Drivers are used to driving through puddles of water and even mud. But paint?

That's what one Tewksbury driver encountered on Monday on Andover Street.

According to a Tewksbury Police report, the driver called police around 9:30 a.m. to report that while driving along Andover Street near the Lowell Assembly of God Church, he drove through a large amount of paint that had spilled in the middle of the road.

The driver reported that the paint had splattered up onto his car. An officer was dispatched to the scene and confirmed the driver's account. DPW was notified to come and clean up the mess.

A phone call from the mind of Wes Craven

On Saturday, Sept. 15, at 6:42 p.m. a woman called police to report that she had just received a voicemail from another woman who sounded very much like she was in distress. In addition, there was some time of loud noise in the background.

An officer went to speak with the woman and listened to the voicemail. Based on this, the officer re-dialed the last incoming number and he reached the other woman. After speaking to this person, it turned out that she had accidentally pocket dialed the original caller and never knew the phone line was open.

And the menacing noise in the background? Turns out that it was, in point of fact, a chainsaw.

Arrests:

Joseph Shelzi, 24, 31 South Shore Drive, Pelham, NH, was arrested on Sept. 17 and charged with operating a motor vehicle after his license had been revoked.

Jack W. Capello, 19, 10 Pearl St., Tewksbury, was arrested on Sept. 16 on a warrant.

Additional incidents:

On Monday, Sept. 17, at 7:31 a.m., a Greenmeadow Drive resident called police to report that two vehicles on that street had been broken into overnight.

On Sunday, Sept. 16, at 1:57 p.m., an officer spoke with a Pinedale Road resident about a problem with a neighbor. The resident complained that the neighbor left their dog out all day long and the dog was continually barking. The officer tried to speak with the neighbor, who was not home.

On Sunday, Sept. 16 at 7:57 p.m., an employee of Cracker Barrel Restaurant called police to report that their car had been broken into while at work and several items were taken.

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