Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, October 16, 2023
- 6:24am – Crossing guard at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street out sick.
- 7:24am – Commercial alarm at Whitelam Books on Main Street.
- 7:50am – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 8:57am – Report of a suspicious person on Mill Street.
- 10:30am – Disable vehicle on Main Street.
- 11:43am – Report that a vehicle backed into another vehicle on Main Street.
- 1:06pm – Report of an injured rabbit on Ash Street.
- 2:14pm – Extra check for gathering youths at CVS on Main Street.
- 2:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Harrison Street.
- 2:39pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 2:42pm – Speedboard deployment on Woburn Street.
- 2:43pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 3:33pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on the Salem Street side of the rotary.
- 4:56pm – Attempt to serve a warrant to a Border Street residence.
- 5:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:08pm – Traffic enforcement on Green Street.
- 6:55pm – First floor smoke alarm at a Pearl Street residence.
- 7:08pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:22pm – Report that past sexual acts were performed at a massage parlor.
- 8:23pm- Complaint regarding a vehicle that struck the curb and pulled into the Cumberland Farms on Salem Street.
- 9:39pm – Main Street resident reports unauthorized charges on their credit card.
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
- 1:07am – Arrest of a suspect on Main Street for OUI as the result of a vehicle crash.
- 8:33am – Officer reports a minor vehicle crash involving a fire engine on Woburn Street.
- 9:42am – Minor vehicle crash on Main Street. No injuries reported.
- 10:23am – Report that a scooter is driving erratically on the Haverhill Street side of the rotary.
- 12:13pm – Fire alarm at First Congregational Church on Woburn Street.
- 12:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Causeway Road.
- 12:31pm – Report of a deceased deer on Main Street.
- 1:02pm – Crossing guard unable to cover their post at Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street.
- 1:54pm – Investigation of a power outage on Abigail Way.
- 1:59pm – Follow-up visit at a Main Street residence.
- 3:22pm – Vehicle repossession on Plymouth Road.
- 5:16pm – Gleason Road resident reports a stolen package.
- 5:35pm – Complaint regarding vehicles parked on the road impeding traffic on Green Street.
- 6:30pm – RAD class at Coolidge Middle School.
- 6:55pm – Possible gas leak on Mineral Street.
- 8:08pm – Augustus Court resident reports a malfunctioning smoke alarm.
- 9:40pm – Caller requests assistance getting home.
