Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Thursday, June 23, 2022
- 1:02am – Commercial building checks Haven Street
- 2:02am – Commercial building checks General Way
- 3:39am – Neighbor’s car alarm going off Briarwood Avenue
- 6:05am – Alarm call for Coolidge Middle School
- 6:50am – Commercial alarm Woburn Street
- 7:00am – Dogs locked in vehicle South Street
- 7:54am – Illegally parked truck on Hopkins Street
- 8:32am – Commercial alarm Walkers Brook Drive
- 8:55am – Commercial alarm Fantasia Building on Main Street
- 8:58am – Fire box alarm Home Depot Walkers Brook Drive
- 9:24am – Found money clip from Main Street gas station
- 9:51am – Motor vehicle stop for speed Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive
- 12:51pm – Community Policing with K9 Cooper Pleasant Street Center
- 1:03pm – Two-car motor vehicle crash Summer Avenue and Main Street – unknown injuries
- 1:27pm – Report of ID theft Franklin Street
- 2:31pm – Accidental 911 call Longview Road
- 3:56pm – Text-a-tip male on bike cycling area looking at houses
- 5:17pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Washington Street – 1 citation
- 6:23pm – Female in lobby retrieving lost property
- 7:33pm – Fire box alarm Avalon road – smoke detector activation
- 7:45pm – Animal call – Putnam Road – raccoon stuck in storm drain
- 8:10pm – Non-potable water truck leaking water
- 9:23pm – Possible loud party Chapin Avenue
- 9:25pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Salem Street – 1 written, 1 verbal warning
- 9:33pm – Motor vehicle stop Main and Salem Street – verbal warning for red light violation
- 9:37pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street and Charles Street – 0 citations
- 11:15pm – Vehicle in lot with lights on for hours Archstone Circle
Friday, June 24, 2022
- 1:11am – Suspicious motor vehicle driving extremely slow Main Street and Woburn Street
- 1:20am – Directed patrol Haven Street
- 1:29am – Directed patrol Charles Street
- 2:36am – Directed patrol General Way
- 6:08am – Animal call – opossum walking in circles in the middle of Springvale Road
- 6:51am – Result of traffic stop; complaint application filed
- 11:46am – Found benefits card Haven Street
- 12:19pm – Found key fob Oakland Road
- 12:42pm – Open 911 call Middlesex Avenue
- 1:42pm – Motor vehicle crash Main Street
- 1:50pm – Residential alarm Hartshorn Street
- 2:51pm – Tree company in road making passing hazardous Scotland Road
- 2:52pm – Three-car crash West Street and Border Road – no injuries
- 4:37pm – Keys found on John Carver Road turned in to Police Station
- 4:47pm – Lakeview Avenue caller reports tires slashed overnight
- 5:21pm – Wires in road Track Road and Harvest Road
- 5:32pm – Report of lost ring Birch Meadow Drive
- 5:44pm – Wallet found on side of Johanna Drive
- 6:07pm – Report of youths huffing air in from a Bolton Street store
- 6:33pm – Caller reports eggs thrown at Green Street home
- 8:09pm – Traffic enforcement West Street and Catherine Avenue – 0 citations
- 8:46pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and South Street – 0 citations
- 8:58pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street and Charles Street – 0 citations
- 9:13pm – Fire alarm Arlington Street and Prescott Street – outdoor odor of gas
Saturday, June 25, 2022
- 12:49am – Directed patrol Haven Street
- 12:58am – Directed patrol Charles Street
- 12:59am – Directed patrol General Way
- 6:17am – Residential motion alarm Warren Avenue
- 7:37am – Motor vehicle crash Bancroft Avenue – Vehicle struck during the night, caught on dash cam
- 7:59am – Contractors working in roadway Lowell Street and Grove Street
- 8:29am – Wallet found on Charles Street
- 8:41am – Animal call – sick opossum in yard
- 9:25am – Caller reports water is brown and yellow Pine Ridge Road – DPW notified
- 10:28am – Security guard has male detained for shoplifting Walkers Brook Drive
- 11:35am – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Knollwood Road – 1 citation
- 11:57am – Accidental 911 call Beacon Street
- 12:29pm – Directed patrol Salem Street and Harrison Street – 0 citations
- 12:42pm – Two-car motor vehicle crash Salem Street and Libby Avenue – no injuries
- 1:19pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Green Street – 0 citations
- 1:22pm – Parking complaint – car parked in front of a Beech Street home for a week
- 1:24pm – Fire box alarm Camp Curtis Guild
- 2:34pm – Loud music from neighbor School Street
- 3:09pm – Male walking around shouting to himself asking for money Sanborn Lane
- 3:25pm – Fire alarm Leaning Elm Drive
- 5:27pm – Bike patrol activity Main Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
- 6:05pm – Caller concerned vehicle may be following a child Main Street and Pearl Street
- 6:25pm – Hillcrest Road caller reports losing license
- 6:32pm – Stop sign blocked by tree limbs Prescott Street and West Street
- 6:54pm – Smell of sulfur in Melbourne Avenue house
- 7:41pm – Reading Terrace resident scammed out of $3,000 dollars
- 7:45pm – Suspicious male looking into windows Salem Street
- 7:48pm – Fire box alarm High Street – smoke in building
- 8:28pm – Traffic enforcement Catherine Avenue and West Street – 0 citations
- 9:30pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Franklin Street – 0 citations
- 9:59pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
- 10:01pm – Traffic enforcement Haverhill Street and Symonds Way – 0 citations
- 10:06pm – Loud party on Cherry Lane Drive
- 11:16pm – Report of loud house party Lowell Street
- 11:26pm – Residential motion alarm Thomas Drive
Sunday, June 26, 2022
- 3:22am – Residential alarm Pitman Drive
- 6:52am – Animal call – Deer trapped in fenced-in Salem Street backyard
- 9:26am – Animal call – Deer trapped in fenced-in Salem Street backyard
- 2:04pm – Traffic enforcement Charles Street – 0 citations
- 2:05pm – Accidental 911 call West Street
- 2:16pm – Traffic enforcement West Street – 0 citations
- 2:32pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Minot Street – 0 citations
- 2:37pm – Traffic enforcement Main Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
- 3:24pm – Fire alarm Holly Road
- 3:32pm – Animal call – Main Street and Cross Street – dead animal in the road
- 3:49pm – Traffic lights flashing Lowell Street and Willow Street
- 4:11pm – Man fell off scooter Bay State Road
- 4:25pm – Loose dark green and white parrot Pearl Street
- 6:25pm – Traffic enforcement Lowell Street and Salem Street – 0 citations
- 6:28pm – Uhaul discarding objects next to store Main Street
- 6:31pm – Motor vehicle stop Main Street and Salem Street verbal for red light violation
- 6:32pm – Doors open/gas pumps on with no employees in area Main Street
- 6:56pm – Fire outside building near dumpster – away from building West Street
- 7:14pm – Traffic enforcement Walkers Brook Drive and General Way – 0 citations
- 9:00pm – Traffic enforcement West Street and Catherine Avenue – 0 citations
