Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- 4:18 AM – Resident reported a fire alarm on Johnson Woods Drive; no smoke or fire.
- 5:42 AM – Commercial burglar alarm activated at LongHorn Steakhouse on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:07 AM – Traffic enforcement on Edgemont Avenue and West Street.
- 6:12 AM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 6:20 AM – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue and Oak Street.
- 6:51 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 7:47 AM – Deceased rabbit reported in the road on Charles Street and Dana Road.
- 7:54 AM – Fire Department street box received at Coolidge Middle School on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:21 AM – Fire alarm box 5521 at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive reported offline.
- 8:28 AM – Fire alarm box 5522 at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive reported offline.
- 9:31 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 10:10 AM – Accidental 911 call by a small child on Pearl Street; officer responded to confirm.
- 11:09 AM – Motor vehicle crash in the YMCA parking lot on Arthur B. Lord Drive; no injuries reported.
- 11:11 AM – Fire alarm box 5521 at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive back online.
- 11:17 AM – Fire alarm box 5522 at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive back online.
- 11:38 AM – Fire alarm activation at Dollar Tree on Harnden Street.
- 11:39 AM – No-parking sign down on Haven Street, making the street impassable.
- 11:45 AM – Road closed for paving on John Street and Pleasant/Salem streets; detours in place.
- 1:10 PM – Elderly male fell off a toilet and needed assistance getting up on Fremont Street.
- 1:37 PM – Accidental 911 call from Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive; caller was getting into a car.
- 2:18 PM – MHC conducted a home visit on Archstone Circle.
- 3:03 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 3:15 PM – Male wanted to file a motor vehicle complaint on Lowell Street.
- 3:27 PM – Two-car motor vehicle crash with airbag deployment on Summer Avenue and Main Street; injuries unknown.
- 3:48 PM – Report of a suspicious male in the area of Main Street and Washington Street.
- 4:54 PM – Possible abandoned moped chained to a street sign on Woburn Street and Lowell Street.
- 5:00 PM – Female reported her vehicle was struck the previous night at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 5:39 PM – Central alarm activation for a first-floor burglar alarm on Main Street.
- 6:20 PM – Complaint application filed as a result of a motor vehicle stop on Elliot Street and Washington Street.
- 6:51 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Oakland Road.
- 7:44 PM – Fire Department responded to a reported odor of gas on Sanborn Lane.
- 8:13 PM – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue and Willow Street.
- 8:38 PM – Parking complaint involving a Corvette parked in a handicapped spot at Market Basket on General Way.
- 11:15 PM – Open-line 911 call transferred from Wilmington at Reading Health and Rehabilitation on Main Street.
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- 3:44 AM – 85-year-old female fallen with no injuries; lift assist provided on Charles Street.
- 5:21 AM – Report of downed wires with no arcing or sparking on King Street and Berkeley Street.
- 6:26 AM – Traffic enforcement at Joshua Eaton Elementary School on Summer Avenue.
- 7:48 AM – Accidental 911 call from Austin Preparatory School on Willow Street; unit confirmed.
- 8:11 AM – Ring alarm activation for office and bedroom smoke alarms on John Carver Road.
- 8:15 AM – Fire alarm box 5614 at RMLD on Ash Street identified as a street box only.
- 8:23 AM – Fire alarm box 5531 at Trader Joe’s on Walkers Brook Drive identified as a street box for testing.
- 8:40 AM – Fire drill conducted at Austin Preparatory School on Willow Street.
- 9:12 AM – Resident reported rocks and debris hitting a house from construction next door on Main Street.
- 9:17 AM – Lewis Street closed near Wentworth Road; access remained possible.
- 9:30 AM – Fire alarm box 5613 at RMLD on Ash Street back online as the master.
- 10:14 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 10:54 AM – Resident complaint regarding new construction on Duck Road.
- 11:36 AM – Accidental 911 call from a building on Augustus Court; unit responded to confirm.
- 12:09 PM – Complaint application filed as a result of a motor vehicle stop on Haverhill Street and Symonds Way.
- 1:02 PM – Lewis Street reopened near Wentworth Road.
- 1:13 PM – Stoneham Police requested that Reading Police retrieve ammunition found following a collision on Minot Street.
- 1:19 PM – Fire drill conducted at Parker Middle School on Temple Street.
- 2:21 PM – Accidental 911 call from Ace Flats on Gould Street; unit responded to confirm.
- 2:22 PM – Fire alarm box 5531 at Trader Joe’s on Walkers Brook Drive restored as the master.
- 2:44 PM – Female reported a motor vehicle parked in a no-parking zone on Charles Street.
- 2:46 PM – Abandoned 911 call on Azalea Circle; unit checked the area.
- 2:51 PM – Open-line 911 call at Liquor Junction on General Way; caller had left the area.
- 3:11 PM – Accidental 911 call at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road; unit confirmed.
- 4:00 PM – Work vehicle struck another vehicle at Citgo on Main Street; the other vehicle left the scene.
- 4:17 PM – Set of keys found on the sidewalk on Pleasant Street and Middle Street.
- 4:42 PM – Person walked into the station reporting a CO alarm activation on Orange Street.
- 6:20 PM – Attempted telephone fraud using a family member’s information reported on Arrow Circle.
- 7:03 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street.
- 8:15 PM – Loud music reported in the area of the basketball court at Morton Field.
- 8:56 PM – Traffic enforcement at Killam School on Charles Street.
- 9:19 PM – Notice of vehicle repossession received on Pierce Street.
- 9:20 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Salem Street.
- 9:22 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and South Street.
