Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, August 21, 2023
- 2:01am – Extra checks of a Longview Road residence.
- 2:27am – Commercial alarm at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:18am – Smoke detector activation at a Grove Street residence.
- 8:05am – MBTA reports an unattended bag is on the depot platform.
- 11:51am – Report that there is a bike by the dugout bench at Washington Park.
- 12:18pm – Estate Lane resident informed of a hit and run.
- 12:48pm – Call from an automated message reports a vehicle crash at Wood End Cemetery.
- 2:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 2:19pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 2:20pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 5:17pm – Assistance rendered to parties on Washington Street seeking advice.
- 5:38pm – Pearl Street resident reports that their child left their residence and went into the Forest Glen Cemetery.
- 6:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 7:01pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:03pm – Washington Street resident requests an unwanted guest be removed from their residence.
- 7:29pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 7:39pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 8:52pm – Verbal warning issued for a lights violation on Oakland Road.
- 9:35pm – Arrest of a suspect on Washington Street after a traffic stop for OUI.
- 10:22pm – Extra checks of Reed Wax on Pleasant Street.
Tuesday, August 22, 2023
- 2:18am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:41am – Lift assist for a Main Street resident.
- 8:06am – Investigation of a two vehicle crash on Haven Street.
- 10:07am – N.Reading PD requests assistance with a vehicle stop and arrest at Franklin Street and Main Street.
- 11:07am – Traffic control for a tree company on Pennsylvania Avenue.
- 12:25pm – Report that youths are shooting a gel gun at passing cars on Avon Street.
- 1:23pm – Lost ring found on Oak Ridge Road.
- 1:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Highland Street.
- 2:30pm – Springvale Road resident reports fraudulent charges made to their bank account.
- 3:05pm – Complaint regarding construction vehicles blocking the road on Chapin Avenue.
- 3:12pm – Verbal warning issued on Salem Street.
- 3:39pm – Traffic enforcement on South Main Street.
- 3:49pm – Wires down on Lakeview Avenue.
- 4:11pm – Suspicious person heard yelling in the rear of the property on Frank Tanner Drive.
- 5:09pm – Second Floor motion alarm at Barrows Elementary School.
- 5:28pm – Suspicious person causing a disturbance at Market Basket on General Way.
- 5:36pm – High Street resident reports being pushed into a wall by another person.
- 6:11pm – Commercial alarm at Eliassen Group on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:33pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:33pm – Verbal warning issued for cell phone use on Haverhill Street.
- 7:35pm – Door alarm at Killam Elementary School.
- 7:45am – Officer attempts to serve a witness summons at a Longwood Road residence.
- 7:55pm – Officer attempts to serve a witness summons at a Berkeley Street residence.
- 8:01pm – Caller concerned regarding text messages from a family member.
- 8:24pm – Wescroft Road resident reports that a mail truck has been parked on the road for several days.
- 8:35pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 9:55pm – Caller concerned about a Facebook scam.
- 10:55pm – Commercial alarm at Bertucci’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 11:11pm – Commercial alarm at Verizon Wireless on Walkers Brook Drive.
