Crime & Safety
COP LOG: Function Hall Burglarized on Naticook Road
Merrimack Police activity between Oct. 20 and 22.

Below is a sample from the Merrimack Police log from Oct. 20-22. For full logs, visit the police department's website and select "Daily Logs" from the menu on the left rail.
Saturday, Oct. 20, 2012
6:15 a.m.: Report of a hit and run on Gage Lane. A parked car was hit overnight by an unknown driver.
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9 a.m.: Criminal mischief to a building reported on Railroad Avenue.
10:37 a.m.: Responded to Greeley Street at the F.E. Everett Turnpike for a motor vehicle accident. No further information was provided.
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1:22 p.m.: Report of identity theft on Bernards Road.
2:04 p.m.: A tree was reported across the roadway at Manchester Street and Daniel Webster Highway.
2:22 p.m.: Report of automatic gunfire on Wilson Hill Road in the area of Grater Woods.
3:02 p.m.: Graffiti found on Meetinghouse Road.
3:02 p.m.: Responded to Spring Pond Road for a single-car accident with a fixed object. Driver was Natasha Pagan of Merrimack.
6:20 p.m.: Arrested Darren Pestka, 34, of 7 Kessler Farm Drive, Merrimack, on an electronic bench warrant for theft of services.
7:03 p.m.: Arrested James Williams, 55, of 40 Cherry Hill Circle, Methuen, Mass., for operating after suspension.
8:25 p.m.: Arrested Nicole Riley, 20, of 9 Eastman Ave., Bedford, for theft by willful concealment and theft by unauthorized taking.
Sunday, Oct. 21, 2012
12:49 a.m.: Took one person into protective custody for an alcohol offense.
1:03 a.m.: Took two people into protective custody on alcohol offenses.
10:44 a.m.: Found shotgun shells in the roadway on Continental Boulevard.
2:37 a.m.: Complaint of a vehicle doing doughnuts in a parking lot on Turkey Hill Road.
3:17 p.m.: Arrested Brandon Gallant, 27, of 5A Woodbury St., Merrimack, for reckless conduct.
3:17 p.m.: Arrested Jonathan Chaput, 32, of 14 Constance St., Merrimack, for reckless conduct.
4:13 p.m.: Complaint about cars drag racing on Baboosic Lake and Currier roads.
Monday, Oct. 22, 2012
8:38 a.m.: Complaint on Nathan Hale Lane of hunters in the backyard.
9:07 a.m.: Arrested Matthew Clough, 18, of 169 Turkey Hill Road, Merrimack, on a warrant out of Milford Police Department for criminal threatening.
11:32 a.m.: Report of a man taking cans out of a donation box on Daniel Webster Highway.
1:06 p.m.: Responded to a motor vehicle accident on on Naticook Road. No injury was reported. Drivers were David Horsch and Justin McGarry, both of Merrimack.
2:38 p.m.: Report of a burglarized function hall on Naticook Road.
8:59 p.m.: An Oak Ridge Road resident reports stolen pills.
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