Two Lincoln youths were caught by police after dragging heavy objects into the road in the early morning hours, and they’ll now face juvenile court proceedings.
Police found and removed limbs and erosion-control straw tubes that were deliberately placed in the middle of Lincoln Road and Ballfield Road on April 21 at 2:30 a.m. The same thing happened four more times on April 30 between 3:34 a.m. and 5 a.m., and another three times on May 4 between 4:40 and 5:30 a.m. In one instance, an officer on patrol realized something was wrong when he saw the car in front of him suddenly swerve into the oncoming lane to avoid the obstacle, Chief of Police Kevin Kennedy said.
“We had an idea who was doing it” after some of the earlier incidents, Kennedy said. Police subsequently had “conversations” with several youths and their parents, to explain that their “juvenile prank” could cause a crash or damage to a vehicle. But on Monday night this week, two of the juveniles were caught placing more objects in the road again. They will be summonsed to Middlesex Juvenile Court for throwing an object onto a public way. Their names and ages were not released by police.
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