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AMHERST
A 47-year-old Windsor Locks, Connecticut man will be summoned to court on a charge of lewd and lascivious behavior after he was allegedly acting inappropriately in view of the public in a parking lot on University Drive June 10 at 9:23 a.m., police said.
Dominique M. Escobar, 22, of Chicopee, was arrested June 9 at 5:12 p.m. at the parking lot for Big Y Supermarket on University Drive on a charge or larceny over $250 after he allegedly fled with a mountain bike from Hampshire Bicycle Exchange on University Drive a short time earlier, police said.
Carl M. Duval, 28, who provided an address as the streets of Amherst, was arrested June 7 at 8:57 p.m. on North Pleasant Street on a warrant, police said.
A 58-year-old Amherst woman will be summoned to court on charges of operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a motor vehicle with a revoked registration following a traffic stop on East Pleasant Street June 6 at 8:18 p.m., police said.
A 29-year-old Sunderland man and a 40-year-old Florence man are being summoned to court on charges of larceny over $250 for their role in an August 2013 incident in which electric toothbrushes valued at $570 were stolen from the CVS Pharmacy, 76 North Pleasant St., police said.
Day-by-day
police calls
MONDAY, JUNE 5
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
6:24 p.m. – Exterior doors were found open at an off-campus rental home on Meadow Street, but there didn’t appear to be any forced entry.
11:03 p.m. – Several car alarms sounded at The Boulders. Police found some vehicles unlocked and others entered in the parking lot at the East Hadley Road apartment complex, but nothing appeared to be stolen and no suspects were identified.
RECOVERED PROPERTY
6:04 p.m. – A wallet left in a shopping carriage in the parking lot at Big Y Supermarket on University Drive was turned over to police.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
3:50 a.m. – A vehicle went off Northampton Road and struck the corner of a house, causing minor damage to the residence, police said. The driver declined medical attention, but the vehicle was towed, according to police.
TUESDAY, JUNE 6
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
7:08 p.m. – Three teens who pulled a vehicle into Pomeroy Lane Cooperative were sent on their way. Police found no indication they were involved in drug activity.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
12:27 p.m. – Police delivered a trespass notice to a person from a downtown coffee shop.
6:58 a.m. – A man with a guitar sleeping on the sidewalk on University Drive was awoken and sent on his way after refusing to provide police any information about himself.
DISTURBANCES
1 a.m. – Police kept the peace between two men involved in a verbal altercation on North Pleasant Street near the post office. The argument began when one man was upset at the other for loud singing that was keeping him awake.
TRAFFIC
2:46 a.m. – The Department of Public Works was contacted after a tree fell across Leverett Road.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
2:23 a.m. – Amherst Police assisted South Hadley Police in searching for the operator of a vehicle involving a crash in their town.
8:46 p.m. – Amherst Police assisted Shutesbury Police in arresting a woman who took police on a slow-speed pursuit.
10:07 p.m. – Amherst Police assisted Belchertown Police in searching for a suspect involved in an armed robbery.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
3:21 p.m. – A small amount of marijuana was confiscated from people loitering near a Main Street business.
DISTURBANCES
4:37 p.m. – Police kept the peace at Pomeroy Lane Cooperative where residents were upset at a woman taking photographs of children playing basketball on the community court.
9:10 p.m. – An intoxicated woman yelling at her husband was reported at Village Park. Police determined there was no issues between the couple and they were not involved in an argument. At 9:31 p.m. and 11:12 p.m., the woman was again found continuing to be loud while walking back to an Olympia Oaks home. She and her husband were warned their behavior could lead to charges for disturbing the peace.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
10:27 a.m. – One person was taken to Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton by ambulance after a two-car accident at the entrance to Southpoint Apartments on East Hadkey Road, police said.
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
10:19 a.m. – Suspicious people hanging out near a residence at Pomeroy Lane Cooperative checked out OK.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
9:58 a.m. – An Amherst woman called police to offer commendation to officers for assistance they provided her autistic child and for solving neighborhood issues.
DISTURBANCES
6:28 p.m. – Police kept the peace between neighbors arguing at Village Park.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
1:06 p.m. – Black bears were reported roaming on High Street and Clifton Avenue.
TRAFFIC
11:18 a.m. – The Department of Public Works was notified after two vehicles sustained flat tires after striking a manhole without a cover on East Hadley Road.
6 p.m. – Police were unable to locate a vehicle with a person wielding a piece of wood and attempting to hit mailboxes on Pelham Road.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
12:56 p.m. – Police were notified about a South Amherst home whose residents may be hoarding. The town’s inspections department is handling the investigation.
FRIDAY, JUNE 9
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
4:46 p.m. – A woman was observed going through vehicles parked in the Big Y Supermarket parking lot on University Drive. When she is identified, she could be summoned to court on a charge of attempting to commit breaking and entering to motor vehicles, police said.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
10:24 a.m. – Police kept the peace between neighbors at Pomeroy Lane Cooperative after one resident alleged her daughter was being mistreated by another resident.
DISTURBANCES
6:42 p.m. – A woman screaming about money owed her at a downtown store was calmed down.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
10:52 p.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to Valley Lane residents holding a loud party with about 100 guests.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
1:42 p.m. – Police assisted a farmer get loose cows on Bay Road back into a field.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
1:08 p.m. – The Department of Public Works was contacted after a vehicle struck and killed a deer on Strong Street, police said.
TRAFFIC
6:31 p.m. – A vehicle sustained two flat tires after hitting a pothole on South East Street near Fort River School.
SATURDAY, JUNE 10
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
12:46 p.m. – Police were notified about an incident in which a girl was hit in the head by a guitar during a music lesson at an Amherst location.
5:58 p.m. – A man who made threatening comments by phone to a Colonial Village resident after learning his acquaintance didn’t have beer for him was advised to stop calling the person.
DISTURBANCES
12:05 a.m. – Police kept the peace between a driver who was speeding through Rolling Green Apartments and the security officer who warned the person.
LARCENY
9 a.m. – A sign for Nutting Avenue was reported stolen. Police notified the Department of Public Works.
2:18 p.m. – A woman told police her wallet was stolen from her unlocked vehicle after she parked it on North Pleasant Street while shopping.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
8:24 p.m. – Amherst Police assisted Amherst firefighters in extinguishing a bonfire in the back yard at a Tracy Circle home.
SUNDAY, JUNE 11
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
10:13 p.m. – A woman called police concerned that the driver of a taxi cab in North Amherst, who appeared to be Muslim and was speaking Arabic, wouldn’t take her credit card. Police determined the taxi’s credit card machine was malfunctioning.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
3:20 a.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to Blackberry Lane residents holding a loud graduation party.
11:11 p.m. – A farmer using a loud machine to hay a field on Bay Road told police he would end his work for the night.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
4:27 p.m. – A large black bear on Old Farm Road was reported to police. Neighbors were advised about the animal.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
6 p.m. – Amherst Police assisted Amherst firefighters in removing smoldering cardboard pieces placed next to a Dumpster at Mill Valley Estates. It’s uncertain who set the cardboard on fire.