Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our communities.
EAGLE RESCUE
At 11:04 a.m. March 14, State Police and Animal Control Officer Brad S. DiCenzo came to the rescue after multiple callers reported seeing a bald eagle in distress in the median of Interstate 495 in Merrimac. DiCenzo took the eagle to the Merrimac police station and it was later transferred to a wildlife rehabilitation center. It turned out that the eagle had a fractured left femur. Police Chief Eric Shears praised the actions of DiCenzo and others that led to the rescue. “I want to thank the public who reported the injured eagle, and the experts at the wildlife rehabilitation center for their dedication to wildlife conservation,’’ he said. “This is a great example of the community and professionals working together to protect our wildlife.’’ Merrimac police said they will be posting updates on the eagle’s recovery on social media, so stay tuned.
BORGFEST
Last Sunday Boston police were busy collecting BORGs — also known as “blackout rage gallons’’ — from people imbibing during the St. Patrick’s Day parade. Many revelers carrying the gallon jugs used markers to label their homemade alcoholic concoctions with clever names, such as “Borge Harrison,’’ “Who’s a Good Borg,’’ “Shippin’ Up to Borgston,’’ “Mark Wahlborg,’’ “Borg Zilla,’’ and our personal favorite, “Bears, Beets, Battlestar Borglactica.’’ Police set up several of the BORGs that were confiscated and took a photo of them on steps of the courthouse in South Boston.
FAUX PAWS
At 12:19 p.m. Feb. 28, Medfield police got a call from someone who saw an older man with a black dog walking around Vine Lake Cemetery, and witnessed “the dog urinate on a new gravesite.’’ The animal control officer was notified of the alleged desecration.
LOST AND FOUND
At 12:22 p.m. Jan. 29, Concord police got a call from someone at the main gate of Concord Academy who saw two bags of hockey equipment fall out of a dark-colored Ford pickup truck. The quick-thinking caller grabbed the bags for safekeeping and promised to wait for an officer to retrieve them. Police picked up the hockey gear from the Good Samaritan and brought it back to the station, where it was later returned to its rightful owners.
LOST AND FOUND II
At 10:31 a.m. March 4, Beverly police received a report of a disturbance at an apartment on Broughton Drive. According to the log, a man who was visiting a resident in one apartment entered the wrong unit by mistake. The leasing staff confirmed that the man was not an intruder; he was indeed a guest who simply lost his way, and the resident who was hosting him came to the leasing office to get him.
YOU CAN’T PARK THERE, SIR
On the morning of Feb. 24, Somerville police called a 54-year-old resident about a 2024 Tesla Model 3 that had recently been vandalized in front of his home. Police asked the man to come down to the station to talk about it and he agreed. After he arrived at the station police showed the man a video clip that allegedly showed him damaging the Tesla by keying it along the driver’s side. When asked what prompted him to drag a key across the car’s exterior, “his answer was that he was fed up with people parking on his street that did not live there,’’ police wrote. When police mentioned that a second vehicle had been damaged in the same spot, and a note was left on that vehicle, he denied damaging that vehicle but “did however admit to leaving a note on the car,’’ police wrote. The man was ultimately charged with one count of defacement of property.
Emily Sweeney can be reached at emily.sweeney@globe.com. Follow her @emilysweeney and on Instagram @emilysweeney22.
