Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, December 23, 2024
- 12:36am – Extra check of an Avalon Road residence.
- 6:08am – Verbal warning for failure to illuminate issued on Salem Street.
- 8:39am – Two-vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 8:58am – Lift assist for a Gazebo Circle resident.
- 9:17am – Ordway Terrace resident reports harassment regarding the sale of their home.
- 10:36am – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 11:17am – Report that a vehicle was struck in the Stop and Shop parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:01pm – Assistance rendered to a wheelchair-bound person stuck on the ice on Haven Street.
- 12:48pm – Low-hanging wires on Lenetta Lane.
- 1:15pm – Investigation of a vehicle that was struck while parked at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:40pm – Complaint regarding multiple vehicles parked in handicap spaces at Dunkin Donuts on Salem Street.
- 2:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
- 2:38pm – Suspicious person is walking down Woburn Street yelling profanities.
- 2:48pm – Smoke detector activation in a Beaver Road residence.
- 3:11pm – Person attempting to fight with staff at a Haverhill Street group home.
- 3:54pm – Forest Street resident reports fraudulent charges to account.
- 4:21pm – Small fire reported on the train tracks on Bolton Street.
- 4:35pm – Supervisory fire alarm at RISE 475 on Main Street.
- 4:41pm – Lift assist for a Berkeley Street resident.
- 5:23pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Salem Street.
- 8:07pm – Report of an oven fire in a Hartshorn Street residence.
- 11:57pm – Commercial alarm at a Taylor Street building.
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
- 7:08am – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
- 8:26am – Crossing gates stuck down on Main Street.
- 9:48am – Field House door alarm at RMHS.
- 11:02am – Verbal warning issued for an unsafe lane change on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 11:50am – Disabled vehicle on Salem Street.
- 1:02pm – Traffic enforcement on Thorndike Street.
- 1:42pm – Complaint regarding vehicle speed on Salem Street.
- 1:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 2:17pm – West Street resident reports harassment.
- 2:28pm – Fire alarm activation in an Augustus Court residence.
- 2:29pm – Report of suspicious persons at the Maillet Conservation area.
- 2:51pm – Fire alarm activation in an Annette Lane residence.
- 3:25pm – Extra check of an Avalon Road residence.
- 3:58pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Mt. Vernon Street.
- 3:58pm – Belmont Street resident reports that an Amazon driver stole a package from the stairs.
- 5:01pm – Railroad crossing arms malfunctioning on Ash Street.
- 5:25pm – Commercial alarm at Bagel World on Main Street.
- 9:14pm – Indoor odor of gas reported on Green Street.
- 11:41pm – Collins Street resident reports a burst pipe.
