Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Friday, April 7, 2023
- 1:29am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Hillside Road.
- 1:48am – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on Main Street.
- 5:43am – Crossing guard at Buckingham Drive and Summer Avenue unable to cover post.
- 7:24am – Two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive. No injuries reported.
- 7:56am – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and Buckingham Drive.
- 8:01am – Officer covering a crossing post on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:02am – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 8:04am – Officer covering a crossing post at Oak Street and Summer Avenue.
- 8:28am – Traffic lights not cycling properly at West Street and South Street.
- 9:03am – Complaint regarding a construction crew working without a detail on Scotland Road.
- 10:20am – Washington Street resident reports fraud.
- 10:33am – Keolis reports an unruly passenger aboard a train.
- 10:53am – Walkers Brook Drive business reports that a credit card was used fraudulently in its store.
- 11:12am – Walkers Brook Drive business reports shoplifting.
- 11:14am – Letter of no trespass received for a Bay State Road building.
- 12:11am – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
- 12:43pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and Buckingham Drive.
- 12:44pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and Melbourne Avenue.
- 12:44pm – Officer covering a crossing post on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:13pm – Traffic signal on Main Street is hanging low and about to fall.
- 2:17pm – Fire alarm at a Washington Street residence.
- 2:37pm – Verbal warning issued for ignoring DPW signage on Main Street.
- 4:00pm – Commercial alarm at a General Way business.
- 4:15pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Apache Pass. No injuries reported.
- 4:49pm – Fire alarm at a Washington Street residence.
- 4:55pm – Report of a past hit and run in a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
- 5:13pm – Report of damage to a vehicle in a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
- 5:24pm – Extra check of Morton field.
- 5:48pm – Caller reports a road rage incident on Main Street.
- 5:58pm – Martin Road resident reports a pricing issue with a plumbing company.
- 6:15pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 6:16pm – Loose dog reported on Summer Avenue.
- 6:16pm – Person reports hitting a parked vehicle on Johnson Woods Drive.
- 6:59pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash in a General Way parking lot.
- 8:27pm – Report that a suspicious person is sitting in a vehicle staring into a Main Street business.
- 8:30pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Village Street.
- 8:47pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle driving around a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot at a high rate of speed.
- 9:03pm – A group of youths are throwing items at a Hartshorn Street home and running away.
- 9:04pm – Salem Street resident reports that an unknown person is knocking on the door.
- 10:22pm – Buckingham Drive resident reports that youth rang his doorbell and ran away.
- 11:57pm – Caller reports that the gates at the Auburn Street water tower were left open.
Saturday, April 8, 2023
- 12:00 – Verbal warning issued on Rustic Lane.
- 1:15am – Extra checks of a Buckingham Drive residence.
- 2:41am – Dean Road resident reports a suspicious person is walking down the street.
- 9:20am – Complaint regarding vehicles backed up into the road at a Main Street business.
- 9:43am – Complaint regarding a dog in a vehicle lunging out an open window at passersby in a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
- 11:22am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on South Street.
- 11:45am – Traffic enforcement at the Salem Street rotary.
- 12:29pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 12:45pm – Credit card found in a Main Street parking lot.
- 12:47pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked facing the wrong way on Haven Street.
- 1:04pm – Verbal warning issued for a one-way violation on Haven Street.
- 2:34pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 3:54pm – Water pump alarm sounding on Longwood Road.
- 4:15pm – Alarm at a RMHS field house door.
- 5:10pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Willow Street.
- 5:25pm – Three car minor collision with a guard rail in a Main Street parking lot.
- 5:49pm – Report that kids are riding mini bikes in the park on Pinevale Avenue.
- 7:42pm – Verbal warning issued on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:31pm – Victoria Avenue resident reports a missing dog.
- 11:21pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle playing loud music in Washington Park.
- 11:22pm – Caller reports youths gathering in the street on Van Norden Road.
- 11:52pm – Complaint regarding kids playing basketball after hours in Washington Park.
Sunday, April 9, 2023
- 12:16am – Unit assists Wilmington PD on Haverhill Street.
- 5:10am – Fire alarm at a Priscilla Road residence.
- 5:52am – All-night parking violations issued for municipal lots.
- 6:44am – Winslow Road resident reports white baggies with powder inside.
- 8:28am – Investigation of a fire alarm at an Archstone Circle residence.
- 10:05am – Report of a small mulch fire on Archstone Circle.
- 10:09am – Forest street residents believes they hear someone inside their residence.
- 11:07am – Fire alarm activation in a Buckingham Drive residence.
- 11:40am – Report that a suspicious person is taking pictures of RMHS and the field house.
- 1:04pm – Lift assist for an Elderberry Lane resident.
- 1:57pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle blocking the garage of a Taylor Drive resident.
- 2:15pm – Fire alarm activation at a Sanborn Street building.
- 2:57pm – Syringe found in the bathroom of a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 3:39pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 5:49pm – Complaint regarding youths riding mini bikes through yards on Minot Street.
- 6:27pm – Crossing guard unable to cover a post at Birch Meadow elementary school on Monday.
- 6:40pm – Lift assist for a Timberneck Drive resident.
- 7:21pm – Report of a possibly intoxicated driver on Salem Street.
- 9:26pm – Verbal warning issued for no headlights on Charles Street.
