Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, October 10, 2025
- 1:28 AM – Accidental 911 call confirmed with caller at Archstone Circle.
- 2:47 AM – Additional information added to prior case at Fairchild Drive.
- 5:21 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Killam School.
- 6:17 AM – Traffic enforcement at Green Street and Main Street.
- 6:23 AM – Traffic enforcement at Jacob Way.
- 7:02 AM – Road closed at Prescott Street and Lincoln Street; access possible.
- 7:23 AM – Fire alarm box 1215 offline as a master at Main Street and Chase Bank.
- 7:55 AM – Abandoned 911 call checked at Pratt Street residence.
- 9:26 AM – Glen Road at Summer Avenue closed; emergency access through Hancock Street.
- 10:22 AM – Female reported credit card fraud with monetary loss at Abigail Way.
- 10:35 AM – Fire alarm beeping; assistance provided at Minot Street.
- 11:09 AM – Caller reported a lost orange cat in backyard at Frank Tanner Drive.
- 12:11 PM – Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street.
- 12:18 PM – Male reported civil business disagreement at Summit Drive.
- 12:50 PM – Traffic enforcement at Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 1:18 PM – Commercial CO alarm at Haven Street.
- 1:52 PM – Injured squirrel reported on sidewalk at Frank Tanner Drive near Reading Housing.
- 1:54 PM – Pool water reported being pumped into street at Blueberry Lane and Franklin Street.
- 2:24 PM – Officer covered crossing guard post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 2:58 PM – Traffic enforcement at Jacob Way.
- 2:59 PM – Dog bitten by coyote reported at Van Norden Road; ACO notified.
- 3:22 PM – Youths refusing to leave premises at McDonald’s on Main Street.
- 4:15 PM – Report of a hit-and-run with no injuries at General Way near Market Basket.
- 5:04 PM – Resident reported bubbling from toilets at Balsam Road.
- 5:22 PM – Open cellphone 911 call at Walkers Brook Drive near Home Depot; unable to leave voicemail.
- 5:37 PM – Complaint application filed following a traffic stop at Main Street and Washington Street.
- 7:26 PM – Traffic enforcement at Forest Street.
- 7:37 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 9:46 PM – Officer assisted female unable to locate her vehicle at Haven Street and Main Street.
- 10:12 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 10:42 PM – Commercial alarm activated at Spirit Halloween, General Way.
- 10:54 PM – Female requested assistance with ATM at Santander Bank, Main Street.
- 11:20 PM – Officer checked on suspicious, occupied vehicle at Santander Bank, Main Street.
- 11:36 PM – Homeowner requested residential building check at Hillcrest Road.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
- 12:28 AM – Alarm activation at Reading Memorial High School.
- 4:35 AM – Suspicious vehicle parked on Main Street.
- 5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Franklin Street.
- 5:59 AM – Traffic enforcement at High Street and Lowell Street.
- 6:14 AM – Traffic enforcement at Abigail Way and Jacob Way.
- 8:21 AM – Verbal warning issued for failure to pull over for emergency vehicle at Lowell Street and Middlesex Avenue.
- 10:14 AM – Pickup truck parked across the trail entrance at Sunset Rock Lane near Wood End Elementary.
- 10:42 AM – Injured squirrel reported in yard at Larch Lane.
- 10:51 AM – Propane inspection completed and passed at Gleason Road.
- 10:52 AM – Lift assist provided for 70-year-old male at Walnut Street.
- 11:23 AM – Traffic enforcement at Sunset Rock Lane.
- 11:53 AM – Large injured deer reported behind residence at Greenwood Road.
- 12:00 PM – Caller reported previous minor motor vehicle crash at Line Road.
- 12:33 PM – Traffic enforcement at High Street.
- 1:19 PM – Alarm activation at Reading Memorial High School.
- 1:32 PM – Minor two-car crash with no injuries at Forest Glen Road and Main Street.
- 2:46 PM – Firefighter assigned to detail at Beer Garden from RFD Headquarters.
- 2:46 PM – Alarm activation at Wood End Elementary School, door 10 motion.
- 3:32 PM – Male in lobby for follow-up on prior case at Summit Drive.
- 4:15 PM – Injured bird impeding traffic at Sanborn Street and Haven Street.
- 5:51 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 6:00 PM – Ongoing neighbor dispute reported at Linnea Lane.
- 7:38 PM – Youths reported pouring gas and lighting it on the street at Vine Street; no active fire.
- 9:07 PM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Killam School.
- 9:32 PM – Male in lobby for follow-up on prior case at Summit Drive.
- 9:58 PM – Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street.
Sunday, October 12, 2025
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street.
- 6:38 AM – Manhole cover reported ajar in the parking lot at Market Basket on General Way.
- 6:40 AM – Traffic enforcement at Abigail Way and Jacob Way.
- 6:49 AM – Traffic enforcement at High Street.
- 7:39 AM – Billerica Police requested an orange card be left at Lincoln Street.
- 8:30 AM – Concession stand door found open at Hunt Memorial Field on Pleasant Street.
- 10:21 AM – Deceased raccoon reported in the roadway at Lowell Street and Plymouth Road.
- 10:42 AM – Blue sedan double-parked and blocking a lane at Main Street near Half and Half.
- 10:53 AM – Traffic enforcement at Haven Street and High Street.
- 11:29 AM – Pickup truck blocking crosswalk at Market Basket on General Way.
- 12:13 PM – Traffic enforcement at Abigail Way and Jacob Way.
- 12:26 PM – Commercial alarm at the library on Middlesex Avenue, door #200.
- 1:25 PM – Fire Department assisted a 97-year-old woman who had fallen at Bay State Road; no injuries reported.
- 2:19 PM – Residential alarm on Colburn Road, upstairs motion detected.
- 2:33 PM – Traffic enforcement at Forest Street.
- 2:45 PM – Accidental 911 call confirmed from Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 3:35 PM – Report of children locked in a car at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive; situation resolved.
- 4:01 PM – Resident reported stolen license plates at Pinevale Avenue.
- 4:05 PM – 911 hang-up from Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive; voicemail on callback.
- 7:10 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 7:17 PM – School alarm on Birch Meadow Drive, door 206 motion.
- 7:21 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 7:45 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 8:03 PM – Traffic enforcement at High Street.
- 8:08 PM – Resident reported finding a bag of rat poison on the sidewalk at Deborah Drive.
- 8:15 PM – Report of erratic operation at Washington Street and Main Street.
- 9:02 PM – School alarm at modular building door M-2 on Oakland Road.
- 11:48 PM – Report of a suspicious Jeep in a driveway at Pearl Street; operator possibly intoxicated.
