Crime & Safety

Police Log: Diners Run out on a Tab, Report of Gunshots

The following information was supplied by the Milford police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

Thursday, Aug. 23

3:43 p.m.: A caller reported a domestic on Granite Street. The woman was yelling for the police. Two officers responded. They determined no domestic assault occurred, "it was an argument over a cell phone."

5:19 p.m.: A caller reported a grey BMW was driving erratically in the lot at . Police checked and the driver was OK.

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5:58 p.m.: A caller reported she heard gun shots go off in the distance, near Purchase Street. Officers checked and heard nothing while checking the area.

8:35 p.m.: A caller at told police that three men had eaten and "did not pay the whole bill" before leaving.

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10:17 p.m.: A caller reported a woman at Main and North Bow streets was causing a disturbance. The woman is telling the caller and others to "leave the property" and is causing a scene, she said. The caller lives there and "does not know who the woman is." Police spoke to all the parties.

Friday, Aug. 24

12:12 a.m.: A caller asked police to check on her daughter's well-being. She said her daughter had a bruise on her leg, and said "someone hit her." Police responded but reported that no one came to the door and the woman's car was not in the driveway. The mother was notified of this.

1:12 a.m.: A woman reported she got into a physical fight with her boyfriend. The man left in a vehicle. The woman spoke to police. No arrest was reported.

1:34 a.m.: An officer reported he was speaking to some youths at

2:58 a.m.: A caller reported people on Alden Street were having an outdoors party. Police spoke to the people involved.

7:09 a.m.: Following a motor vehicle stop on Main at South Bow streets, police arrested Richard William Parker, 30, of 10 Off Lariviere Ave., Three Rivers, MA on charges of operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and having no inspection sticker. Police are seeking a summons to charge William Parker, 64, of 10 Off  Lariviere Ave., Three Rivers, MA with allowing improper operation of a motor vehicle.

7:49 a.m.: A woman asked police to check on the well-being of her friend, who she hadn't heard from in a week, and it was "unlike her" not to respond. The woman has a son who has "violent tendencies," she told police. Police checked and the woman's friend was on vacation.

10:50 a.m.: A woman walked in to police headquarters to speak to an officer about an animal bite.

2:28 p.m.: Police responded to, where a patient requested to have a restraining order against a family member.

2:32 p.m.: A caller on Prospect Heights told police a black and white dirt bike was racing up and down the road, and the rider had no helmet.

3:16 p.m.: Police and firefighters responded to a motor vehicle crash on Gibbon Avenue at West Spruce Street. A woman who had had a baby two weeks ago was complaining of back pain. The infant and another baby were in the vehicle.

4:01 p.m.: A woman at the told police someone had just struck her vehcile, a Saab, and then taken off.


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