturbance, Meadowsweet Road
4:19 p.m.: BOLO issued for person driving erratically on Elm Street
4:53 p.m.: A BOLO is issued for a 15-year-old girl who got into a verbal argument with her mom and took off on foot toward Shrewsbury from Northborough. Northborough police picked up the girl.
6:39 p.m.: B&E at 268 Boston Turnpike
6:45 p.m.: Scam phone calls, Arbor Drive
7:58 p.m.: Police respond to calls about an erratic driver on South Quinsigamond Ave.
8:46 p.m.: Report of dirt bikes riding down Worthington Ave.
10:21 p.m.: Loud music on Latura Street
11 p.m.: Report of a man in the middle of the lake in a canoe, Quinsigamond Ave.
11:12 p.m.: Dispute at a location on Main Street
11:23 p.m.: Reports of an erratic driver driving a Mustang toward Route 9 from Florence Street. The driver had a flat tire.
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