Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
- 1:42 AM – Commercial alarm at Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 4:07 AM – Set of keys returned to owner at Haven Street.
- 6:01 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Green Street.
- 6:02 AM – Traffic enforcement at Forest Street.
- 6:13 AM – School alarm at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 6:31 AM – Traffic enforcement at Jacob Way.
- 7:27 AM – Information received about Winchester Sergeant conducting surveillance on Scotland Road.
- 8:10 AM – Fire Department inspection completed at Citgo on Main Street.
- 8:56 AM – Disabled vehicle at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 10:02 AM – Traffic enforcement at Forest Street and Rice Road.
- 10:42 AM – Accidental elevator button call at Wood End Elementary School on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 11:49 AM – Report of a coyote in the backyard at Gateway Circle.
- 11:51 AM – Person dumping trash in parking lot at Starbucks on Main Street.
- 12:39 PM – Fire alarm status restored at Reading Woods on Jacob Way.
- 12:55 PM – Winthrop Avenue closed from Hartshorn Street to Tower Road.
- 2:19 PM – Winthrop Avenue reopened at Lowell Street.
- 2:21 PM – Accidental 911 call at Starbucks on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:22 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 2:48 PM – Officer covering crossing guard post at Summer Avenue and Buckingham Drive.
- 3:00 PM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Main Street.
- 5:08 PM – Male in lobby reporting harassment over parking at Augustus Court.
- 5:35 PM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Franklin Street.
- 5:50 PM – Report of neighbor blowing leaves into the road at Canterbury Drive.
- 7:00 PM – Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street.
- 8:31 PM – Information: Engine 1 running out of Fire Station 2 on Woburn Street.
- 9:04 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
Thursday, October 30, 2025
- 1:38 AM – Commercial alarm at Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:19 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Killam School.
- 6:08 AM – Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street.
- 6:10 AM – Traffic enforcement at West Street and Selfridge Road.
- 6:59 AM – Complaint application filed following a motor vehicle stop at Salem Street and Main Street.
- 8:45 AM – By-law violation issued at Lowell Street for unregistered and uninsured disassembled motor vehicle.
- 9:16 AM – Traffic enforcement at Vine Street and High Street.
- 9:44 AM – Attempt to serve LTC suspension at Lincoln Street.
- 9:45 AM – Residential CO alarm activation at Arcadia Avenue.
- 9:47 AM – Follow-up visit at The Paper Store on Walkers Brook Drive regarding prior shoplifting case.
- 10:04 AM – Large truck blocking intersection at Locust Street and Main Street.
- 10:37 AM – Open line 911 call at Parker Middle School on Temple Street.
- 11:08 AM – Report of lost brown leather wallet at Chequessett Road.
- 11:29 AM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 1:02 PM – American Express Platinum card found at Cumberland Farms gas station on Salem Street and turned in.
- 2:16 PM – Traffic enforcement at Sunset Rock Lane and Franklin Street.
- 2:29 PM – Transformer box doors open on pole at Copeland Avenue; utility company notified.
- 2:42 PM – Crossing guard unable to cover post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 2:52 PM – Report of malfunctioning railroad gates on Willow Street.
- 3:49 PM – Traffic lights not cycling properly at Franklin Street and Main Street; North Reading notified.
- 4:05 PM – Open line 911 call at Bancroft Avenue.
- 4:33 PM – Fire alarm activation at Family Dental Associates on Main Street; alarm transmitted by company.
- 5:28 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 5:37 PM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Franklin Street.
- 6:06 PM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue and High Street.
- 6:08 PM – Commercial alarm at Archstone Circle Community Center.
- 7:43 PM – Confirmed accidental 911 call at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:13 PM – Report of sparks from telephone pole at Cumberland Farms gas station on Salem Street.
- 11:21 PM – CO alarm activation at Forest Street.
