Employee Threatens to Call Police on Boss, Boss Heads to Lunch

April 24, 11:33 a.m. - Police were dispatched to Vineyard Road for a reported altercation between an landscaping employee and his boss.

Switching back and forth from English to Spanish, the employee told police he no longer wished to work for his boss, but would not be driven home.

The boss, who arrived later, said that the employee was told to be quiet when a personal cell phone conversation the employee was having on the job site was interfering with a business conversation the boss was having.

This enraged the employee, who walked away and was dropped off later by another landscaping company. At this point the employee said he was going to call the police.

The boss told the employee that he was welcome to call the police and then went to lunch with another employee, finding the police on the scene upon his return.

While the boss told police he no longer wanted to employ the Spanish-speaking employee, he could not give him a ride home until the job was completed and the Spanish-speaking employee did not have a license or a vehicle.

When the job was done later in the day, the boss gave the now fired employee a ride home.

The employee who went to lunch with the boss confirmed the story, stating the confrontation was strictly verbal.

May 14, 4:22 p.m. - A woman on Brookside Road called police to complain about a man with an Indian accent who had been calling daily for several weeks.

Although the caller ID was blocked, the officer advised that the woman dial *69 and call Comcast to block the number once it was traced.

However, he also indicated that no crime had been committed, so there was nothing else he could do.

Later the number was discovered to be from a company on Bahrain.

May 17, 12:03 p.m. - A Hadley Road man called police reporting his canoe had been stolen.

The canoe, which was 15 to 16 feet long and worth approximately $300, was left down the street on the waterfront of Nabnasset Lake at a property belonging to a family member.

He believed it had been taken the night before.

Police discovered the canoe floating a few houses away on May 21.

June 11, 10:23 a.m. - Nicholas Gallo, 30, of 70 Eudora St. in Haverhill was arrested for alleged driving with a suspended license, driving an uninsured vehicle, driving a vehicle with a revoked registration and failure to appear upon personal recognizance.

June 12, 5:57 p.m. - James Haney, 49, of 255 Littleton Rd. in Chelmsford was arrested for alleged driving with a suspended license, a subsequent offense.

June 13, 6:30 a.m. - Joseph Gervais, 55, of 42 Nutting Rd. was arrested for alleged domestic assault and battery.