Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news. Here is a sampling of lesser-known — but no less noteworthy — incidents from police log books (a.k.a. blotters) in our suburbs.

A HARD WAY TO GO

A wild case of road rage ended with a vehicle getting covered by cement on Dec. 5. Massachusetts State Police said Trooper Avery Morin responded around 9:10 a.m to a road rage incident in which a cement truck poured part of its load onto a vehicle next to it as they were traveling on Interstate 93 south in Wilmington. A 26-year-old Lawrence man, whose 2005 Honda Accord was covered in mixed cement, told police that the cement truck clipped his arm when he got out of his car after the cement was dumped, and the cement truck also clipped a 2014 Ford Fusion as it fled the scene. State Police contacted the company and identified the driver as a 47-year-old North Reading man, who was subsequently charged with two counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; two counts of malicious destruction of property over $250; negligent operation of a motor vehicle; leaving the scene of a crash that caused property damage; a marked lanes violation; and disorderly conduct.