READING, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, December 20, 2023
- 1:50am- Unit checks on a suspicious vehicle with its lights on at the Honda dealership on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:01am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 8:02am – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 9:38am – DPW notified of a stop sign down at Percy Avenue and Main Street.
- 9:45am – Complaint regarding construction on Pearl Street.
- 9:51am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash at the Salem Street rotary. No injuries reported.
- 10:30am – All-night parking exception granted on Chequessett Road.
- 12:08pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle blocking a driveway on Pleasant Street.
- 12:15pm – Minor two-vehicle crash on Haven Street. No injuries reported.
- 1:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 1:22pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 1:24pm – Smoke coming from an electrical outlet in a Franklin Street residence.
- 1:44pm – Verbal warning issued for speed on South Street.
- 1:51pm – Vehicle backed into a parked vehicle and left at Market Basket on General Way.
- 2:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 3:48pm – Traffic enforcement on Eaton Street.
- 5:07pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:43pm – All-night parking exception granted on Puritan Road.
- 6:29pm – Report of a previous hit and run on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:22pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on West Street.
- 7:49pm – Assistance rendered to a Van Norden Road resident.
- 9:50pm – Grove Street resident reports receiving threats.
- 9:57pm – All-night parking exception granted on Gavin Circle.
- 10:14pm – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
- 11:46pm – Vehicle repossession at a Salem Street residence.
Thursday, December 21, 2023
- 6:07am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 8:48am – Attempt to serve a warrant at a Middle Street residence.
- 9:01am – Follow-up visit with the Honda dealership on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:40am – Summer Avenue resident complaint regarding a vehicle with its blinkers on for half an hour.
- 9:44am – Summons issued for unlicensed operation on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:41am – Abington PD requests contact with a Clover Circle resident.
- 10:52am – Wire down on John Street.
- 11:55am – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 12:01pm – Report of a hit and run on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:57pm – Audible alarm sounding at a Johnson Woods Drive residence.
- 1:08pm – Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive reports stolen health and beauty products.
- 1:33pm – Traffic control on Main Street.
- 4:31pm – Officer recovered property on Abigail Way.
- 5:21pm – Caller reports a hit and run on Haven Street.
- 6:16pm – All-night parking exception granted on Puritan Road.
- 6:48pm – Shell Station on Walkers Brook Drive reports that a vehicle will be parked with permission for a couple of nights.
- 7:05pm – CO detector activation at a Duck Road residence.
- 7:44pm – Grove Street resident provides information regarding an ongoing case.
- 8:01pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:48pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 9:07pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 11:02pm – Echo Avenue resident reports fraud.
