Waitress Calls Westford Police After Receiving Angry Text Messages About Work

Oct. 11, 12:42 p.m. – Police were informed that an African American man was doing drugs in a car near Nixon Road.

However, the officer dispatched to the scene looked into the car and gathered from the appearance that drug use inside the car was unlikely.

The officer later found the man, who was inside a nearby building eating lunch. According to reports, the man was shocked at the accusation and said he had not been in his car with anyone else. Nor did he give the appearance of someone doing drugs and he had no previous drug related activity.

That discussion concluded the investigation, as the informant did not want to be advised of the results.

Oct. 12, 11:42 a.m. – A woman came to the lobby of the Westford Police Department main station to report fraud she had encountered on a dating website.

According to her accounts, she “met” a man there, and after talking with him regularly, he called and asked for $300, saying he had gone to South Africa and lost his wallet and computer.

Before the woman sent him the money, she wanted to check to see if this was potentially fraudulent and whether or not police could “ping” his cell phone.

The officer told the woman police could only “ping” cell phones in emergencies, and this case did not apply. And since she had not sent any money, no charges could be filed.

At this point the woman thanked the officer and said she would cease contact with the man.

Oct. 16, 10:39 p.m. – A woman on Tenney Road called police after receiving threatening text messages.

About an hour earlier, the messages, six in all, began to come in from a number she did not recognize.

The officer inspected the messages, which appeared to be directed at a waitress from their content, saying that the waitress messed up orders, did not get drinks correct, saying they would contact superiors to complain and referring to romantic entanglements before more generalized complaints.

This caused concern to the woman not out of fear for her safety, but that this individual would call her superiors, who she thinks the person may have been trying to say was romantically involved with her, even though they got his name wrong.

A family member then told the officer that the woman’s daughter was also a waitress, which meant the messages could have been directed at the daughter, but that was deemed unlikely as the daughter had not been waitressing for several months.

An hour later, the officer found the man texting the woman, who said he had been texting random people in his phone, and he apologized.

The officer informed the woman and the case was resolved.