Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, April 26, 2023
- 1:09am – Putnam Road resident complaint regarding a vehicle running outside their house for over an hour.
- 1:43am – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 4:28am – Commercial fire alarm at a Sanborn Street building.
- 4:42am – Sector Three building checks.
- 5:26am – Back-up Sector building checks.
- 5:30am – Sector One building checks.
- 5:31am – Sector Two building checks.
- 7:50am – Report of a hit and run on Main Street.
- 9:30am – A.L.I.C.E. drill at Austin Preparatory School.
- 10:02am – Fire drill at Austin Preparatory School.
- 10:09am – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
- 10:15am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 11:03am – Traffic enforcement on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 11:04am – Complaint regarding speeding landscapers on Van Norden Road.
- 12:08pm – DPW notified for access to the Auburn Street water tower.
- 12:53pm – PD and FD informed of four vehicles to be parked in the Coolidge Middle School lot until Friday.
- 1:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 2:14pm – Speedboard deployment on Hillside Road.
- 2:14pm – Traffic enforcement on Hillside Road.
- 3:04pm – Report that a suspicious person appears to be opening a utility hole cover on Pearl Street.
- 3:18pm – Extra check of Morton Field.
- 3:51pm – Complaint regarding an unpermitted ice cream truck on Mineral Street.
- 4:04pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash at Coolidge Middle School.
- 4:42pm – Doctor requests transport of a Main Street resident.
- 5:29pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle blocking Sanborn Street.
- 6:08pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 7:12pm – House lockout on Gazebo Circle.
- 8:59pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
Thursday, April 27, 2023
- 5:13am – Commercial alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 5:19am – Sector One building checks.
- 5:32am – Sector Two building checks.
- 5:32am – Sector Three building checks.
- 9:43am – Wire down on Beaver Road.
- 9:57am – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 10:13am – Crossing guard unable to cover afternoon post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 10:57am – Traffic enforcement on Forest Street.
- 11:27am – Report of a suspicious person with a generator and a bucket at a General Way business.
- 12:24pm – Speeding complaint on Pearl Street.
- 12:48pm = Officer requested to stand by with the Water Department on Intervale Terrace.
- 12:59pm – Main Street resident reports a fraudulent unemployment claim.
- 1:17pm – Disabled vehicle near Haverhill Street rotary.
- 1:21pm – Lift assist for a Hancock Street resident.
- 1:28pm – A.L.I.C.E. Drill at RMHS.
- 2:03pm – Gazebo Circle resident reports a fraudulent unemployment claim.
- 2:37pm – Unit covering a crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 4:35pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Woburn Street.
- 5:49pm – Guard unable to cover crossing post at Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street on Friday.
- 7:00pm – Officer standing by at RMHS for Town Meeting.
- 7:41pm – Glenmere Circle resident reports a barking dog.
- 8:50pm – Report that teens are running around a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
