Reading Police & Fire Log October 14-17, 2021

Reading, MA — Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:

Thursday, October 14, 2021

  • 1:43am – Check of Mattera Cabin, all in order
  • 7:41am – Minor motor vehicle crash with no injuries
  • 8:30am – Traffic enforcement West Street & Inwood Drive – 1 citation issued
  • 9:05am – Lifeline activation Spring Street 
  • 9:59am – Fire alarm Walkers Brook Drive business
  • 10:02am – Truck in Roadway impeding traffic Milepost Road & Hopkins Street
  • 10:51am – Suspicious motor vehicle Dudley Street & High Street
  • 11:47am – Female possibly sleeping in car in Main Street restaurant parking lot
  • 11:53am – Fire drill at Reading Public Library
  • 12:54pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street & Salem Street – 0 citations issued
  • 1:21pm – Scout Troop 702 camping in town forest for the weekend  
  • 1:25pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street & Charles Street – 0 citations issued
  • 1:25pm – Motor vehicle hit and run Lowell Street & Grove Street
  • 2:45pm – Fire alarm Barrows School
  • 4:12pm – Border Road resident reports unemployment fraud
  • 4:20pm – Smoke alarm north Main Street residence 
  • 4:38pm – Two-car motor vehicle crash north Main Street – no injuries
  • 5:28pm – Accidental 911 call from a north Main Street business
  • 5:52pm – Smoke alarm Carnation Circle – no smoke or fire reported
  • 10:52pm – Verbal warning for speed on Franklin Street

Friday, October 15, 2021

  • 1:00am – Commercial alarm Ash Street
  • 8:07am – Cruiser cleaning at car wash
  • 8:14am – Traffic enforcement Birch Meadow & Arthur B. Lord Drive – 0 citation issued
  • 9:54am – Animal call – cage of 5 guinea pigs left on front lawn Haverhill Street
  • 9:54am – Traffic enforcement West Street – 1 verbal warning
  • 10:55am – Traffic enforcement Reading Square
  • 12:20pm – Report of motor vehicle hit and run Walkers Brook Drive
  • 1:11pm – Two car motor vehicle crash south Main Street
  • 2:39pm – 911 call Abigail Way – medical
  • 3:14pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street & Salem Street – 0 citation issued
  • 6:23pm – Accidental 911 call a motor vehicle Augustus Court
  • 9:14pm – Large group being loud in Ash Street parking lot
  • 10:05pm – Unwanted guest on front porch – West Street
  • 11:31pm – Loud party in the area of Green Street

Saturday, October 16, 2021

  • 7:21am – Motor vehicle hit and run Salem Street
  • 10:01am – Motor vehicle stop for red light violation – verbal warning
  • 10:34am – Accidental 911 call from Middlesex Avenue residence
  • 11:00am – Bylaw violation – male riding electric scooter in the town forest
  • 12:41pm – Loose black labrador West & Woburn Street
  • 1:35pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street & Ash Street – 0 citation issued
  • 1:52pm – Traffic enforcement West & Wentworth Drive – 0 citation issued
  • 3:39pm – Motor vehicle crash vs. bicycle; bicyclist left area
  • 5:31pm – Haverhill Street resident reports a male requesting access to the backyard
  • 5:40pm – Text-a-tip multiple dogs off-leash Birch Meadow Drive
  • 6:05pm – Fire alarm at Main Street restaurant
  • 6:23pm – Motor vehicle stop red light violation Main & Salem Street – verbal warning
  • 6:35pm – Motor vehicle stop hands-free phone violation – verbal warning 
  • 6:46pm – Haverhill Street resident reports lost wallet
  • 9:20pm – Larceny – bicycle stolen from RMHS parking lot
  • 9:21pm – Two care motor vehicle crash south Main Street – no injuries reported  
  • 11:32pm – Accidental 911 call from Green Meadow Drive

Sunday, October 17, 2021

  • 12:48pm – Accidental 911 call from Green Meadow Drive
  • 5:54pm – Motor vehicle – stop tail lights not working – verbal warning
  • 12:16pm – Accidental 911 call from a cell phone near McDonalds
  • 4:23pm – Accidental 911 call from a South Main Street restaurant
  • 6:33pm – Loud music playing in the town forest
  • 6:50pm – Loud music playing in the area of Causeway Road
  • 6:58:pm – Fire alarm Oak Ridge Road
  • 7:03pm – Bag of trash in the road causing hazard Summer & Brook Street
  • 8:05pm – Male knocking at the door for past 15 minutes at Lakeview Avenue residence 
  • 8:30pm – Report of fire in the kitchen of McDonald’s
  • 11:13pm – Frank Tanner Drive resident fall no injuries, needs lift assist
  • 11:26pm – Commercial alarm Walkers Brook Drive business