Reading Police & Fire Log February 24-27, 2022

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

Thursday, February 24, 2022

  • 3:30am – All-Night Parking Exception Granted on Copeland Avenue.
  • 8:00am – Complaint Regarding a Vehicle Abandoned in a Walkers Brook Drive Parking Lot.
  • 9:10am – Summit Drive Resident Reports a Possible Lost or Stolen License Plate.
  • 9:15am – Fire Alarm Activation at a Main Street Business.
  • 12:10pm – Traffic Enforcement at Reading FD HQ. One Citation Issued.
  • 12:17pm – Directed Patrol on Enos Circle. No Citations Issued.
  • 12:18pm – Scotland Road Resident Reports Lost Car Keys.
  • 1:12pm – Complaint Regarding a Dumpster that has Fallen off a Truck on West Street.
  • 1:22pm – Complaint Regarding a Large Truck Blocking a Vehicle at a Main Street Business.
  • 1:57pm – Taylor Street Resident Reports their Vehicle was Possibly Damaged by a Plow Weeks Ago.
  • 2:30pm – Washington Street Resident Reports Witnessing a Possible Drug Transaction.
  • 3:00pm – Perkins Avenue Caller Reports a Dispute with a Contractor.
  • 3:19pm – Traffic Enforcement on Salem Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 4:04pm – Main Street Caller Reports a Strange Phone Call.
  • 4:54pm – South Street Resident Reports a Fraudulent Unemployment Claim.
  • 5:17pm – Village Street Resident Reports a Hazardous Worksite.
  • 6:18pm – Report of a Smoking Vehicle Engine on Haven Street.
  • 6:34pm – Traffic Enforcement on West Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 6:55pm – Traffic Enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery. No Citations Issued.
  • 7:12pm – RMLD Notified that a Foster Circle Transformer has a Light Flashing.
  • 7:43pm – Traffic Enforcement on Salem Street. One Citation Issued.
  • 8:16pm – Verbal Warning Issued for No Plate Light on Lowell Street.
  • 10:26pm – Arrest of a Possibly Intoxicated Person on Washington Street.

Friday, February 25, 2022

  • 12:00am – Report of a Possible Fire in the Wall of a Glenmere Circle Residence.
  • 10:32am – North Reading Requests Message Delivered to a Charles Street Resident.
  • 11:27am – Officer Out with a Possibly Disabled Postal Vehicle.
  • 2:42pm – Complaint Regarding a Salem Street Resident Pushing Snow into a Conservation Area with a Bobcat.
  • 2:55pm – Report of a Haverhill Street Mailbox Possibly Damaged by a Plow.
  • 4:03pm – Charles Street Resident Reports a Concerning Voicemail.
  • 4:16pm – Report of a Vehicle Stuck in a Snowbank on Main Street.
  • 6:23pm – Complaint Regarding a Vehicle Doing Donuts in a Main Street Parking Lot.
  • 8:54pm – Complaint Regarding a Vehicle Parking in a Private Main Street Parking Lot that is Interfering with Plowing Operations.

Saturday, February 26, 2022

  • 7:28am – Water Call Man Notified of No Water to a Plymouth Road Residence.
  • 8:15am – Report that a Vehicle Possibly Backed into Gould Street Fire Hydrant.
  • 9:10am – Suspicious Person Appears Disoriented and Walking with Ski Poles on King Street.
  • 9:22am – Complaint Regarding a Moving Truck Blocking the Roadway on Lincoln Street.
  • 10:09am – Possible Shoplifter Reported at Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 10:21am – Main Street Resident Complaint that a Neighbor Plowed Snow onto their Property.
  • 10:23am – CO Detector Activation at a Longview Road Residence.
  • 11:51am – Investigation of a Private Plow that Struck a Telephone Pole on Haven Street.
  • 2:29pm – Complaint Regarding an Unoccupied Vehicle Blocking Traffic on Main Street.
  • 3:35pm – Greystone Way Resident Reports Money was Taken from their Bank Account via Western Union.
  • 3:52pm – Complaint Regarding a Vehicle Blocking a Perkins Way Fire Hydrant.
  • 4:17pm – Report of a Loose Dog on Brook Street.
  • 6:00pm – Traffic Enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive. No Citations Issued.
  • 8:13pm – Traffic Enforcement on Oakland Road. No Citations Issued.
  • 9:22pm – Report of a Vehicle Left Running with a Dog Inside on Green Street.

Sunday, February 27, 2022

  • 8:11am – DPW Notified that Signs from a Franklin Street Roadblock were Left on an Island.
  • 9:04am – Officers Standing By at First Congregational Church on Woburn Street.
  • 9:45am – Exterior Door Alarm at Parker Middle School.
  • 9:57am – Multiple Alarms at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 10:33am – Interior Motion Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 12:07pm – Alarm Sounding with an Inside Odor of Gas in an Ash Street Building.
  • 12:57pm – Traffic Enforcement at Town Hall. No Citations Issued.
  • 1:48pm – Vehicles Backing Up Attempting to Get into a Hopkins Street Parking Lot.
  • 3:50pm – Report of a Dog Left Outside on Hurlburt Road.
  • 4:23pm – Crossing Guard Unable to Cover Post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Streets.
  • 8:00pm – Traffic Enforcement on Franklin Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 9:58pm – Traffic Enforcement on Hopkins Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 10:15pm – Fire Alarm Sounding at a Zachary Lane Residence.