Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, July 17, 2023
- 12:15am – Commercial alarm at a Walker’s Brook Drive business.
- 1:01am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 3:44am – Lowell PD and State PD request assistance at an Audubon Road residence.
- 5:03am – Information sent to Lowell PD and State PD.
- 6:17am – Main entrance alarm at Parker Middle School.
- 6:41am – Main foyer motion alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 8:18am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 8:25am – Officers assisting State PD at an Audubon Road residence.
- 10:14am – Follow-up visit with a California Road resident.
- 12:10pm – Fire alarm activation at Northern Bank and Trust on Main Street.
- 12:12pm – Complaint regarding parked vehicles making it difficult to pass on Bear Hill Road.
- 12:18pm – Fire alarm sounding at a Summer Avenue residence.
- 12:19pm – Report that concrete has spilled on Varney Circle.
- 12:22pm – Keys found at Barrows Elementary School turned in at RPD.
- 12:25pm – Follow-up with a Lakeview Avenue resident.
- 12:31pm – Disabled vehicle at the railroad tracks on Main Street.
- 12:46pm – Officer on a follow-up visit at the Pleasant Street center.
- 1:13pm – Fire alarms sounding at a Belmont Street residence.
- 1:17pm – SRO office motion alarm at Parker Middle School.
- 1:28pm – Disabled vehicle blocking traffic on West Street.
- 1:39pm – Forest Street resident complaint regarding an HVAC truck in their driveway while working at a neighbors home.
- 2:27pm – FD captain on a tech rescue callout in Swampscott.
- 3:23pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 3:31pm – Credit card found on a Lincoln Street sidewalk.
- 4:00pm – DPW notified that water is coming into a Hopkins Street residence.
- 4:51pm – Text-a-Tip report that an RV has been obstructing Harrison Road for several days.
- 5:03pm – Assistance rendered to Infinite Recording on Ash Street with a suspicious package.
- 6:35pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:35pm – Loose bricks in the road reported on Main Street.
- 7:19pm – Officer standing by for a property exchange on Lakeview Avenue.
- 7:45pm – Disabled vehicle on Main Street.
- 10:12pm – Fire alarm activation at Parker Middle School.
- 10:59pm – Report of low-hanging wires on Kieran Road.
Tuesday, July 18, 2023
- 1:46am – Extra checks of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:30am – Commercial alarm at Dandilyon’s on Main Street.
- 7:53am – Complaint regarding a double-wide camper parked on Salem Street.
- 8:58am – Investigation of a collision notification on Pearl Street.
- 9:33am – Delivery truck at Dicara’s Deli on Main Street left the scene of a hit and run.
- 10:38am – Fire alarm activation at a Washington Street residence.
- 10:52am – Complaint regarding construction trucks accessing a Hopkins Street site via the wrong road.
- 11:15am – Fire alarm activation at a Barbara Lane residence.
- 12:38pm – CO detector activation at a Johnson Woods Drive residence.
- 1:34pm – Minor two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:34pm – Report that a dog is locked in a vehicle at Market Basket on General Way.
- 2:53pm – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
- 3:31pm – Report that loose bricks are coming up from the crosswalk at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 3:55pm – Resident reports harassment.
- 3:55pm – Assistance rendered to a confused person at McDonald’s on Main Street.
- 4:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 5:09pm – Report of an injured hawk on Haverhill Street.
- 5:46pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence
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- 7:49pm – Commercial alarm at Family Dental on Main Street.
