Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, September 8, 2023
- 1:00am – Extra checks of a Longview Road residence.
- 4:31am – Commercial alarm at Anthony’s Roast Beef on Main Street.
- 5:55am – Lift assist for a Haven Street resident.
- 9:27am – Palmer Hill Road resident reports damage to their lawn and stone wall.
- 9:38am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 1:31pm – Arcadia Avenue resident reports identity fraud.
- 2:08pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 2:34pm – Lift assist for a Davis Lane resident.
- 2:37pm – Traffic enforcement on Temple Street.
- 2:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:51pm – Tree down with wires on Vine Street.
- 2:54pm – Tree down on Glenmere Circle.
- 2:56PM – Tree down on Mark Avenue.
- 2:59pm – Tree down with wires at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 3:00pm – Tree down on Main Street.
- 3:00pm – Tree down on Haverhill Street.
- 3:04pm – Tree down with wires on Line Road.
- 3:05pm – Tree branches in the road on West Street.
- 3:15pm – Large limb resting on the wires on Pratt Street.
- 3:21pm – Avalon Road resident reports a tree down on a neighbor’s shed.
- 3:23pm – Tree limb resting on the wires on Auburn Street.
- 3:30pm – Tree down resting on wires on Hillcrest Road.
- 3:37pm – Tree down not blocking the road on Chestnut Road.
- 3:39pm – Tree limbs down on Main Street.
- 3:40pm – Bond Street residents report that a conservation tree is down on their shed.
- 3:40pm – Tree down damaging a fence on Kelch Road.
- 3:47PM – Tree down on a vehicle on Elm Street.
- 4:04pm – Large tree down onto a house on Walnut Street.
- 4:21pm – Wires down on Parkview Road.
- 4:21pm – Tree on a wire on Hillcrest Avenue.
- 4:30pm – Pedestrian was struck by a vehicle on Main Street.
- 4:55pm – Light not changing on the Salem Street side at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 5:34pm – Report of a small hanging wire on Charles Street.
- 6:30pm – Vehicle repossession at a Main Street gas station.
- 6:48pm – Unit attempts to serve an immediate threat at a Haven Street residence.
- 6:57pm – Vehicle smoking in the parking lot at the Citgo Station on Main Street.
- 8:26pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 9:03pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 9:27pm – Officer standing by for debris clearing on Haverhill Street.
- 9:59pm – Youths causing a disturbance at McDonalds on Main Street.
- 10:53pm – Village Street resident reports that a suspicious person is on the porch.
Saturday, September 9, 2023
- 12:35am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 1:16am – Smoke alarm activation at a Martin Road residence.
- 1:47am – Unit found a radar gun on the road on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:49am – Report that a dog is running loose on West Street.
- 9:17am – Charles Street resident found a bicycle in the front yard.
- 9:51am – Door alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 10:32am – Echo Avenue resident reports that there are remnants of a tree limb on the wires.
- 10:35am – Complaint regarding vehicles parked on the sidewalk on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 11:39pm – Minor vehicle crash in the McDonalds parking lot on Main Street.
- 2:25pm – Road rage incident pulled into the parking lot at Dandilyons on Main Street.
- 2:53pm – Unit out with a disabled vehicle on Highland Avenue.
- 3:15pm – Former resident is outside yelling at the Lowell House on Middlesex Avenue.
- 3:55pm – Main Street resident complaint regarding a vehicle parked in an assigned spot.
- 3:36pm – Tree branch on the wires on Temple Street.
- 4:41pm – Investigation of a two vehicle crash in the Staples parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive. No injuries reported.
- 5:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Prescott Street.
- 6:21pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:27pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in a handicapped spot without a placard on Main Street.
Sunday, September 10, 2023
- 12:55am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 1:39am – Mass State Police requests assistance with a disabled vehicle on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:00am – Unit reports a skunk with a McDonalds cup stuck on its head.
- 6:46am – Selfridge Road resident reports a possible water main break.
- 7:37am – Fire alarm activation at an Ash Street building.
- 8:23am – Exterior door alarm at RMHS.
- 9:06am – Stone Well Road resident reports a sick or injured raccoon in the yard.
- 9:13am – Ash Street residents seek assistance getting past road closures.
- 9:37am – Exterior door alarm at RMHS.
- 9:49am – Disabled vehicle on West Street.
- 9:57am – Causeway Road resident reports hearing gunshots during the night.
- 10:26am – Large tree limb down on Emerson Street.
- 10:36am – General intrusion alarm at RMHS.
- 11:47am – Large tree branch on the side of the road on Parkview Road.
- 11:54am – Lights flashing yellow in all directions at New Crossing Road and Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:51pm – Minor two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive. No injuries reported.
- 3:40pm – Tree down on Summer Avenue.
- 4:21pm – Main Street resident reports water flowing through the front door.
- 4:33pm – Hopkins Street resident reports flooding from a blocked drain.
- 4:50pm – Report of flooding on Granger Avenue.
- 4:52pm – Report of flooding on Summer Avenue.
- 5:13pm – Common issue with flooding on Main Street.
- 5:27pm – Killam Elementary School parking lot flooded.
- 7:06pm – Report of a dog locked inside a vehicle at Home Goods on Main Street.
- 8:16pm – Hydrant cap left off a hydrant on Selfridge Road.
- 9:08pm – Worker at the Mandarin Restaurant on Salem Street is concerned about a possibly drunk person leaving the business.
- 10:20pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
