Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, August 23, 2023
- 1:48am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:03am – Second floor hallway alarm at Parker Middle School.
- 8:32am – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 8:48am – Youths ringing the doorbell and running off at a King Street residence.
- 12:55pm – Lift assist for a Pine Ridge Road resident.
- 1:05pm – Fire alarm activation at a Wood End Lane residence.
- 1:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Highland Street.
- 2:04pm – Unit attempts to serve a witness summons to a Longwood Road resident.
- 2:14pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 4:54pm – Minor two vehicle crash on Harnden Street. No injuries reported.
- 5:19pm – Text-a-Tip report of a dog barking in a crate in Memorial Park.
- 8:11pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Haverhill Street.
- 8:45pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Haverhill Street.
- 9:00pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:18pm – Pearl Street resident reports that power tools are being used after hours.
- 9:21pm – Verbal warning issued on Haven Street.
- 9:33pm – Extra check at Reed Wax on Pleasant Street.
- 10:20pm – Extra check of Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 10:38pm – Gleason Road resident reports that a vehicle is parked outside the home of a neighbor who is away.
- 10:53pm – Tree limb is across the road on Sherwood Road.
- 11:18pm – Verbal warning issued for a red-light violation on Ash Street.
Thursday, August 24, 2023
- 12:49am – Commercial alarm at an Ash Street business.
- 1:00am – Extra check of Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 7:36am – Mass Highway notified of a dead skunk on Main Street.
- 8:37am – Minor Vehicle crash on Woburn Street.
- 9:11am – Minor vehicle alarm at the Haverhill Street rotary.
- 12:13pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 12:40pm – Disabled vehicle on Haven Street.
- 1:44pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 1:44pm – Speed board deployment on Salem Street.
- 2:21pm – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 2:32pm – Disabled vehicle on Elliott Street.
- 6:45pm – Report of a suspicious person in a costume with a possible knife on Charles Street.
- 7:53pm – Officer provides information to Elder Services.
- 8:40pm – Wallet turned in at RPD.
- 9:05pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:15pm – Verbal warning issued for no headlights on Linden Street.
- 9:52pm – Report that the train gate on Main Street is stuck down.
- 10:05pm – Extra check of Reed Wax on Pleasant Street.
- 11:18pm – Commercial alarm at Verizon Wireless on Walkers Brook Drive.
