Reading Police & Fire Log May 5-8, 2022

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

Thursday, May 5, 2022

• 7:28am – FD Assists Fallen resident on Woburn Street.
• 7:37am – Report of a Large Pothole on Linnea Lane.
• 7:38am – Complaint Regarding Tree Service Blocking Causeway Road Causing Traffic to Back up.
• 7:48am – Disabled Vehicle on Pitman Road.
• 7:59am – Officer Covering Crossing Post at Castine Field.
• 8:03am – Suspicious Person Hiding Behind a Fence on Manning Street.
• 8:38am – Possible Abandoned Vehicle on Lincoln Street.
• 10:29am – Traffic Enforcement on Countryside Lane. No Citations Issued.
• 10:34am – Traffic Enforcement on Ash Street. One Citation Issued.
• 10:39am – West Street Resident Reports an Unknown Person Ringing Doorbell and Looking in Windows.
• 1:13pm – Disabled Vehicle at Camp Curtis Guild.
• 1:44pm – Complaint Regarding Multiple Vehicles Parked in Handicap Spots with No Placard at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
• 1:49pm – Report of a Suspicious Person Trying to Hitchhike and Attempting to Enter a Vehicle.
• 2:27pm – Office Alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
• 2:42pm – Traffic Enforcement on Bancroft Avenue. No Citations Issued.
• 2:46pm – Officer Covering a Crossing Post at Castine Field.
• 5:26pm – Report of a Chair in the Northbound Lane on Main Street.
• 5:34pm – Disabled Vehicle at Memorial Park.
• 6:54pm – Woburn Street Resident Reports Harassing Text Messages.
• 7:21pm – Commercial Alarm at a Woburn Street Business.
• 7:40pm – Officers Standing by for Town Meeting.
• 8:21pm – Report of a Vehicle Striking a Parked Car on Summer Avenue.
• 9:33pm – Commercial Alarm at an Ash Street Building.
• 10:51pm – Text-a-Tip Report of Youths Parked Behind Barrows School.

Friday, May 6, 2022

• 12:15am – Complaint Regarding an Intoxicated Driver on Grove Street.
• 3:45am – Medical Assistance Rendered to a Haven Street Resident.
• 7:21am – Walkers Brook Drive Business Complaint Regarding a Vehicle Left in the Parking Lot, Impeding Paving Operations.
• 7:46am – Officer Covering a Crossing Post on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
• 8:16am – Main Street Business Seeks Advice Regarding a Payment.
• 8:57am – Cutting and Welding Detail on Main Street.
• 10:14am – Nichols Road Resident Calls in a Smoke Detector Issue.
• 11:13am – Lincoln Street Resident Reports an Unattended Vehicle Running in a Parking Lot.
• 12:15pm – Traffic Enforcement on Selfridge Road. No Citations Issued.
• 12:31pm – Suspicious Person Trying to Get a Resident To Roll Down a Window.
• 12:39pm – Officer Covering Crossing Post on King Street.
• 1:10pm – Officer Standing by for DPW on Main Street.
• 2:19pm – Caller is Concerned about an Elderly Person out Walking.
• 2:32pm – Traffic Enforcement on Ash Street. No Citations Issued.
• 2:51pm – Report of an Unattended Child on the Playground at Wood End Elementary School.
• 3:09pm – Investigation of a Vehicle Crashing into a Longfellow Road Front Yard.
• 3:29pm – Officer Transports Student Home.
• 5:15pm – Traffic Enforcement on Longwood Place. One Citation Issued.
• 5:16pm – Traffic Enforcement on West Street. No Citations Issued.
• 5:16pm – Follow-up Visit with a Harnden Street Resident.
• 5:50pm – Verbal Warning for Defective Equipment on Main Street.
• 5:50pm – Traffic Enforcement on Ash Street. Two Citations Issued.
• 7:42pm – Request for Extra Checks of a Glenmere Circle Residence.
• 7:57pm – Alarm for Smoke Throughout the House in a West Street Residence.
• 8:15pm – Commercial Alarm at Reading Public Library.
• 10:10pm – Commercial Alarm at a General Way Business.
• 10:19pm – Report of a Lost Dog on Augustus Court.
• 10:20pm – Stop Sign on Avon Street Damaged by a Vehicle.
• 10:56pm – Youth Shooting Airsoft Guns on Main Street.

