SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
10:10 a.m. – An unattended baby bag left on the side of Old Farm Road was returned to its owner.
1:46 p.m. – An aggressive panhandler outside a downtown restaurant was advised to be more courteous after a woman reported being afraid to leave the location.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
8:40 p.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to Sunset Avenue residents playing loud music.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
5:11 p.m. – Police took a report of a large dog not on a leash at Mill River Recreation Area.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
6:15 a.m. – A person sleeping in a downtown ATM left before police got there.
DISTURBANCES
1:10 a.m. – Police kept the peace during a verbal altercation on Hobart Lane.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
12:26 a.m. and 11:34 p.m. – Police issued verbal warnings to Crestview Apartments and North Pleasant Street residents playing loud music and talking loudly.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
11:32 a.m. – A loose dog at Puffer’s Pond was located and returned to its owner on Pulpit Hill Road.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
2:56 p.m. – A fire hydrant on College Street was damaged when it was struck during a motor vehicle accident, police said.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
12:49 a.m. – A man urinating against a downtown building was sent on his way.
DISTURBANCES
12:30 a.m. – A patron causing a scene at a downtown bar was removed by police.
1:06 a.m. – Police spoke to a man who was flailing his arms and yelling obscenities while walking on Amity Street.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
3:08 a.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to Taylor Street residents talking loudly.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
5:19 p.m. – A downtown resident told police that athletes got off a bus near the high school and urinated on her lawn.
9:01 p.m. – People setting balloons on fire during a graduation party on North Prospect Street were not located.
9:14 p.m. – Officers located a homeless man living in the woods off Hall Drive and sent him on his way.
11:54 p.m. – A Cottage Street resident called police after observing three men rocking his vehicle back and forth. The men were friends who were playing a prank on him, police determined.
DISTURBANCES
1:14 p.m. – Police kept the peace between two men throwing punches at each other at the intersection of North Pleasant Street and Kellogg Avenue. One of the men explained to police that the other man had harassed his wife a week earlier.
6:09 p.m. – Police responded to a disturbance at a North Amherst business.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
10:17 p.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to West Street residents holding a loud graduation party with a live band.
10:24 p.m. – A verbal warning was issued by police to South East Street residents playing loud music during a graduation party.
11:03 p.m. – Main Street residents holding a loud outdoor party were issued a verbal warning by police. Officers responded again at 11:42 p.m., then got a third complaint 24 minutes later and went to the home a final time more than two hours after the initial complaint, issuing a final warning.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
12:37 p.m. – A minor crash involving an Amherst Fire Department ambulance occurred on Commonwealth Avenue on the UMass campus, police said.
5:50 p.m. – A vehicle parked in a University Drive restaurant’s parking lot sustained minor damage when it was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle, police said.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
2:09 p.m. – A large brush fire on Strong Street was extinguished by Amherst firefighters, who were assisted by out-of-town departments.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
12:55 a.m. – A man who walked out from a downtown bar with an open container of alcohol was warned to dispose of it.
DISTURBANCES
11:07 p.m. – A man causing a scene and refusing to leave a downtown bar was sent on his way.
RECOVERED PROPERTY
6:06 a.m. – A syringe and pills found in the middle of Bay Road near Mechanic Street were recovered by police for destruction.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
1:49 a.m., 1:58 a.m. and 11:58 p.m. – Police issued verbal warnings to North Pleasant Street, Presidential Apartments and Triangle Street residents holding loud graduation parties.
2:17 a.m. – A verbal warning was issued by police to Sigma Delta Tau residents talking loudly on a porch.
6:29 p.m. and 10:24 p.m. – North Pleasant Street and Lincoln Avenue residents were issued verbal warnings for having live bands play at their graduation parties.
8:28 p.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to North Pleasant Street residents playing loud music.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
1:46 p.m. – A two-car crash with possible injuries to the occupants was reported at the intersection of College and Dickinson streets, police said.
3:52 p.m. – Police said they are investigating a hit-and-run crash on Pine Street.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
1:04 a.m. – A large bonfire outside Phi Sigma Kappa on North Pleasant Street was extinguished with assistance from firefighters. The residents were warned about their actions.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
2:23 a.m. – Broken dishes and blood were found by security personnel outside a home at Puffton Village. Police were unable to determine the source of the suspicious items.
DISTURBANCES
1:51 a.m. – A man reported being jumped by several other men on South Prospect Street after he made inappropriate comments toward women sitting on a porch.
8:49 p.m. – Management at a University Drive restaurant called police after a man began throwing food, possibly in an attempt to irritate other patrons and get them involved in a food fight. He was sent on his way.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
2:13 a.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to Main Street residents holding a loud party.
