Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, December 12, 2025
- 12:42 AM – School alarm activated at Reading Memorial High School, main front door, at Oakland Road.
- 1:10 AM – Disturbance reported for a noise complaint between neighbors at Taylor Drive.
- 4:00 AM – Commercial alarm activated at a gas station on Main Street, front door motion, with no keyholder responding.
- 5:20 AM – Crossing guard reported unable to cover morning and afternoon posts at Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 6:03 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Summer Avenue and Oak Street.
- 6:04 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 6:07 AM – Disabled motor vehicle located on Washington Street.
- 6:12 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Charles Street near Charleslawn Cemetery.
- 7:12 AM – Department of Public Works and Reading Municipal Light Department notified of an open box on a telephone pole at Ash Street and Main Street.
- 7:21 AM – Road closure with detours reported at Bancroft Avenue and Mount Vernon Street, with emergency access possible.
- 7:48 AM – Officer assigned to cover a crossing post at Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 9:54 AM – Abandoned motor vehicle checked at Lowell Street and Grand Street.
- 10:05 AM – Minor motor vehicle crash investigated in a parking lot on Main Street, with no injuries reported.
- 12:09 PM – Commercial alarm activated on the second floor of the library on Middlesex Avenue.
- 2:11 PM – Fire Department conducted an inspection at a dry cleaning business on High Street.
- 2:43 PM – Fire alarm box reported offline at a business on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:03 PM – Fire Department transmitted a box alarm for a general fire alarm activation at a condominium complex on Sanborn Street.
- 5:15 PM – Suspicious activity reported involving youths knocking on windows and doors on Cross Street.
- 5:16 PM – Motor vehicle reported parked illegally in a fire lane on Frank Tanner Drive.
- 5:25 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Woburn Street.
- 5:30 PM – Fire Department transmitted a box alarm for an indoor odor of gas on Main Street.
- 6:22 PM – Accidental 911 call received from a smartwatch on Winter Street.
- 6:30 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Minot Street.
- 6:34 PM – Complaint application filed following a motor vehicle stop at Main Street.
- 6:54 PM – Fire Department responded to a first-floor smoke alarm activation on California Road.
- 7:48 PM – Accidental 911 hang-up reported from an uninitialized phone on General Way.
- 8:48 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Forest Street and Bethune Avenue.
- 9:09 PM – Fire Department transmitted a box alarm for an indoor odor of gas on Strawberry Hill Lane.
- 11:25 PM – Disabled motor vehicle reported at Main Street and Irving Street.
Saturday, December 13, 2025
- 2:08 AM – Commercial burglar alarm activated at a business on Pond Meadow Drive.
- 4:04 AM – Motor vehicle repossession notice received via fax for an address on Gazebo Circle.
- 6:15 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Charles Street and Main Street.
- 6:20 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Ash Street and Cross Street.
- 6:57 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Woburn Street.
- 9:01 AM – Fire Department responded to an elevator entrapment following a direct call on Main Street, with no emergency medical services needed.
- 10:18 AM – Accidental 911 call reported at a business on Main Street, with a unit responding to confirm.
- 10:18 AM – Fire Department responded to a report of a wire down in the area on Deering Street, with no smoke or fire reported.
- 10:22 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Brook Street and Ash Street.
- 1:18 PM – School alarm activated at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 2:37 PM – Minor two-vehicle motor vehicle crash investigated at Lowell Street and Grove Street, with no injuries reported.
- 5:37 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Mill Street.
- 6:00 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Washington Street.
- 6:31 PM – General disturbance reported involving people knocking loudly on doors on Kingston Street.
- 7:26 PM – School burglar alarm activated at Coolidge Middle School on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:59 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 9:14 PM – Information report noted a disabled motor vehicle to be parked overnight in a lot on Symonds Way.
- 10:01 PM – 911-related call reported by a resident on West Street stating their phone indicated an emergency call was received.
Sunday, December 14, 2025
- 6:47 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Ash Street and Cross Street.
- 7:10 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 9:06 AM – Open line 911 call reported at Cottage Park.
- 9:40 AM – Information report for a test log at Fire Department Headquarters on Main Street.
- 10:17 AM – Animal call for a possible injured hawk in the roadway at Deering Street and Lowell Street.
- 10:36 AM – Animal call for two dogs running loose on Main Street near a retail plaza.
- 1:14 PM – Suspicious persons reported, with two males claiming to be from the electric company at an apartment building on Augustus Court.
- 4:12 PM – Residential building check related to a possible hit and run reported in Alton, New Hampshire, with contact made at a residence on Main Street.
- 5:17 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 5:57 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 6:14 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Lowell Street and Grove Street.
- 7:39 PM – Commercial building check conducted at a business on Main Street.
- 9:16 PM – Motor vehicle complaint received for a vehicle doing donuts in the rear of a cemetery on Franklin Street.
- 10:27 PM – School burglar alarm activated at the Superintendent’s Office on Oakland Road, front door.
