Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – WEDNESDAY 05/27/26
- 1:05 AM: Caller at Reading Health & Rehabilitation was confused regarding her daughter.
- 1:06 AM: Report of three males looking into vehicles in a parking lot on Archstone Circle.
- 7:35 AM: Commercial burglar alarm activation at Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:30 AM: Minor motor vehicle crash with no injuries in a parking lot on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 8:51 AM: Ducklings reported stuck in a sewer on Belmont Street.
- 10:47 AM: Fire Department inspection conducted at West Street.
- 11:01 AM: Fire Department inspection conducted at Howard Street.
- 11:51 AM: Minor motor vehicle crash with no injuries in a parking lot near Reading Memorial High School.
- 1:24 PM: Residents reported credit card fraud originating from computer activity on Benton Circle.
- 2:30 PM: Two-car crash investigated at Bay State Road and Haverhill Street. No injuries reported.
- 3:22 PM: Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Main Street.
- 3:30 PM: Traffic enforcement at Green Street and John Street.
- 4:03 PM: Officers investigated an open 911 line on Grove Street.
- 4:23 PM: Resident reported receiving threatening text messages on Avalon Road.
- 6:07 PM: Report of erratic vehicle operation at Main Street and Mill Street.
- 6:42 PM: Possible sinkhole reported in the roadway on Evergreen Road.
- 6:51 PM: Resident reported a missing watch at Johnson Woods.
- 8:20 PM: Traffic enforcement at Lowell Street.
- 8:20 PM: Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Haverhill Street.
- 8:54 PM: Traffic enforcement at West Street and Willow Street.
- 9:32 PM: Vehicle reported blocking a driveway on Sandra Lane.
- 10:43 PM: Fire Department assisted an elderly resident after a fall on Fremont Street. No injuries reported.
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – THURSDAY 05/28/26
- 12:35 AM: Fire Department responded after a transformer fire and small explosion on Colburn Road.
- 12:55 AM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 4:04 AM: Fire Department assisted an elderly resident after a fall on Fremont Street. No injuries reported.
- 6:05 AM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Charles Street.
- 6:10 AM: Traffic enforcement at Bancroft Avenue and Middlesex Avenue.
- 7:48 AM: Minor two-car crash investigated on Salem Street. No injuries reported.
- 7:54 AM: Fire Department reported a fire alarm box offline for repairs at Old South Church.
- 8:09 AM: One lane closed on Forest Glen Street due to road work.
- 8:23 AM: Road closure reported at Bancroft Avenue and Lowell Street.
- 8:34 AM: Cat struck by a motor vehicle on Washington Street.
- 9:24 AM: Fire alarm box at Old South Church returned to service.
- 9:46 AM: Resident reported multiple vehicles parked in a no-parking area on Lakeview Avenue.
- 10:09 AM: Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection failed on Old Farm Road.
- 10:18 AM: Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed at Augustus Court.
- 10:24 AM: Fire Department provided a lift assist for an elderly woman at General Way.
- 10:27 AM: Fire Department provided a lift assist for an elderly man on Lowell Street.
- 10:32 AM: Inspection passed on Pearl Street.
- 11:19 AM: Inspection passed at Johnson Woods Drive.
- 11:31 AM: Propane tank inspection conducted on Greenwood Road.
- 11:47 AM: Resident reported a neighbor dumping debris on property on Haven Street.
- 11:51 AM: Oil burner inspection conducted on Barbara Lane.
- 12:03 PM: Complaint received about dump trucks crossing the Mill Street bridge from Sanborn Lane.
- 12:19 PM: Resident dropped a phone into a sewer on Main Street and requested assistance.
- 12:51 PM: Officer conducted a follow-up investigation on Main Street.
- 12:58 PM: Traffic enforcement at Franklin Street and Susan Drive.
- 1:26 PM: Traffic enforcement at Charles Street near Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 1:33 PM: Officers confirmed an accidental 911 call at Burbank Ice Arena.
- 1:44 PM: Loose brown-and-white dog located near High Street and Haven Street.
- 3:34 PM: Follow-up investigation conducted on Middlesex Avenue.
- 4:48 PM: Resident requested to speak with an officer regarding a family member on Center Avenue.
- 5:05 PM: Follow-up investigation into an illegal dumping complaint on Haven Street.
- 5:27 PM: Report received of three dirt bikes being operated on Haverhill Street.
- 6:47 PM: Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 7:08 PM: Fire Department received a street box alarm at Frank Tanner Drive.
- 7:27 PM: Twenty dollars was found and turned in at Reading Memorial High School.
- 8:55 PM: Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 8:56 PM: Traffic enforcement at Charles Street near Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 9:10 PM: Officers confirmed an accidental 911 call on Lakeview Avenue.
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