Crime & Safety

Cornerstone Square Store Employee Reports Possible Drugs on $50 Bill

The following information was supplied by the Westford Police Department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

 

May 3, 2:40 a.m. - Police arrived at a restaurant on Littleton Road for a reported hit-and-run on a grey 2001 Honda Prelude.

The vehicle had been scuffed on the driver's side bumper and belonged to the mother of an employee at the restaurant, who was inside the building and did not see the incident, and no cameras were available to document the incident as it occured.

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From there, the officer on the call left the scene, but returned after dispatch reported a witness left a note on the vehicle with a phone number.

The witness told police he did not get a view of the driver, but wrote down the driver's license plate number and said it was a black truck and he heard a car alarm.

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Police went to the home of the driver of the black truck, who said he was at the BBC earlier, but was not aware of hitting a vehicle, although he believed he may have hit something. However, he did not check and did not hear an alarm.

Police investigated his car and found a grey scuffmark on his rear bumper.

No charges were filed.

May 10, 4:01 p.m. - Westford Police went to a local business owner on Littleton Road worried about a call from someone claiming to represent the Littleton Police Department asking for personal information.

The officer on the call contacted a dispatcher in Littleton saying that the original 911 call was a hangup and when he called back he transposed a number.

May 19, 2:29 p.m. - An employee at a business in Cornerstone Square called police after discovering a $50 bill given by a customer surrounding a white substance believed to be drugs.

The bill impounded in an evidence locker at the Westford Police station.

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