Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police blotters in our communities.
LOST HIS HEAD
A mystery was solved in Medway recently when the head of Kevin, a beloved skeleton decoration at Choate Park, finally turned up after having gone missing under suspicious circumstances. We first learned of the skull’s disappearance on March 18, when the town’s Parks and Recreation Department announced on social media that it had vanished from Kevin’s 12-foot-tall plastic skeleton body. But just five days later, on March 23, the town shared some good news: Kevin’s head was back where it belongs. “After quite the adventure around Medway, he has officially been returned,” the Parks and Recreation Department wrote. “He’s staying quiet on the details (typical Kevin), but we’re just so happy he’s back, safe, sound, and finally reunited with his body.”
UNNEIGHBORLY
At 12:36 a.m. March 15, Bridgewater police received a 911 call from a resident of College Road reporting that someone was trying to gain entry to their home. The responding officers reported that the unexpected visitor was “intoxicated and lost” and “resides a few homes over.”
HELP YOURSELF
At approximately 7:30 a.m. Feb. 5, Somerville police responded to a home on Pearl Street for a report of a breaking and entering. “Upon arrival, officers spoke with the victim who stated a male party was in her kitchen cooking food,” police wrote in the log entry. “Officers caught the suspect on scene and he was placed under arrest.”
UNRULY CUSTOMERS
At 9:39 p.m. Jan. 18, Saugus police officers responded to a 911 call about an “unwanted patron” causing a ruckus inside Nick’s Place, a pizza and sub shop on Central Street. According to the log entry, the man was upset about missing “house dressing.”
On Feb. 2, police were called after a customer at a Cape Cod restaurant allegedly became “rowdy, belligerent and started helping himself to the food on other diners’ plates.” Sandwich police responded to the call and took the man into custody, and noted that the patron’s “boorish behavior was in response to being shut off by the bartender.”
At 11:03 a.m. Feb. 23, the staff at the Colonial Inn in Concord called police to report that a customer who had been staying there was causing a disturbance and refusing to leave. Police responded, and a message was left for the woman’s boyfriend to come to the Colonial Inn and pick her up, as she didn’t have a vehicle or any money to get a ride. Police were going to request a wellness check be conducted at the boyfriend’s residence in Groton because of concern she hadn’t heard from him, but that turned out to be unnecessary, as the boyfriend finally contacted her and said he was on his way to pick her up.
SCAM ALERT
Police in Tewksbury are warning people about fake court notices that are going around stating “Notice of Hearing – Traffic Violation” on them. Beware, because they’re a scam. “These documents may look official and even include court details, case numbers, and QR codes — but they are NOT legitimate,” police wrote on social media. If you get one, don’t scan the QR code or submit any payments. If you think it might be real, contact your local police or courthouse to verify that (just don’t use any phone number listed on the notice, because it’s likely a phony number that will connect you directly to a scammer).
Emily Sweeney can be reached at emily.sweeney@globe.com. Follow her @emilysweeney and on Instagram @emilysweeney22.