Lost Driver Quickens Trip to Jail Cell; Neighbor Does a Rotten Thing

I wonder if his car was moved from the visitor spot to long-term parking.

An allegedly drunk driver trying to make his way home from Marlborough this week took a detour and somehow ended up in a visitor's spot in the Sudbury Police Department parking lot. (He was arrested.)

This Jetta's athletic attempt at a backflip prompted a police response.

Ever since I watched Herbie, The Love Bug, I have been believed cars have personalities. This Jetta, owned by a Northborough resident, is a wannabe gymnast. An entry in the May 30 Northborough police log reads that the car "flipped over" in the driveway. A short investigation revealed that the car, which had a standard transmission, rolled backward and tumbled over a stone wall onto its back.

The dangers of urinating in public.

A man named Gus was barred from a Milford convenience store early Tuesday morning after being kicked out of the store and subsequently urinating in the street. The store called police early Monday morning and advised them of Gus' behavior.

What a rotten neighbor.

Also in Milford, a resident complained this week that her upstairs neighbor threw a bag of rotted food out the window—and on its way down, it hit her air conditioning unit.

If not a raccoon: what was it?

A person called Shrewsbury police to report that a raccoon was in their bedroom. Police responded, but the report was "unfounded."