Crime & Safety

Police Log: Driver Summonsed for Striking Police Cruiser

The following information was provided by the Milford Police Department. Where arrests are mentioned, they do not indicate conviction.

Friday, April 11

At 8:36 a.m., Milford Police received a report of a large blue tarp stretching out into the middle of the road in the area of Central and Silva streets. Officers responded and removed the tarp.

At 9:25 a.m., a caller reported she had been riding her bike on the Beaver Street bike path when she saw a man described as being in his late 20s or early 30s walking around and turned off by the high-tension lines. Officers checked the area but did not find anyone matching the description. 

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At 1:41 p.m., police received a report from a caller who had been receiving phone calls from someone allegedly pretending to be an IRS representative. 

At 4:38 p.m., police received a report from a Purchase Street resident who said he had heard six gun shots in the area of Camp and Purchase streets. Police responded to investigate and spoke with a resident who said nothing had been heard in the area. The original caller then reported hearing 10 more shots in the area of Camp Street. 

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Saturday, April 12

At 1:23 a.m., police issued a be-on-the-lookout (BOLO) alert for a vehicle suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run accident on Medway Road, where the car struck a police cruiser. An officer in the area of Medway Road reported he had exited his cruiser and a small four-door gray sedan with two females inside struck his cruiser then drove down Rte. 109 toward East Main Street. Police located the vehicle and summonsed Meg Petruchik, 22, of Norfolk for operating a vehicle negligently so as to endanger, leaving the scene of property damage, a marked lanes violation and driving without possession of a license. 

At 2:15 a.m., police pulled a vehicle over in the area of Main and Fayette streets, where they arrested one Jeffrey Duhamel, 27, of Holliston, for distribution of a Class D drug, failure to stop/yield and driving without possession of a registration. 

At 11:49 a.m., police responded to the area of Parkhurst Street on a report of loud music coming from behind a home in the area of a church. 

At 12:22 p.m., police received a report of gunshots going off behind a home on Silver Hill Road. 

At 5:54 p.m., police received a report of two dark-skinned males attempting to pass counterfeit $20 bills at the Mobil station on Cedar Street. 

At 8:31 p.m., police received a report of an erratic driver in the area of South Main Street. A vehicle was reportedly seen driving all over the road and crossing the yellow-lines. 


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