Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Friday, April 28, 2023
- 5:53am – All-night parking violation issued for municipal lots.
- 7:56am – Officer covering a crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:09am – Officer standing by for DPW on Village Street.
- 8:26am – Vehicle struck in a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
- 9:46am – PD and FD informed that a vehicle will be left in the RMHS parking lot overnight.
- 11:08am – Report of a verbal altercation in the Town Forest.
- 11:43am – Community policing at Barrows Elementary School.
- 12:09pm – Vine Street resident reports ID theft.
- 12:20pm – As a result of a vehicle stop on Washington Street, one suspect arrested for OUI and drug possession.
- 12:42pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Killam Elementary School.
- 12:43pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 1:13pm – Injured raccoon reported on Franklin Street.
- 1:20pm – Report that a youth knocked over a mailbox on West Street.
- 1:21pm – Complaint regarding two non-electric vehicles parked in EV parking spots on Main Street.
- 2:40pm – Report of a possibly abandoned suitcase in a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
- 2:43pm – Franklin Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 2:53pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 3:56pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Franklin Street.
- 5:31pm – Gould Street resident reports threats on Facebook Marketplace.
- 5:43pm – Person refuses to leave an Uber on Canterbury Drive.
- 6:13pm – Low-hanging wire on South Street.
- 6:31pm – Archstone Circle resident requests assistance regarding apartment security.
- 8:06pm – Walkers Brook Drive business reports a wallet was left at a register.
- 11:59pm – Charles Street resident reports a group yelling and playing loud music in the park.
Saturday, April 29, 2023
- 12:14am – Second floor stair alarm at RMHS.
- 9:35am – Traffic enforcement on King Street.
- 9:51am – Mill Street resident reports a homeless person sleeping in the woods.
- 11:00am – Officer and Intern assisting with Healthy Kids at the Burbank YMCA.
- 2:29pm – Complaint regarding a lumber delivery left on the street on Van Norden Road.
- 3:15pm – Report of a stolen vehicle that was repossessed on Temple Street.
- 4:59pm – Alarm struck for smoke in an Augustus Court building.
- 6:12pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 6:25pm – Follow-up visit with a Whittier Road resident.
- 6:37pm – Private security at a Gateway Circle residence.
- 8:39pm – Clerk at a West Street business wants youth to leave the dumpster area.
- 8:53pm – Augustus Court resident believes someone is in their apartment.
- 10:04pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 10:42pm – CO detector activation at a Sumner Cheney Place residence.
- Warrant arrest of one suspect.
Sunday, April 30, 2023
- 5:27am – Back-up Sector building checks.
- 5:28am – Sector Two building checks.
- 5:31am – Sector Three building checks.
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- 5:32am – Sector One building checks.
- 8:32am – Bond Street resident reports a suspicious person trying different house’s front doors.
- 1:40pm – Melbourne Avenue resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 2:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Selfridge Road.
- 2:31pm – Verbal warning issued for speed on Johnson Woods Drive.
- 3:06pm – Traffic enforcement on New Crossing Road.
- 3:44pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 4:18pm – Batchelder Road resident reports credit card fraud.
- 5:53pm – General fire alarm at an Autumn Lane residence.
- 7:09pm – Request for extra checks at a High Street residence.
- 7:14pm – Traffic lights damaged at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 8:12pm – Report of a large pool of water forming on the Haverhill Street Rotary.
- 8:16pm – Complaint regarding multiple tractor trailer units driving down West Street.
- 8:17pm – Meadow Brook Lane resident reports an unknown person in their basement.
- 10:09pm – Text-a-Tip report of barking dogs on Pearl Street.
