POLICE LOG

Ashburnham Police Department
Tuesday, Aug.. 28
1:35 a.m., Main Street - Suspicious activity.
8:24 a.m., Depot Road - Suspicious activity.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
9:14 a.m., Lashua Street - Complaint.
9:21 a.m., Main Street - Complaint.
12:37 p.m., Puffer Street - Vandalism.
1:25 p.m., Meis Way - Suspicious activity.
7:04 p.m., Academy Street - Hazardous condition.
Thursday, Aug. 30
9:49 a.m., Winchendon Road and Hunter Avenue - Motor
vehicle stop, citation/warning issued.
3:19 p.m., Memorial Drive - Complaint.
5:18 p.m., High Street - Motor vehicle stop, citation/warning
issued.
Friday, Aug. 31
3:46 p.m., Tuckerman Road - Illegal trash dumping
5 p.m., Main Street and River Styx Road - Motor vehicle
accident.
8:03 p.m., Lake Road - Motor vehicle stop, citation/warning
issued.
10:02 p.m., Winchendon Road - Motor vehicle stop, citation/
warning issued.
Saturday, Sept. 1
4:25 a.m., Rindge State Road - Suspicious activity.
5:16 p.m., Tuckerman Road - Complaint.
Sunday, Sept. 2
1:44 a.m., Oakmont Drive - Suspicious activity.
4:04 a.m., Fitchburg Road - Motor vehicle accident.
1:04 p.m., Ashby Road - Motor vehicle stop, citation/warning
issued.
Monday, Sept. 3
2:48 p.m., South Pleasant Street - Vandalism.
4:03 p.m., Sherbert Road - Recreational vehicle accident.
Arrests
Thursday, Aug. 29
Name: Troy Cassie

Age: 25
Address: 11 Mill St., Ashburnham
Charges: 209A arrest in Winchendon
Friday, Sept. 1
Name: Shane J. Martin
Age: 28
Address: 68 Main St., Ashburnham
Charges: Operating a motor vehicle while under the influence
of alcohol, marked lanes violation and improper left
turn.
Saturday, Sept. 2
Name: Keffe Kittredge
Age: 17
Address: 272 Sixth St., Apt. 2
Charges: Reckless operation of a motor vehicle, junior operator
operating motor vehicle from 12:30 to 5 a.m. without a
parent, operating a motor vehicle while under the influence
of drugs, possession of a Class D drug.
Sunday, Sept. 3
Name: Kyle Everett Shadd
Age: 17
Address: 11 Island Road 2, Ashburnham
Charges: Warrant
Westminster Police Department
Monday, Aug. 27
12:09 p.m., Bacon Street - Credit card fraud.
Tuesday, Aug. 28
5:02 p.m., Village Inn Road - Caller reports smoke showing
from second floor; smoke possibly from outside mulch fire;
extinguished.
7:03 p.m., Edro Isle Road - Caller reports two male parties
shooting b.b. guns at passing boats.
8:45 p.m., Village Inn Road - Female party reports suspicious
male party in parking lot.
Wednesday, Aug. 29
6:26 a.m., Barrel Road - Caller reports large black bear in
her back yard.
8:14 a.m., Newton Road - Caller reports raccoon in his

driveway.
10:13 a.m., Old Gardner Road - Caller reports barking dog;
dog is tied and not in distress.
9:22 p.m., West Hill Drive - Caller reports daughter out of
control.
Thursday, Aug. 30
5:38 p.m., Old Oak-Leino Avenue - Caller requesting animal
control officer regarding pit bull.
8:04 p.m., Edro Isle Road (beach) - Caller reporting an
unauthorized burning.
Friday, Aug.31
4:55 p.m., Patricia Road - Caller reporting past breaking
and entering into waterfront shed.
5:43 p.m., West Princeton Road - Caller reporting motor
vehicle accident with injuries.
11:33 p.m., Wachusett Village Inn - Caller from inn reporting
fight on the dance floor.
Saturday, Sept. 1
11:12 a.m., State Road East - Report of two stray cats,
animal control officer notified.
5:59 p.m., Wachusett Ski Area - Employees of Wachusett
Mountain reports an intoxicated male walking through their
parking lot.
Sunday, Sept. 2
10:44 a.m., South Ashburnham Road - Caller requesting
a police officer to stand by while she removes items from
her home.
3:59 p.m., Willard Road - Multiple calls of small brush fire;
forestry assisted homeowner to extinguish fire.
4:58 p.m., Pine Street - Male party said he thinks someone
siphoned gas from his truck overnight, was adamant about
not speaking to an officer, just wanted police department
to be aware.
6:38 p.m., Crocker Beach - Female party reports two parties
possibly smoking marijuana.
Monday, Sept. 3
2:53 p.m., East Road - 911 caller reporting injured fox in
roadway.
11:45 p.m., Fenno Drive - Caller reporting loud music coming
from home; music has been shut off.

Arrests
Tuesday, Aug. 28
Name: John Cappellini
Age: 6/12/1989
Address: 318 Worcester Road, Westminster
Charges: Illegal possession of a Class D drug; carrying a
dangerous weapon
BWRI to hosts domestic violence training

Battered Women's Resources, a program of the YWCA of Central Massachusetts, is seeking new volunteers for all programs.

The Leominster-based agency will host free domestic violence training from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Sept. 10, through Thursday, Sept. 13.

BWRI provides services to victims of domestic violence and their children throughout North Central Massachusetts. For information, or to sign up for the training, contact Nicholas Howe at (978) 537- 2306, Ext. 19.

Tickets on sale for NRA Banquet and Auction

The Central Massachusetts Friends of NRA Banquet and Auction will be held at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, at the Four Points Sheraton, 99 Erdman Way, Leominster. The evening will feature a dinner, auction, drawings and door prizes. Tickets are $45 per person and must be purchased by Sept. 17 (tickets will not be sold at the door). Rooms are available at a reduced rate and must be reserved by Sept. 8, by calling (978) 534-9000. For information, or to purchase tickets, call (978) 4546-9944. Information in the police blotter is taken directly from police logs in Ashburnham and Westminster. The blotter includes all arrests and a selection of the response call made by police to give area residents a snapshot of calls handled by their local police departments. The people who have been arrested are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The Community Journal welcomes news of acquittals; call (978) 827-3386. After verification, news of acquittals will be published.