Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Friday, May 12, 2023
- 1:01am – Suspicious vehicle reported on Salem Street.
- 5:52am – Lights not functioning properly at Main Street and South Street.
- 6:00am – Dead raccoon on the road on Main Street.
- 6:39am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 7:14am – Verbal warning issued on Washington Street.
- 7:29am – Traffic light at Main Street and Salem Street is facing the wrong direction.
- 8:08am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Salem Street.
- 8:30am – Complaint regarding landscaping vehicles that are parked on the sidewalk on Franklin Street.
- 11:07am – Traffic enforcement in the town square.
- 11:52am – Main Street resident reports credit card fraud.
- 11:57am – Assistance rendered to a Gould Street resident regarding a vehicle.
- 1:10pm – Lowell Street resident reports damage to property.
- 1:57pm – Verbal warning issued on Green Street.
- 3:19pm – Tree truck took down cable service wires on Eastway.
- 3:57pm – Unfounded report of packages taken from a van on Hopkins Street.
- 5:24pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 5:40pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 5:44pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 6:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Sanborn Street.
- 6:32pm – Springvale Road resident reports a fight at school.
- 7:44pm – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 9:50pm – Report of a past hit and run on Woburn Street.
- 10:27pm – Possible disabled vehicle reported on Apache Pass.
- 11:57pm – Report that a suspicious vehicle is going into a neighbor’s backyard on Carnation Circle.
Saturday, May 13, 2023
- 12:11am – Commercial alarm at a Grove Street business.
- 12:16am – Main Street resident with a noise complaint about neighbors.
- 12:22am – Report of someone yelling for help on Pearl Street.
- 1:05am – Erratic vehicle operation reported on New Crossing Road.
- 5:03am – Single vehicle crash on General Way.
- 6:13am – Injured cat behind a south Main Street apartment building.
- 7:11am – Gazebo Circle resident reports little to no water pressure.
- 7:13am – Auburn Street resident reports a vehicle was broken into during the night.
- 9:50am – Pearl Street resident reports that a bottle was thrown into the driveway overnight.
- 9:56am – Summit Drive resident reports a stolen license plate.
- 11:37am – Parkview Road resident reports a vehicle was entered sometime overnight.
- 11:38am – Parkview Road resident reports the sideview mirror on vehicle was damaged overnight.
- 11:54am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Azalea Circle.
- 12:55pm – Verbal warning issued on Beverly Road.
- 1:16pm – Auburn Street resident reports damage to vehicle.
- 2:36pm – Highland Street resident reports damaged solar lights.
- 2:57pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 4:59pm – Water callman notified that the Hopkins Street water tower is overflowing.
- 5:03pm – Locust Street resident reports that a walkway light was damaged overnight.
- 5:15pm – Archstone Circle resident reports heavy water flow in the building.
- 5:32pm – Verbal warning for speed issued at Morton Field.
- 6:13pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 6:39pm – Verbal warning issued on Gardner Road.
- 8:26pm – County Road resident reports a window screen was damaged with an alcohol container stuffed inside.
- 8:32pm – Investigation of a Putnam Road fire alarm.
- 8:46pm – Text-a-tip report of a poorly contained fire pit on West Street.
- 8:48pm – Report that youth are being loud at Memorial Park.
- 10:17pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:27pm – Report of several suspicious youths on Forest Street.
Sunday, May 14, 2023
- 2:21am – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 2:33am – House alarm activation on Buckingham Drive.
- 5:40am – PE room alarm activation at RMHS.
- 10:39am – Green Street resident reports a scam.
- 11:48am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Washington Street.
- 12:34pm – Suspicious person found sleeping on an Abigail Way property.
- 3:06pm – CO Detector activation at a Taylor Drive residence.
- 3:27pm – DPW notified of a sewage backup on Salem Street.
- 4:22pm – Dispute over a fence on Pilgrim Road.
- 4:45pm – DPW requests assistance with traffic on Salem Street.
- 5:06pm – Mulch fire reported on Main Street.
- 6:43pm – Traffic enforcement on Curtis Street.
- 6:58pm – Town vehicle involved in a two-vehicle crash on South Street.
- 8:08pm – Fire alarm sounding at an Archstone Circle residence.
- 9:04pm – Washington Street resident requests help gathering a dog.
- 11:28pm – Smell of smoke reported inside a Catherine Avenue residence.
