Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, May 10, 2023
- 12:57am – Alarm in RMHS gym.
- 1:29am – Audible alarm sounding in a Main Street building.
- 4:41am – Trash truck picking up too early on Woburn Street.
- 5:32am – Sector two building checks.
- 5:33am – Sector three building checks.
- 5:33am – Sector one building checks.
- 6:49am – Smoke alarm sounding in a James Road residence.
- 8:12am – Tree service truck took down wires on Beaver Road.
- 10:51am – Traffic enforcement on Countryside Lane.
- 11:14am – Brush fire reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 11:15am – Report of a damaged tomb at Laurel Hill Cemetery.
- 12:24pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in an electric vehicle space on Main Street.
- 12:47pm – Augustus Court resident reports fraudulent unemployment claim.
- 1:17pm – Hose and 2x4s cross the road on Dana Road.
- 1:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 1:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 2:21pm – Verbal Warning issued on Willow Street.
- 2:36pm – Follow-up visit at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 3:59pm – Brook Street resident reports credit card fraud.
- 4:51pm – Officers performing a death notification at a Davis Lane residence.
- 5:04pm – Wire down on Orange Street.
- 5:18pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle on Sanborn Street not following posted parking signs.
- 5:20pm – Resident having difficulty breathing at a Pearl Street residence.
- 5:36pm – Bay State Road resident feeling sick.
- 7:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Susan Drive.
- 8:00pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 8:59pm – Investigation of a fire alarm on Wilson Street.
- 10:30pm – Verbal Warning issued on Harnden Street.
Thursday, May 11, 2023
- 12:16am – Unfounded report of multiple gunshots heard on Archstone Circle.
- 5:25am – Sector two building checks.
- 5:29am – Sector three building checks.
- 5:31am – Sector one building checks.
- 6:35am – Pinevale Avenue resident reports that a raccoon is stuck in a sewer drain.
- 9:19am – Wires down on Pitman Drive.
- 9:36am – Disabled vehicle on the Haverhill Street Rotary.
- 9:41am – Complaint regarding landscaping vehicles impeding traffic on South Street.
- 12:02pm – Key found at Burger King on Main Street and turned in at PD.
- 1:13pm – Investigation of a minor crash on Arcadia Avenue.
- 1:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Timberneck Drive.
- 2:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:20pm – Ash Street resident reports attempted tax fraud.
- 2:41pm – Anonymous letter received regarding a cat being outside on Ash Street.
- 3:26pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 3:28pm – Forest Glen Road resident complaint about an Uber driver.
- 3:59pm – Low-hanging wire on Mark Avenue.
- 4:52pm – Vehicle on the highway was struck by a thrown glass bottle.
- 5:00pm – Pearl Street resident feels weak with multiple falls.
- 6:02pm – Investigation of outside burning on Woburn Street.
- 6:45pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 6:47pm – Traffic enforcement on Harnden Street.
- 7:18pm – Woodward Avenue resident reports checking account fraud.
- 7:26pm – Multiple reports of a blown transformer on Summer Avenue.
- 7:58pm – CO alarm activation on Summer Avenue.
- 8:30pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 9:31pm – House lockout on Gazebo Circle.
- 9:42pm – Commercial alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 10:42pm – Traffic lights not working at Main Street and South Street.
