I always get a little nostalgic for the slow-paced, small-town lifestyle of the Upper Valley when I read the Hanover, NH police blotter, as printed in The Dartmouth student newspaper. Here are some of the recent highlights:
Mar. 27, 5:24 p.m.
Greensboro Road
Hanover Police received a call reporting that a large pig was blocking the roadway. Hanover Police left a message for the owner, requesting that she corral her pig. There is no record as to whether the owner retrieved her animal.
April 4, 12:50 a.m.
South Main Street
Hanover Police received a call that a subject was sitting in the lobby of the closed Bank of America building. He was holding a laptop and had left the door open. Around the same time, Hanover Police were contacted by New Hampshire’s 911 dispatcher to respond to an alarm from the same location. The subject informed Hanover Police that he was installing an alarm system and had wanted to test its effectiveness. No charges were filed.
April 5, 12:37 a.m.
Etna Road, Etna, NH
A Hanover Police officer arrived at the First Baptist Church to find a car entirely covered with “For Sale” signs. There was no apparent owner nearby, so the officer ran its plates. He eventually made contact with the vehicle’s owners, and informed them that they could not use the church as a place to display a personal item for sale.
April 5, 3:17 a.m.
Webster Avenue
While on patrol, a Hanover Police officer observed three males carrying what appeared to be open cans of beer. The officer questioned the males and discovered they were not Dartmouth undergraduates, but of-age students from Germany who were on campus visiting friends. No charges were filed, although in compliance with New Hampshire’s open container laws, the German students had to dump out the beer.
Apr. 12, 1:54 a.m.
Lebanon Street
Hanover Police responded to a “stray beaver” call. The beaver was subsequently struck by a car. (hmm, kind of sad)
April 26, 12:35 a.m.
East Wheelock Street
Two female students found a Co-Op Food Store shopping cart near the Hopkins Center and decided to ride it down the street. Hanover Police intercepted the students and suggested that riding a shopping cart at midnight is “not a good idea.” The students then offered to return the cart and left without further incident.
April 27, 12:43 a.m.
South Main Street
A clerk at CVS Pharmacy reported that an apparently intoxicated male had entered the store carrying a red snow shovel. The subject proceeded to growl at the clerk, according to Hanover Police. Police records did not indicate whether the clerk was male or female. CVS surveillance tapes revealed a subject who appeared to be a redheaded, college-aged male and could barely stand. Although Hanover Police searched the area, the shovel-carrying subject is still at large.
April 28, 7:37 a.m.
Appalachian Trail
A Lebanon Street resident reported a homeless person sleeping beside a trail in the woods behind the Hanover Co-Op Food Store. Officers located the man, who is a native of Tennessee. Hanover Police said the man has been making campsites at various locations along the trail since the winter. At one point, officers encountered a campsite 30 to 40 feet from a field near the Co-Op, which they said looked messier than a landfill because it was full of items he had gathered. The site was subsequently cleaned though, officers do not know who cleaned it. If he makes U.S. Service Forestland his permanent residence, Hanover Police explained, the man is not permitted to stay in any given shelter for more than two or three consecutive days.
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