Reading Police Log August 30-31, 2023

Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Policy and Fire log:

Wednesday, August 30, 2023

  • 5:56am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 7:10am – Officers assisting with the first day of school crossing posts.
  • 7:15am – Investigation of a vehicle that was struck while parked on Summer Avenue.
  • 7:44am – Speedboard deployment on Main Street.
  • 8:05am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Salem Street.
  • 8:51am – MBTA notified that the train gates on Woburn Street were raised too early.
  • 8:53am – Report that a set of keys were lost at Dandilyons on Main Street.
  • 10:04am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 12:52pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 1:22pm – Person seeks directions to Salem.
  • 3:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Highland Street.
  • 4:49pm – Vehicle lockout at Market Basket on General Way.
  • 5:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road.
  • 6:22pm – Disabled vehicle on Lowell Street.
  • 7:21pm – Ongoing noise complaint on Taylor Drive.
  • 8:27pm – NRFD reports a disabled vehicle on Franklin Street.
  • 9:34pm – Unknown alarm sounding in a Frank Tanner Drive building.
  • 9:48pm – Report that a person is yelling loudly on Main Street.
  • 11:08pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.

Thursday, August 31, 2023

  • 12:58am – Extra check of Birch Meadow Elementary School.
  • 5:31am – Exterior door alarm at RMHS.
  • 5:32am – Commercial alarm at the Shell Station on Main Street.
  • 5:58am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 7:25am – Officers assisting with school traffic and crossing posts.
  • 7:48am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Oakland Road.
  • 8:25am – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Mineral Street.
  • 8:50am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Pleasant Street.
  • 9:03am – Fire drill at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
  • 9:11am – Parking complaint at Caffe Nero on Main Street.
  • 9:19am – Fire drill at Coolidge Middle School.
  • 11:09am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 11:11am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 11:23am – Lift assist for a Washington Street resident.
  • 11:24am – Haverhill Street resident reports identity fraud.
  • 12:54pm – Investigation of a vehicle that crashed into a building at the Shell Station on Main Street.
  • 1:07pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Pleasant Street.
  • 1:25pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
  • 3:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 3:23pm – Traffic enforcement on Brook Street.
  • 5:15pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 5:36pm – Eaton Street resident reports a fraud attempt via a hacked computer.
  • 5:48pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 6:02pm – Debit card found at Northern Bank on Main Street.
  • 6:07pm – Officers assist Andover PD with an arrest at a Woodland Street residence.
  • 6:13pm – Report of paving equipment left in the road on Wakefield Street.
  • 6:37pm – Medical panic alarm at the Archstone Circle Community Center.
  • 7:19pm – Request for a welfare check at a Main Street residence.
  • 7:30pm – Main Street resident reports a Facebook Market scam.
  • 8:23pm – Extra check of Reed Wax on Pleasant Street.
  • 9:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Wescroft Road.
  • 10:19pm – Report of a suspicious vehicle parked at Reed Wax on Pleasant Street.
  • 10:36pm – Home lockout on Abigail Way.
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