Reading Police & Fire Log June 23-26, 2022

Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:

Thursday, June 23, 2022

  • 1:02am – Commercial building checks Haven Street
  • 2:02am – Commercial building checks General Way
  • 3:39am – Neighbor’s car alarm going off Briarwood Avenue
  • 6:05am – Alarm call for Coolidge Middle School
  • 6:50am – Commercial alarm Woburn Street
  • 7:00am – Dogs locked in vehicle South Street
  • 7:54am – Illegally parked truck on Hopkins Street
  • 8:32am – Commercial alarm Walkers Brook Drive
  • 8:55am – Commercial alarm Fantasia Building on Main Street
  • 8:58am – Fire box alarm Home Depot Walkers Brook Drive
  • 9:24am – Found money clip from Main Street gas station
  • 9:51am – Motor vehicle stop for speed Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive
  • 12:51pm – Community Policing with K9 Cooper Pleasant Street Center
  • 1:03pm – Two-car motor vehicle crash Summer Avenue and Main Street – unknown injuries
  • 1:27pm – Report of ID theft Franklin Street
  • 2:31pm – Accidental 911 call Longview Road
  • 3:56pm – Text-a-tip male on bike cycling area looking at houses 
  • 5:17pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Washington Street – 1 citation
  • 6:23pm – Female in lobby retrieving lost property
  • 7:33pm – Fire box alarm Avalon road – smoke detector activation
  • 7:45pm – Animal call – Putnam Road – raccoon stuck in storm drain
  • 8:10pm – Non-potable water truck leaking water
  • 9:23pm – Possible loud party Chapin Avenue
  • 9:25pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Salem Street – 1 written, 1 verbal warning
  • 9:33pm – Motor vehicle stop Main and Salem Street – verbal warning for red light violation
  • 9:37pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street and Charles Street – 0 citations
  • 11:15pm – Vehicle in lot with lights on for hours Archstone Circle

Friday, June 24, 2022

  • 1:11am – Suspicious motor vehicle driving extremely slow Main Street and Woburn Street
  • 1:20am – Directed patrol Haven Street
  • 1:29am – Directed patrol Charles Street
  • 2:36am – Directed patrol General Way
  • 6:08am – Animal call – opossum walking in circles in the middle of Springvale Road
  • 6:51am – Result of traffic stop; complaint application filed
  • 11:46am – Found benefits card Haven Street
  • 12:19pm – Found key fob Oakland Road
  • 12:42pm – Open 911 call Middlesex Avenue
  • 1:42pm – Motor vehicle crash Main Street
  • 1:50pm – Residential alarm Hartshorn Street
  • 2:51pm – Tree company in road making passing hazardous Scotland Road
  • 2:52pm – Three-car crash West Street and Border Road – no injuries
  • 4:37pm – Keys found on John Carver Road turned in to Police Station
  • 4:47pm – Lakeview Avenue caller reports tires slashed overnight
  • 5:21pm – Wires in road Track Road and Harvest Road
  • 5:32pm – Report of lost ring Birch Meadow Drive
  • 5:44pm – Wallet found on side of Johanna Drive
  • 6:07pm – Report of youths huffing air in from a Bolton Street store
  • 6:33pm – Caller reports eggs thrown at Green Street home
  • 8:09pm – Traffic enforcement West Street and Catherine Avenue – 0 citations
  • 8:46pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and South Street – 0 citations
  • 8:58pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street and Charles Street – 0 citations
  • 9:13pm – Fire alarm Arlington Street and Prescott Street – outdoor odor of gas

Saturday, June 25, 2022

  • 12:49am – Directed patrol Haven Street
  • 12:58am – Directed patrol Charles Street
  • 12:59am – Directed patrol General Way
  • 6:17am – Residential motion alarm Warren Avenue 
  • 7:37am – Motor vehicle crash Bancroft Avenue – Vehicle struck during the night, caught on dash cam
  • 7:59am – Contractors working in roadway Lowell Street and Grove Street
  • 8:29am – Wallet found on Charles Street
  • 8:41am – Animal call – sick opossum in yard
  • 9:25am – Caller reports water is brown and yellow Pine Ridge Road – DPW notified
  • 10:28am – Security guard has male detained for shoplifting Walkers Brook Drive
  • 11:35am – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Knollwood Road – 1 citation
  • 11:57am – Accidental 911 call Beacon Street
  • 12:29pm – Directed patrol Salem Street and Harrison Street – 0 citations
  • 12:42pm – Two-car motor vehicle crash Salem Street and Libby Avenue – no injuries
  • 1:19pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Green Street – 0 citations
  • 1:22pm – Parking complaint – car parked in front of a Beech Street home for a week
  • 1:24pm – Fire box alarm Camp Curtis Guild
  • 2:34pm – Loud music from neighbor School Street 
  • 3:09pm – Male walking around shouting to himself asking for money Sanborn Lane
  • 3:25pm – Fire alarm Leaning Elm Drive
  • 5:27pm – Bike patrol activity Main Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
  • 6:05pm – Caller concerned vehicle may be following a child Main Street and Pearl Street
  • 6:25pm – Hillcrest Road caller reports losing license
  • 6:32pm – Stop sign blocked by tree limbs Prescott Street and  West Street
  • 6:54pm – Smell of sulfur in Melbourne Avenue house
  • 7:41pm – Reading Terrace resident scammed out of $3,000 dollars
  • 7:45pm – Suspicious male looking into windows Salem Street
  • 7:48pm – Fire box alarm  High Street – smoke in building
  • 8:28pm – Traffic enforcement Catherine Avenue and West Street – 0 citations
  • 9:30pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Franklin Street – 0 citations
  • 9:59pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
  • 10:01pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street and Symonds Way – 0 citations
  • 10:06pm – Loud party on Cherry Lane Drive
  • 11:16pm – Report of loud house party Lowell Street
  • 11:26pm – Residential motion alarm Thomas Drive

Sunday, June 26, 2022

  • 3:22am – Residential alarm Pitman Drive
  • 6:52am – Animal call – Deer trapped in fenced-in Salem Street backyard
  • 9:26am – Animal call – Deer trapped in fenced-in Salem Street backyard
  • 2:04pm – Traffic enforcement Charles Street – 0 citations
  • 2:05pm – Accidental 911 call West Street
  • 2:16pm – Traffic enforcement West Street – 0 citations 
  • 2:32pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Minot Street – 0 citations
  • 2:37pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
  • 3:24pm – Fire alarm Holly Road
  • 3:32pm – Animal call – Main Street and Cross Street – dead animal in the road
  • 3:49pm – Traffic lights flashing Lowell Street and Willow Street
  • 4:11pm –  Man fell off scooter Bay State Road
  • 4:25pm – Loose dark green and white parrot Pearl Street
  • 6:25pm – Traffic enforcement Lowell Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
  • 6:28pm – Uhaul discarding objects next to store Main Street
  • 6:31pm – Motor vehicle stop Main Street and Salem Street verbal for red light violation
  • 6:32pm – Doors open/gas pumps on with no employees in area Main Street
  • 6:56pm – Fire outside building near dumpster – away from building West Street
  • 7:14pm – Traffic enforcement Walkers Brook Drive and General Way – 0 citations
  • 9:00pm – Traffic enforcement West Street and Catherine Avenue – 0 citations
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