Police Log: Missing Manhole Cover, Vandalism to Local Home Reported

Friday, Feb. 14

At 7:42 a.m., Milford police received a report that a manhole cover had been taken off by a plow on Maple Street, and subsequently notified the Milford Highway Department. 

At 8:38 a.m., police received a report of vehicles parked illegally on Emmons Street. 

At 10:23 a.m., police issued a summons to a 24-year-old Milford man for leaving the scene of property damage and failing to yield at an intersection in the area of Congress Street and Fayette Street. 

At 3:46 p.m., police and fire crews responded to a report of a tractor-trailer fire in the vicinity of a 12,000-gallon fuel tank. Crews responded and found the truck engulfed in flames after two small explosions occurred. The fire was extinguished and the highway department was deployed to sand the area, according to police records. 

At 6:22 p.m., police received a report of a gray vehicle crossing the lanes in the area of Fortune Boulevard and Cedar Street. Police located the vehicle and stopped the driver in the area of Dilla and Purchase Streets and, after speaking with the operator, found her to not seem impaired, and followed her home. 

At 9:38 p.m., police issued a summons to a 34-year-old Milford man for driving without a registration and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle in the area of Prospect Heights. 

Saturday, Feb. 15

At 10:41 a.m., police received a report of vandalism on Fountain Street, where a resident found the back window of their vehicle smashed and all four tires flat. 

At 11:48 a.m., police responded to Big Lots after receiving a report of shoplifting, and subsequently issued a summons to a 31-year-old Milford man for larceny of more than $250.

At 2:50 p.m., police received a report of vandalism on South Union Street, where a resident claimed her house had been vandalized twice in the past three weeks, the most recent incident involving the house being egged and covered in toilet paper. 

At 4:10 p.m., police responded to the area of Oliver and Walter streets after receiving a report of a car accident, and subsequently issued a summons to a 29-year-old Milford resident for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. No injuries were reported.

Sunday, Feb. 16

At 5:05 p.m., police responded to Morin Studio of Photography after receiving a report that a  child wearing a red jacket was seen playing on the roof of the building in the area.