Bedford police officers responded to a call about a male shoplifter just before 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 4, at Hannaford’s Supermarket in Colby Court, Bedford. Hannaford reported the subject fled the area when he was confronted by the store’s loss prevention officer. The subject was described as in his 40s wearing white slacks and a ...

BY HOLLY DAVISBedford detectives arrested Dennis Buchenauer, 51, of Manchester, in connection with a complaint made by a 16- year-old female Bedford High School Student last week. Police received the report just before 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3. The student reported that she was approached by an unidentified subject as she was leaving the ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSENWhether underage teens are drinking at house parties, the town pool or at the school dance, Bedford police have said they will not tolerate it, and some recent arrests echo that sentiment. “Basically, we have a zero tolerance stand on it,” Lt. Michael Bernard said. “If you’re under the age of 21 and you ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSENA fourth home has been burglarized during daylight hours in September, police said, and this time, guns were taken. “To do a daytime residential burglary, it’s pretty brazen,” detective Matt Fleming said. “They’re going up to homes and taking a gamble that nobody’s going to be home.” ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSENTwo homes were burglarized within a week, prompting police to urge residents to be vigilant and report any suspicious activity. “I guess the best advice, I would say, is lock your doors and windows,” Lt. Michael Bernard said. Residents of a home on Old Bedford Road arrived around 1:30 p.m. on Sept. 6 to find their ...

By DARRELL HALENAfter the young driver of a Jeep sport utility vehicle failed a field sobriety test, he was handcuffed, put in the back of a police cruiser and taken to the Bedford Police Department. The young man was one of two people arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol during a sobriety checkpoint in Bedford during Labor Day ...

By JILLIAN JORGENSENA 19-year-old Massachusetts woman struck a Barrington motorcyclist, dragged him for a short distance and then left him behind Thursday, Aug. 20, state police said. The driver of the motorcycle, Robert Heywood, 50, of Barrington, was treated for injuries at Elliot Hospital in Manchester and released that night. Drivers began ...

BY JILLIAN JORGENSENPolice have yet to name suspects in the stabbing of a 49-year-old man who was staying at a Bedford hotel. The man, whom police have yet to identify, survived being stabbed nine times at the Quality Inn and Suites at 121 S. River Road around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 5. Police Chief David C. Bailey said the victim is from ...

BY JILLIAN JORGENSENAfter a spate of underage drinking parties in Bedford this summer, the Police Department is cracking down: guests drinking at the parties will now join hosts in being arrested, Police Chief David C. Bailey said. “It’s been a problem that’s gone on for years and years and years, and I know it’ll go on, ...

BY JILLIAN JORGENSENPolice and federal Drug Enforcement Administration officers shut down a budding marijuana farm on Joppa Hill Road on Thursday, July 16, seizing 139 plants and arresting one Manchester man that police said was the lead grower. The arrest came after a two-month investigation that was a collaboration between the DEA’s ...