Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, July 26, 2023
- 12:55 am – Extra checks of the Jordan’s Furniture parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:59 am – Comcast notified of a wire down on Spruce Road.
- 8:24 am – Officer notified that a vehicle is driving in Memorial Park.
- 9:03 am – Large amount of debris on the road on Washington Street.
- 9:36 am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 10:21 am – Fire alarm activation at a Richards Road residence.
- 11:07 am – Notification of a vehicle repossession on Washington Street received via fax.
- 12:01 pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 12:03 am – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 1:26 pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Bancroft Avenue.
- 2:27 pm – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
- 4:06 pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 4:13 pm – Caller reports a large amount of water in the road on Beverly Road.
- 4:50 pm – Units check on a report of heavy traffic on Washington Street.
- 6:18 pm – Wakefield Street resident reports check fraud.
- 9:27 pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Salem Street.
Thursday, July 27, 2023
- 1:59 am – Extra check of a Scout Hill Lane residence.
- 2:05 am – Extra check of Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:05 am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 4:15 am – Commercial alarm at Reading Health Center on Pond Meadow Drive.
- 5:33 am – Front door alarm at the Shell Station on Main Street.
- 6:10 am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Lowell Street.
- 7:23 am – Verbal warning issued for cell phone use on Washington Street.
- 7:41 am – John Street resident reports fraud.
- 8:32 am – Officers attempted to serve a warrant at a Parsons Lane residence.
- 9:15 am – Officer standing by for RMLD on West Street.
- 9:15 am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:37 am – Detail officer reports a minor two-vehicle crash on Hopkins Street.
- 10:07 am – Tractor trailer unit stuck in the rear driveway entrance to CVS on Main Street.
- 11:12 am – Traffic enforcement on Harrison Street.
- 11:24 am – Report that a suspicious person in a vehicle approached and followed a child on Wakefield Street.
- 11:30 am – Complaint regarding Mass DOT trimming vegetation on the sidewalk on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 11:51 am – Report that three dogs are running loose on John Street.
- 12:13 pm – Report of a small black snake in the hallway of a Main Street apartment building.
- 12:33 pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle with a flat tire parked across two spaces in the parking lot at Perico Dentist Office on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:54 pm – Report that a rabbit is stuck in a pickleball net on Pearl Street.
- 1:32 pm – Main Street resident reports missing items.
- 2:53 pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 3:24 pm – Tree down across Forest Glen Road.
- 3:44 pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 5:15 pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 7:00 pm – Suspicious person trying to get into the reporting person’s vehicle at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:13 pm – Audible alarm sounding in a Center Avenue residence.
- 9:23 pm – Entry door alarm at RMHS.
