Reading Police & Fire Log June 16-19, 2022

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

Thursday, June 16, 2022

  • 12:07am – Suspicions motor vehicle driving by Piece Street residence multiple times
  • 11:09am – Suspicious motor vehicle on side of road near Prospect and Woburn Street
  • 11:44am – Residential alarm Sunnyside Avenue
  • 12:29pm – Boat parked in Parker Middle School lot over the weekend
  • 1:07pm – Traffic enforcement Main and Salem Street – 0 citations
  • 1:19pm – Possible scam/ID theft Augustus Circle
  • 2:24pm – Commercial alarm Northern Bank ATM
  • 2:27pm – Directed patrol Summer Avenue and Joshua Eaton School
  • 2:54pm – Motor vehicle crash High and Washington Street – no injuries
  • 5:31pm – Dog locked inside motor vehicle White Oaks Lane
  • 6:13pm – Male playing on tracks, possibly on bicycle Ash and Main Street
  • 6:28pm – Female possibly pointing a radar gun at passing cars South and Main Street
  • 6:42pm – Directed patrol Catherine Avenue and West Street – 0 citations
  • 6:46pm – Male yelling at cars in the Haverhill Street area
  • 8:53pm – Dispute between neighbors about smoking on Main Street property
  • 8:59pm – Fire at pool pump in the yard of Pitman Drive residence
  • 9:19pm – Building checks Haven Street
  • 10:25pm – Suspicious person in Town Hall parking lot
  • 10:42pm – Motor vehicle stop Main and Woburn Street – verbal warning
  • 11:36pm – Commercial alarm Winslow and West Street

Arrest log – OUI-liquor, Marked lanes violation, possession of class b

Friday, June 17, 2022

  • 12:06am – Chestnut Road resident concerned hydrant is leaking water
  • 12:53am – Report of motor vehicle hit and run on Lowell Street
  • 2:25am – Directed patrol Market Basket parking lot; all appears in order
  • 2:34am – Directed patrol Haven Street; all appears in order
  • 7:01am – Report of hole in Main Street sidewalk
  • 7:13apm – Fire box for possible electric fire on Forest Street
  • 7:37am – Raccoon struck by motor vehicle; injured
  • 7:56am – Directed patrol Joshua Eaton School area
  • 8:52am – Officer standing by with water department
  • 10:31am – Neighbor possibly dumping urine-filled containers into Border Road
  • 11:26am – Wallet containing ID & credit cards from Walkers Brook Drive turned in to Police station
  • 11:33am – Suspicious male walking in the Lynn Village Way/Roma Lane area
  • 12:27pm – Male in white SUV taking pictures of neighborhood houses on High and Middlesex Avenue
  • 12:42pm – Traffic enforcement Countryside Lane and West Street – 0 citations
  • 1:28pm – Suspicious person – noises heard overnight from the side of Charles Street residence
  • 2:44pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street & Salem Street – 1 citation
  • 3:01pm – Tree and wires down in roadway Salem Street & Spring Street
  • 3:38pm – Xfinity notified of tree debris left in Oak Street yard
  • 4:00pm – Speed enforcement Birch Meadow Drive
  • 4:12pm – Accidental 911 call from Haverhill Street
  • 4:58pm – Report of a suspicious male walking in Sanborn Lane area
  • 5:15pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street & Green Street – 2 citations
  • 7:05pm – Traffic enforcement Walkers Brook Drive – 1 citation
  • 7:10pm – Accidental 911 from County Road
  • 7:15pm – Low-hanging wire Colonial Drive
  • 8:25pm – Open 911 call from Pine Ridge Circle
  • 9:33pm – Two-car motor vehicle crash Walkers Brook Drive/Stop & Shop parking lot 

Saturday, June 18, 2022

  • 1:18am – Extra building checks Haven Street
  • 1:22am – Extra building checks Charles and Pearl Street
  • 1:36am – Suspicious vehicle in Market Basket parking lot
  • 1:44am – Officers conducting a walkthrough of commercial building Salem Street
  • 3:36am – caller believes an animal could be abused – Governors Drive
  • 10:29am – Traffic enforcement High and Vine Street – 0 citations
  • 10:55am – Two car motor vehicle crash Forest and Martin Road – no injuries
  • 1:51pm – Sleeping rabbit on Johnson Woods Drive
  • 2:38pm – Possible shoplifting in progress Walkers Brook Drive & Home Depot
  • 3:21pm – 911 abandoned call, no answer on callback Main Street 
  • 4:07pm – Lifeline activation/lift assist Taylor Drive
  • 4:41pm – Caller reporting lost keys Main Street & CVS
  • 5:11pm – Traffic enforcement Lowell Street – 0 citations
  • 5:17pm – Tree debris in left road on Oak Street. 
  • 5:18pm – Lost passport turned in to Police Station lobby
  • 5:58pm – Police & Fire escort for Austin Prep boys baseball team
  • 6:13pm – Commercial alarm Bagel World
  • 6:24pm – Officers checking open door at South Street residence
  • 8:37pm – Traffic enforcement Main and Summer Avenue – 0 citations
  • 9:54pm – Traffic enforcement West and Selfridge Road – 0 citations
  • 9:59pm – Traffic enforcement Main and Franklin Street – 0 citations

Sunday, June 19, 2022

  • 12:01am – Lost and Found – Keys from Charles and Pearl Street turned in to station lobby
  • 1:21am – Building checks Haven Street
  • 1:24am – Building checks General Way
  • 2:09am – Directed patrol Charles and Belmont Street
  • 3:52am – Disturbance – caller reporting work being done in High Street area
  • 10:00am – Outside odor of gas Woburn Street
  • 11:15am – Found kitten with no tags; orange with blue eyes Berkley Street
  • 12:59pm – Commercial alarm at JK’s Market
  • 1:19pm – Traffic enforcement Bancroft and Weston Road – 0 citations
  • 2:20pm – Fire box received Haverhill and Camp Curtis Guild
  • 3:14pm – Male appears to be camping in Town Forest
  • 5:38pm – Resident requests checks on homeless male Grove and Strout Avenue
  • 6:39pm – Lost keys picked up from Police Station lobby
  • 6:43pm – Keys found at Washington Park turned into Police Station lobby
  • 6:46pm – Traffic enforcement Lowell Street and Town Hall – 0 citations
  • 7:04pm – Fire box received Main Street and Orion apartments 
  • 7:11pm – Accidental 911 Van Norden Road
  • 7:12pm – Motor vehicle stop – failure to yield to emergency vehicles
  • 8:30pm – Traffic enforcement Main and Salem Street – 0 citations
  • 9:05pm – Traffic enforcement Catherine and West Street – 0 citations
  • 11:06pm – Caller reports kids yelling in park Charles and Killam School
  • 11:25pm – Open 911 call.  Officers to check Sanborn Lane area