SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
9:32 p.m. – An unlocked door was found at a Pray Street business. Police determined an owner was inside and working late.
RECOVERED PROPERTY
10:20 a.m. – Police located a suspicious vehicle parked at a North Amherst location. The vehicle had been stolen from Springfield. Officers are investigating.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY
4:27 p.m. – Amherst Police assisted an out-of-town department in searching for a man in possession of a firearm who was reportedly on his way to town.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
5:55 a.m. – A man sleeping in the lobby at the community room at Jean Elder Apartments was awoken and sent on his way.
DISTURBANCES
9:17 p.m. – An argument between two brothers and a friend at Colonial Village ended when police got there.
LARCENY
9:06 a.m. – An Amherst woman called police to report her purse was missing from her car, possibly stolen three days earlier when it was parked at a South Amherst store.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
3:40 p.m. – One vehicle was towed following a two-car accident with no personal injuries at the intersection of Belchertown Road and Hall Drive, police said.
9:43 p.m. – A vehicle that hit an object on Belchertown Road near Old Belchertown Road fled before police got there, and was not located, according to police.
TRAFFIC
11:43 a.m. – Police contacted the drivers of two vehicles observed passing school buses that had their emergency lights activated.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
11:49 a.m. – Police spoke to a North Amherst woman who claims her former landlord is using invisibility gear to enter her home, which is the only explanation she could give as to why when she wakes up each morning items are moved around the residence, and rubber bands are on her arms.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
5:45 a.m. – A horse loose on Station Road was returned to its field.
11:05 a.m. – The animal welfare officer is investigating an aggressive dog on Tanglewood Road.
TRAFFIC
1:48 p.m. – Police were notified about people causing a traffic issue by passing a football across North Pleasant Street near Kellogg Avenue.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
7:41 p.m. – Two homeless people loitering near a downtown bar were sent on their way and advised to pick up their trash. Two other homeless people hanging out inside a vacant store on Boltwood Walk were removed by police.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
9:48 a.m. – Police provided a man resources about shelters after his roommate removed him from an Amherst home following an argument over their middle names.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
2:01 a.m. – Police issued a verbal warning to a driver whose car stereo was playing loud music on Blue Hills Road. He told police he was just about to leave after dropping off his girlfriend.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
9:41 a.m. – Police took a report of a bat that got inside a home at The Hollow.
DISTURBANCES
3:19 p.m. – Police kept the peace between three people arguing outside a University Drive store.
LARCENY
8:48 a.m. – More than $600 worth of products were reported stolen in a shoplifting incident at the CVS Pharmacy on North Pleasant Street. Police are investigating the incident, which happened the previous day.
NOISE COMPLAINTS
9:42 p.m. and 11:39 p.m. – Police issued verbal warnings to Main Street and Valley Lane residents holding loud parties.
ANIMAL COMPLAINTS
7:39 p.m. – The animal welfare officer is investigating an incident in which a large dog chased a woman at Butternut Farm Apartments.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
1:14 p.m. – Disposed heroin packets were found in the parking lot at Mount Pollux Conservation Area.
1:51 p.m. – Police warned three people jumping off the cliff into Puffer’s Pond to stop the activity. Two people who brought dogs to the south beach were advised to keep their pets off the site.
CITIZEN ASSISTANCE
10:49 a.m. – A woman wandering around aimlessly at a University Drive store was a resident at The Arbors and was escorted back to the location.
3:36 p.m. – Police notified the inspections office about a hoarding issue at a Clark House apartment where belongings were stacked from floor to ceiling.
LARCENY
8:37 p.m. – A Village Park resident told police that fraud was committed in her name in San Bernadino, California, when someone used her identity to purchase various electronic items at a Sprint store.
MOTOR VEHICLE
ACCIDENTS
3:33 p.m. – A vehicle parked at Olympia Oaks Apartments sustained more than $1,000 in damage when it was struck by a hit-and-run vehicle, police said.
TRAFFIC
12:26 a.m. – Police issued a warning to a bicyclist on North Pleasant Street who didn’t have lights or reflectors.
SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY
12:29 a.m. – A man waving his arms at passing vehicles on University Drive checked out OK when police determined if he was intoxicated.
DISTURBANCES
10:48 p.m. – Police kept the peace between Aspen Chase Apartments residents arguing over whether whales are mammals.
TRAFFIC
10:01 p.m. – Police issued a warning to a bicyclist whose bicycle had no lights or reflectors and was nearly struck by vehicles on Belchertown Road.
