Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, March 16, 2026
- 6:02 AM – Commercial building check at Main Street and Shell Station; electric security check at front entrance.
- 6:05 AM – School burglar alarm at Reading Memorial High School, exterior door 33.
- 6:11 AM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street.
- 6:13 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Wakefield Street.
- 6:27 AM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue.
- 8:44 AM – Report of erratic operation involving a white van or SUV at Walkers Brook Drive at Perico dentist office.
- 10:26 AM – Accidental 911 call at Lincoln Street; officer confirmed.
- 10:29 AM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Brook Street.
- 11:24 AM – Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 12:23 PM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Wakefield Street.
- 12:45 PM – School alarm at Oakland Road at facilities department, administrative office panic alarm.
- 12:54 PM – Complaint of white pickup truck parked on sidewalk at Salem Street.
- 1:24 PM – Motor vehicle crash reported in parking lot at General Way at Market Basket.
- 1:46 PM – Attempt to serve summons at Leaning Elm Drive.
- 1:46 PM – Report of distraught female pacing at Gould Street at BM Skin Care.
- 3:14 PM – Fire department lift assist for elderly female at School Street; no injuries.
- 3:29 PM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue and Bancroft Avenue.
- 3:46 PM – Report of harassment by neighbor at Washington Street.
- 4:10 PM – Report of property damage involving neighbor at Libby Avenue.
- 4:32 PM – Motor vehicle struck while parked at Lincoln Street at depot handicap ramp.
- 5:55 PM – Accidental 911 call at Bay State Road; unit confirmed.
- 6:13 PM – Smoke alarm activation caused by cooking at John Carver Road.
- 7:03 PM – Possible sewage backup reported at Lowell Street.
- 7:16 PM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Wakefield Street.
- 7:54 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Haven Street.
- 10:20 PM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Main Street.
Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- 1:30 AM – Tree and wires down at Van Norden Road; no sparking reported.
- 1:47 AM – School burglar alarm at Oakland Road at Reading Memorial High School, door 12.
- 1:47 AM – Fire alarm transmitted at Elderberry Lane.
- 1:52 AM – Tree brought down power lines at Nichols Road.
- 1:58 AM – Carbon monoxide alarm activation at Main Street at Bunratty Tavern.
- 1:59 AM – Carbon monoxide alarm activation at Haven Street.
- 2:00 AM – Report of suspicious vehicle at Haverhill Street.
- 2:07 AM – Tree split with branches down at Main Street; possible fall risk.
- 2:47 AM – Tree hanging over roadway at Main Street.
- 2:49 AM – Commercial burglar alarm at Edgemont Avenue.
- 3:22 AM – Extra building checks at Haverhill Street.
- 3:53 AM – Transformer blown with arcing and sparking at Salem Street.
- 3:55 AM – Commercial burglar alarm at Main Street at Chase Bank.
- 4:02 AM – Fire alarm transmitted at Walkers Brook Drive at Salem Five.
- 4:05 AM – Possible elevator entrapment at Gould Street.
- 4:07 AM – Fire alarm sounding at Walkers Brook Drive at Home Depot.
- 4:10 AM – Fire alarm reported at Zachary Lane.
- 4:27 AM – Carbon monoxide alarm activation at Pearl Street.
- 4:37 AM – Carbon monoxide alarm activation at Pearl Street.
- 5:30 AM – Tree down at Eaton Street and Green Street; DPW notified.
- 5:34 AM – Tree down reported at Salem Street rotary.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Charles Street.
- 6:03 AM – Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and Howard Street.
- 6:06 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Woburn Street.
- 7:37 AM – Road closure with detours at Bancroft Avenue and Middlesex Avenue.
- 7:49 AM – Tree down behind Sanborn Lane into Elderberry Lane.
- 9:15 AM – Fire inspection failed at Heritage Drive.
- 10:38 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed at Ashley Place.
- 10:57 AM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Charles Street.
- 10:57 AM – Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and Scotland Road.
- 11:03 AM – Fire inspection passed at Carnation Circle.
- 11:09 AM – Report of irate customer at Walkers Brook Drive at Stop and Shop.
- 11:49 AM – Residential panic alarm at County Road.
- 12:00 PM – Community policing event at Pleasant Street at Senior Center.
- 12:20 PM – Fire alarm system back online at Walkers Brook Drive at TASC building.
- 1:02 PM – 911 misdial by elderly female at Border Road.
- 1:28 PM – Loose dog reported at Forest Street.
- 1:59 PM – Dog attacked by raccoon at Prescott Street; animal control notified.
- 2:31 PM – Fire alarm system back online at Archstone Circle.
- 2:56 PM – Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 3:55 PM – Motor vehicle crash involving employee vehicle at General Way at Market Basket.
- 4:06 PM – Fire department assisted resident with smoke alarm at Old Farm Road.
- 4:11 PM – Report of possible harassment involving youths at Fairview Avenue.
- 4:46 PM – Fence blown into roadway at Parkman Road.
- 5:09 PM – Non-emergency 911 call at Main Street; unit confirmed.
- 5:52 PM – Smoke alarm activation at Springvale Road; no fire.
- 7:02 PM – Two-car motor vehicle crash with no injuries at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 7:25 PM – Report of male and child walking on rotary at Haverhill Street.
- 8:30 PM – Fire alarm reported at Elderberry Lane; no fire.
- 8:41 PM – Accidental 911 call at Main Street at Artis Senior Living; unit confirmed.
- 8:54 PM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Wakefield Street.
- 9:49 PM – Smoke alarm activation at Elderberry Lane.
- 10:07 PM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue.
- 10:10 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
