Reading Police Log February 3-5, 2023

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

Friday, February 3, 2023

• 1:21am – Report of a vehicle crashed into barrels in front of Van Norden Road home.
• 6:37am – Possible debris in the road at Willow Street & Lowell Street.
• 7:49am – Officer covering crossing guard post at Birch Meadow Drive & Castine Field.
• 7:59am – CO detector activation at a Grove Street residence. 
• 11:07am – Traffic light dangling from a wire at Main Street & Franklin Street.
• 11:16am – Residential alarm Pearl Street.
• 11:55am – All-night parking exception Glenmere Circle.
• 12:36pm  – Tree down Collins Avenue and Franklin Street.
• 1:11pm – Ongoing issue with neighbors on Washington Street.
• 1:30pm – Resident left Artis Senior Living with an unauthorized male.
• 4:28pm – Report of neighbor disturbing a building on Washington Street.
• 4:51pm – Commercial alarm Washington Street.
• 5:55pm – All-night parking exception granted High Street & Haven Street.
• 5:57pm – Accidental 911 call Carnation Circle.
• 6:16pm – All-night parking exception granted High Street & Middlesex Avenue.
• 6:38pm – Fire department lift assist Sanborn Street.
• 8:27pm – Alarm at Joshua Eaton School on Summer Avenue.
• 11:06pm – Audible buzzing alarm sounding at RMLD on Ash Street.
• 11:52pm – All-night parking exception granted on Haven Street.

Saturday, February 4, 2023

• 12:20am – All-night parking exception granted Blueberry Lane.
• 12:31am – Residential alarm South Street.
• 4:09am – Pipe burst in Lakeview Avenue apartment building.
• 5:33am – Report of a burst pipe behind Parker Middle School on Temple Street.
• 6:31am – Garage door stuck shut at Johnson Woods on Taylor Drive.
• 7:01am – Residential alarm north Main Street
• 7:17am – Accidental 911 call from Woburn Street residence; officer to verify.
• 7:23am – Shed broken into on Haverhill Street.
• 8:05am – Forest Street residence without water service.
• 10:31am – Commercial alarm Shell gas station Walkers Brook Drive.
• 11:34am – Ash Street residence threatened with the release of photos online.
• 12:08pm – Erratic operation; Red Sedan backing down Knollwood Road.
• 12:27pm – Gould Street resident reports an unknown male in the lobby on the 2nd floor.
• 2:13pm – Small leak in water main on Hancock Street; DPW call man notified. 
• 2:48pm – Temple Street neighbor reports windows of Parker Middle School iced over.
• 3:16pm – Possible cement stones dumped in Rotary. 
• 3:23pm – Report of a burst pipe in a West Street home.
• 3:27pm – The water gate at 55 Walkers Brook Drive dislodged and moved to side, DPW notified. 
• 3:56pm – FD investigation at 5 Washington Street Condos.
• 5:42pm – School Alarm exterior door RMHS on Oakland Road.
• 5:56pm – NYPD located an abandoned Mercedes belonging to a Reading resident.
• 7:15pm – Traffic lights cycling incorrectly at Main Street & Franklin Street.
• 8:21pm – FD box alarm for water and smoke from a Linden Street residence. 
• 8:30pm – Water flowing from ceiling Mobil on the Run north Main Street.
• 9:01pm – All-night parking exception Glenmere Circle.
• 9:16pm – Report of a lost apple watch Arthur B. Lord Drive & Birch Meadow Elementary.
• 9:52pm – Commercial alarm Grove Street.
• 11:57pm – Life alert Bay State Road.

Sunday, February 5, 2023

• 12:57am – FD box alarm Augustus Court.
• 2:07am – Street/Stop signs knocked down Spring Street & Orange Street.
• 2:23am – FD box alarm Hospice House on Haverhill Street. Odor of gas in the building.
• 2:50am – Street sign down Pinevale Avenue and Main Street. 
• 4:55am – Medford PD trying to locate Beaver Road resident. 
• 5:38am – FD at Cumberland Farms on Salem Street for a service call.
• 7:38am – Water pipe burst with water in the basement on James Road.
• 8:30am – Water pouring into a residence on Summer Avenue.
• 8:47am – Fire alarm sounding on Gould Street; no smoke or fire.
• 8:52am – 911 misdial from a cell phone from Archstone Circle. 
• 8:59am – Possible water main break on Woburn Street sidewalk.
• 9:09am – Deliveries made to the outside door of closed Main Street business. 
• 9:29am – Commercial alarm Public Kitchen restaurant Main Street.
• 9:45am – FD box alarm Unitarian Church Woburn Street. 
• 9:55am – FD investigation Taylor Drive apartment. 
• 10:11am – Water rushing into the laundry room on Dana Road.
• 11:21am – Two-car motor vehicle crash near Bagel World. No injuries.
• 11:24am – FD box alarm Lowell House on Middlesex Avenue.
• 11:28am – FD box alarm Reading Woods on Jacob Way. 
• 11:52am – FD box alarm Taylor Drive development. 
• 12:25pm – All-night parking exception Lincoln Street.
• 1:27pm – No water service at a residence on Highland Street. DPW notified. 
• 1:45pm – Water pouring from the back of a Walnut Street residence. 
• 3:01pm – FD box alarm for a chimney fire on Mill Street.
• 3:25pm – FD reporting minor motor vehicle crash near RFD HQ. No injuries.  
• 3:56pm – Disabled vehicle blocking traffic on West Street and Westcroft Road.
• 4:15pm – FD box alarm Reading Woods on Jacob Way.
• 4:33pm – Pipes may have burst in West Street home.
• 4:44pm – Abandoned wheelchair on side of Walkers Brook Drive.
• 4:52pm – Accidental 911 call from General Way. Unit to confirm. 
• 6:21pm – Residential alarm Autumn Lane.
• 6:27pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street & Washington Street.
• 6:31pm – Traffic enforcement South Street & Curtis Street.
• 6:39pm – Motor vehicle stop on Main Street & Minot Street. Verbal warning issued.
• 7:20pm – 911 hang-up from Market Basket, unit to check.
• 9:03pm – Complaint application filed Haven Street.
• 9:40pm – Motor vehicle stop on Main Street and Harden Street. Verbal warning issued.
• 9:52pm – A 27-year-old man from Winchester was arrested as a result of a traffic stop on Main Street near Five Guys in Stoneham. Failure to stop for police, license, refused to produce license, resisting arrest.