Saturday, May 7, 2022

• 1:27am – Lift Assist for a Forest Street Resident.
• 5:57am – Commercial Alarm at a Main Street Business.
• 9:09am – Report of a Suspicious Person who Appears to be Hitchhiking on Grove Street.
• 11:18am – Audible Alarm at a Main Street Business.
• 11:48am – Request for Extra Checks at Mattera Cabin.
• 12:24pm – Truck Struck a Deer in the Road on Forest Street.
• 12:31pm – License Plate in the Road on Main Street.
• 1:21pm – Youths Seen Entering the Woods on Maple Street.
• 2:16pm – Amazon Truck Disabled on Line Road.
• 2:33pm – Main Street Business Complaint Regarding a Truck and Trailer Abandoned on their Property Since the Morning.
• 2:41pm – Walkers Brook Drive Business Reports a Shoplifter in the Store.
• 3:12pm – Vehicle Struck Parked Vehicle in a Walkers Brook Drive Parking Lot.
• 3:14pm  – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Building.
• 4:41pm – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Building.
• 5:14pm – Traffic Enforcement on Salem Street. No Citations Issued.
• 5:46pm – Inside Odor of Gas Reported in a Haven Street Building.
• 5:57pm – CO Detector Activation in a Victoria Avenue Residence.
• 7:06pm – West Street Resident Reports Bank Fraud.
• 8:01pm – Text-a-Tip Report of Youths in the Area on Haven Street.
• 8:31pm – Suspect Arrested for OUI after a Two-Vehicle Crash on Main Street.
• 8:50pm – Lift Assist for a Forest Street Resident.
• 9:01pm – Complaint Regarding a Vehicle Driving on the Wrong Side of Summer Avenue.
• 9:55pm – Extra Check of Mattera Cabin.
• 10:20pm – Check on a Group of Youths on Summer Avenue.

Sunday, May 8, 2022

• 3:02am – Lift Assist for a Forest Street Resident.
• 3:47am – Report of a Car Alarm Going off on South Street.
• 7:43am – Disabled Vehicle on Haverhill Street.
• 9:11am – Employee at a Walkers Brook Drive Business Reports Receiving a Suspicious Phone Call.
• 11:12am – Traffic Enforcement on Countryside Lane. No Citations Issued.
• 11:59am – Traffic Enforcement on Ash Street. No Citations Issued.
• 1:39pm – Traffic Enforcement at the Haverhill Street Rotary. No Citations Issued.
• 4:14pm – Covey Hill Lane Residents Report a Missing Package.
• 4:22pm – Commercial Alarm at Rear Door of the Parker Tavern.
• 5:05pm – Report of a Lost Purse at a General Way Business.
• 5:05pm – Hopkins Street Resident Complains Regarding a Vehicle Parked on the Side of the Road.
• 5:20pm – Report of a Chimney Fire at a Hopkins Street Residence.
• 6:34pm – Extra Check of a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
• 7:10pm – Verbal Warning Issued for a Marked Lanes Violation at the Haverhill Street Rotary.
• 8:30pm – Traffic Enforcement on Curtis Street. No Citations Issued.
• 8:39pm – Traffic Enforcement on Vine Street. No Citations Issued.
• 9:53pm – Report of a Vehicle Parked in a West Street Parking Lot for Several Hours.
• 10:13pm – Traffic Enforcement on Pearl Street. No Citations Issued.
• 10:36pm – Extra Check of Mattera Cabin.
• 11:32pm – Lift Assist for a Holly Road Resident.