Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, September 22, 2023
- 12:45am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:20am – Employee locked out of the Mobil on the Run on Main Street.
- 7:03am – Report of a small mulch fire on Main Street.
- 7:43am – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 7:58am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Woburn Street.
- 8:05am – Text-a-Tip report of a dumpster taking up a lane of traffic on Orange Street.
- 8:57am – Old Mill Lane resident reports hearing fireworks in the area.
- 9:10am – Crossing guard reports an ongoing issue at Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 9:41am – Complaint regarding a landscaping tractor creating a hazard on Pearl Street.
- 10:15am – Officer standing by for DPW on Coakley Way.
- 10:22am – Report that a vehicle was struck while parked on Hopkins Street.
- 10:41am – Extra check of RMHS.
- 11:01am – Main Street resident reports a missing cat.
- 11:31am – Green Street resident reports a check scam.
- 2:28pm – DPW notified of a box of screws in the road on Woburn Street.
- 2:31pm – Smoke reported on Libby Avenue.
- 5:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Harnden Street.
- 5:32am – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Wakefield Street.
- 7:17pm – Roaming traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 7:35pm – Verbal warning issued on West Street.
- 8:28pm – Chapin Avenue resident reports two suspicious persons.
- 9:28pm – Caller reports cars meeting in the parking lot at Jordan’s Furniture.
- 10:51pm – Text-a-Tip report that youths are gathering at Meadowbrook Golf Club on Grove Street.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
- 3:31am – Commercial alarm at the Archstone Circle Community Center.
- 4:41am – Commercial alarm at Public Kitchen on Main Street.
- 5:46am – Haven Street resident requests medical assistance.
- 8:45am – Report that decorations were taken from a Main Street building.
- 8:49am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 12:25pm – Investigation of a vehicle that backed into a parking sign on Haven Street.
- 2:56pm – Report of credit card fraud at CVS on Main Street.
- 3:05pm – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 3:45pm – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 3:46pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 3:10pm – Extra check of Walgreen’s on Bolton Street.
- 5:51pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:11pm – Erratic vehicle operation on West Street.
- 8:05pm – Gould Street resident reports being harassed.
- 8:39pm – Report that youths are hanging out in the parking lot at REI Sporting Goods on Salem Street.
- 9:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 11:08pm – Verbal warning issued on Symonds Way.
Sunday, September 24, 2023
- 3:43am – Lift assist for an Archstone Circle resident.
- 9:08am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 11:44am – Fire alarm activation at a Main Street building.
- 3:50pm – Report that two youths are going in and out of the Rite Aid Pharmacy building on Haven Street.
- 3:53pm – Gould Street resident reports that a vehicle was parked in an assigned parking space.
- 4:20pm – Gould Street resident reports feeling threatened by a neighbor.
- 4:41pm – Lift assist for a Grant Street resident.
- 4:41pm – Investigation of a fire alarm call from a Fairchild Drive residence.
- 5:42pm – Courtyard door alarm at Killam Elementary School.
- 11:16pm – Lift assist for an Elderberry Lane resident.
