READING, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, January 31, 2024
- 12:31am – Caller reports that a person is at a Prescott Street construction site.
- 2:39am – Extra check of a Hopkins Street residence.
- 5:36am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 8:29am – Unit reports that a large pothole is forming on Main Street.
- 8:32am – Dog running loose on Weston Road.
- 8:33am – Archstone Circle resident reports possible stolen packages.
- 9:05am – Traffic lights not cycling properly on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:09am – Extra check of a Hopkins Street residence.
- 10:00am – Pilgrim Road resident reports losing $4,550 in a PayPal scam.
- 11:25am – Disabled vehicle on Pratt Street.
- 12:12pm – Baldwin Lane resident reports being a victim of a phone scam for $24,000.
- 12:16pm – Crossing guard calling out sick.
- 12:56pm – Pine Ridge Road resident reports receiving threatening emails.
- 2:46pm – Unit covering a crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:46pm – Unit covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 3:00pm – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road.
- 3:04pm – Cardboard boxes in the road on West Street.
- 5:15pm – Charles Street resident reports receiving inappropriate texts.
- 5:56pm – Officers making contact with a Main Street resident regarding a hit and run in Woburn.
- 6:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Weston Road.
- 6:52pm – Unit noticed a contractor working in the road on Charles Street.
- 9:33pm – Suspicious person is sleeping in the vestibule of Eastern Bank on Haven Street.
- 10:13pm – Report that a person is walking in the road on Salem Street.
- 10:38pm – Collins Avenue resident reports that a suspicious vehicle has been idling with its lights on for a long time.
- 10:48pm – All-night parking exception granted on Marla Lane.
- 11:24pm – Lift assist for a Prescott Street resident.
- 11:55pm – Second floor alarm at Barrows Elementary School.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
- 12:11am – Lift assist for a Woburn Street resident.
- 5:49am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 7:28am – Traffic lights at Forest Glen Road and Main Street are not cycling properly.
- 8:02am – Vehicle stopped by a cruiser on Linden Street.
- 8:05am – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 11:03am – Extra check of a Hopkins Street residence.
- 11:48am – Oven fire at a Pearl Street residence.
- 12:01pm – North Reading PD seeking a vehicle involved in a hit and run.
- 12:11pm – Officers attempt to serve a warrant to a Franklin Street resident.
- 1:25pm – Dog loose in traffic on Rustic Lane.
- 2:32pm – Guard unable to cover crossing post at Temple Street and Woburn Street.
- 2:50pm – Complaint regarding vehicles parked in the wrong direction on Dividence Road.
- 3:22pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 3:45pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle stopping short on purpose on Rocky Road.
- 3:50pm – Rustic Lane resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 4:14pm – Outdoor odor of gas reported on Main Street.
- 6:23pm – Traffic enforcement on Curtis Street.
- 6:49pm – Opossum stuck in the road on Village Street.
- 6:55pm – Augustus Court resident reports concern regarding a possible solicitor.
- 7:03pm – Complaint regarding several vehicles not parked in spots on Main Street.
- 7:14pm – Traffic enforcement on Green Street.
- 8:26pm – Gould Street resident reports a missing dog.
- 8:39pm – Unit out with a disabled vehicle on Walkers Brook Drive.
