Weekly Summary of Police Activity

SERT Team Rescues Woman on Mount Warner 

In the afternoon shortly before 4 p.m., Hadley Police requested State Police assistance in searching for a missing 24-year-old woman last seen that morning.  

State Police deployed the Special Emergency Response Team (SERT) which provides partner agencies with a highly trained and professional field force available on short notice as well as the K-9 Unit, and the Air Wing. 

SERT members began a thorough search of the area and located the woman in the woods on Mount Warner shortly after 5p.m. The woman was conscious, but hypothermic, so SERT members qualified as EMTs treated her and prepared her for transport on a handheld stretcher.   

SERT members with personnel from the Department of Conservation and Recreation and the Hadley Fire Department carried the subject out to a trail where she could be safely transported by a UTV.  First responders transported the woman to the road where an ambulance transported her to the hospital for further treatment. 

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Wrong Way Driver Stopped Using Stingers 

Troopers from the Andover Barracks received several reports of a wrong way driver who witnesses observed traveling south in the northbound lanes of Interstate 93 from New Hampshire into Massachusetts.  

A Trooper positioned himself and his cruiser at Route 110 in Methuen and successfully deployed his department-issued stingers on the vehicle. The stinger deflated one of the tires and the vehicle stopped a short time after.  

In total, the vehicle travelled in the wrong direction for more than seven miles in the left lane before being stopped without any crashes, injuries, or property damage. 

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Man Arrested for OUI and Carrying a Firearm While Intoxicated 

The Newbury Barracks received a report of an erratic vehicle traveling in all lanes, slowing down and speeding up again. A Trooper on patrol located the vehicle drifting between lanes on Interstate 95 in Newbury and conducted a motor vehicle stop where the Trooper determined the driver was intoxicated.  

During the inventory of the vehicle, the Trooper recovered a 9mm pistol with a large capacity magazine with ammunition. In the trunk, Troopers found a shotgun and rifle along with more ammunition. The driver did not possess a valid LTC and was arrested for OUI and firearms violations.  

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Man Sets Fires and Flees into Mystic River 

While their patrol at MacDonald Park, a Trooper discovered a male party lighting several fires. When the Trooper ordered the man to stop, he fled on foot.  

Troopers pursued the man until he jumped into the Mystic River and swam around for approximately 20 minutes before being removed by the fire department. He was escorted to an ambulance for an evaluation and was treated for hypothermia.  

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Firearm Found in Fanny Pack 

A Trooper from the Springfield Barracks stopped a vehicle for number plate violations and expired registration. In speaking with the operator, he determined the operator was impaired and took him into custody.  

Troopers conducted an inventory of the vehicle and discovered a firearm inside a bag that was located near the driver’s seat. Upon closer inspection, the firearm’s serial number was scratched off.  

Because none of the vehicle’s occupants had a valid LTC, the driver was arrested for OUI and charged with firearm violations.  

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Machete and Hatchet Found in Speeding Car 

A Trooper on patrol out of the Charlton Barracks initiated a traffic stop for a vehicle with out-of-state plates traveling approximately 90 MPH in a 65 MPH zone.  

Upon speaking to the operator, noticed a large amount of marijuana, a hatchet, and large machete on the passenger side floor. The Trooper ordered the driver out of the vehicle, and the driver consented to a search.  

Inside the vehicle, the Trooper found a box of sandwich baggies, a backpack containing two large bags of marijuana and a digital scale, and another machete. The driver was arrested and charged with narcotics violations and carrying a dangerous weapon.  

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Multiple Crack Pipes Recovered from Vehicle and Woman’s Socks 

Troopers from the Dartmouth Barracks initiated a traffic stop when they noticed the female operator was nervous and fidgeting with her socks.

They removed her from the vehicle and discovered a crack pipe in her sock and copper padding in her pocket. In addition to this, Troopers found a digital scale, 10 additional crack pipes, and a clear container with a white rock substance inside the vehicle.

The operator was arrested for possession, and a passenger was arrested for an outstanding warrant.