Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, August 31, 2026
- 12:13 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Minot Street.
- 5:43 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and South Street.
- 6:03 AM – Report of a dumpster company with a loud backup alarm on Hopkins Street and Summer Avenue.
- 6:04 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Salem Street.
- 6:08 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 7:27 AM – Roads closed due to paving on Pine Ridge Road and Gleason/Oak Road; detours were in place.
- 8:13 AM – Engineering was notified of a streetlight out on Pearl Street and Salem Street.
- 9:28 AM – Direct call for an audible alarm on Hartshorn Street; no smoke or fire.
- 12:06 PM – 911 crash detection on Scotland Road; caller dropped phone.
- 12:17 PM – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street and Charles Street.
- 2:21 PM – Report of a disabled motor vehicle on Haverhill Street and the rotary.
- 3:33 PM – Officer requested the Fire Department for a construction vehicle that hit a wire on Oak Street and Oak Ridge Road.
- 3:35 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 5:17 PM – Medical alarm with no response from subscriber on Summit Drive.
- 5:19 PM – Bicycle stolen off property on Harvest Road; bicycle was returned.
- 7:36 PM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street and Bancroft Avenue.
- 7:37 PM – Direct call for smoke alarm activation on Washington Street; no smoke or fire.
- 7:54 PM – Residential bedroom fire alarm activation on Bainbridge Road.
- 8:11 PM – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street and Symonds Way.
- 8:44 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and South Street.
- 8:54 PM – Homeowner reported a suspicious motor vehicle in front of a home on Kylie Drive.
- 9:12 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Summer Avenue.
- 10:12 PM – Commercial alarm for ground-floor motion on Middlesex Avenue; no keyholder.
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- 5:53 AM – Burglar alarm activated in the lower-level Recreation Department staff entry at Town Hall on Lowell Street.
- 5:54 AM – Traffic enforcement on Oak Street and Summer Avenue.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 6:48 AM – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 6:54 AM – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue and Temple Street.
- 8:27 AM – Parking complaint involving a 2025 black Subaru Impreza on Forest Street and Rice Road.
- 10:31 AM – Smoke/CO inspection failed on Warren Avenue.
- 10:36 AM – Inspection passed on Salem Street.
- 10:47 AM – Portable 85 was placed on fire watch detail on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:50 AM – Smoke/CO inspection passed on Jacob Way.
- 11:17 AM – Street box 6232 was received on Middlesex Avenue.
- 1:21 PM – Report of an unknown male on a porch who tried to open the door on School Street.
- 1:48 PM – Traffic enforcement on Oak Street and Summer Avenue.
- 3:34 PM – Employee requested that a male be trespassed from a business on Lincoln Street.
- 3:49 PM – Solicitor reported going door to door on Hartshorn Street.
- 4:27 PM – Transmitted box 44 for an odor of gas in a house on Harrison Street.
- 4:51 PM – Audible alarm caused by cooking at a group home on Haven Street; no fire.
- 5:20 PM – Disabled motor vehicle in the middle of the intersection of Main Street and Salem Street.
- 5:26 PM – Unit found a wallet at the field house on Oakland Road.
- 5:57 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Oakland Road.
- 7:35 PM – Report of a tractor-trailer parked on the road for a month on Main Street.
- 7:51 PM – 911 caller reported a disabled motor vehicle on the off-ramp at Haverhill Street and the rotary.
- 7:55 PM – Report of two dirt bikes on the roadway on West Street.
- 8:36 PM – Caller reported an alarm sounding throughout a development on Taylor Drive.
- 10:27 PM – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue and Buckingham Drive.
- 10:59 PM – Police cruiser reported a structure-related incident at Charles Street and Charleslawn Cemetery.
