Reading Police & Fire Log July 21-24, 2022

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

Thursday, July 21, 2022

  • 12:57am – Extra Checks of a Shackford Road Residence.
  • 5:00am – Commercial Alarm at a High Street Business.
  • 6:22am – Main Door Alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
  • 7:24am – Investigation of a Fire Alarm at Parker Middle School.
  • 8:17am – Traffic Enforcement on Salem Street. Seven Citations Issued.
  • 8:29am – Speedboard Deployment on South Street.
  • 8:54am – Complaint Regarding a Tree Contractor Blocking Lakeview Avenue.
  • 8:56am – Commercial Alarm at a Main Street Business.
  • 9:10am – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 1:06pm – Investigation of a Minor Vehicle Crash Involving a DPW Vehicle. No Injuries Reported.
  • 3:21pm – Lift Assist for a Scotland Road Resident.
  • 4:34pm – Commercial Alarm at a Main Street Business.
  • 4:46pm – Caller Reports Past Accident.
  • 6:00pm – CO Detector Activation at a Pinevale Avenue Residence.
  • 6:13pm – Summer Avenue Resident Reports Damage to the Resident’s Front Walkway.
  • 6:21pm – Officer Assists with a Road Race.
  • 8:06pm – Officer Out with a Disabled Vehicle.
  • 8:07pm – Walkers Brook Drive Business Reports that a Person with a No Trespass Order is in the Store.
  • 9:52pm – Traffic Enforcement on Chapin Avenue. One Citation Issued.
  • 9:59pm – Traffic Enforcement on Franklin Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 9:59pm – Traffic Enforcement on South Street. No Citations Issued.

Friday, July 22, 2022

  • 12:22am – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 1:03am – Extra Check of a Shackford Road Residence.
  • 1:42am – Report of Two Youths in Hunt Memorial Park.
  • 1:47am – Verbal Warning Issued for a Broken Mirror on Gavin Circle.
  • 7:22am – Verbal Warning Issued for a Restricted Hours Entry on Salem Street.
  • 8:44am – Traffic Enforcement on Tamarack Road. No Citations Issued.
  • 9:29am – Complaint Regarding Construction Equipment Blocking the Sidewalk on Franklin Street.
  • 10:00am – Verbal Warning Issued for an Expired Registration on Hartshorn Street.
  • 10:49am – Verbal Warning Issued for Operating with a Cell Phone on Summer Avenue.
  • 11:34am – Main Street Business Reports a Cashed Check that Does not Belong to it.
  • 1:00pm – Officer out with a Disabled Vehicle on Franklin Street.
  • 1:02pm – Possible Disabled Vehicle on Salem Street.
  • 1:55pm – Investigation of a Minor Vehicle Crash on the Salem Street Rotary. No Injuries Reported.
  • 2:04pm – Erratic Vehicle Operation Reported on Bancroft Avenue.
  • 2:15pm – Johnson Woods Road Resident Reports Credit Card Fraud.
  • 4:35pm – MBTA Reports an Unruly Passenger on the Train.
  • 4:51pm – Traffic Enforcement on South Street. Two Citations Issued.
  • 5:06pm – Traffic Enforcement on Haverhill Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 5:22pm – Roaming Traffic Enforcement on Lowell Street. One Citation Issued.
  • 5:27pm – Erratic Vehicle Operation Reported on Franklin Street.
  • 5:36pm – Complaint Regarding Construction Vehicles Blocking Traffic on Dividence Road.
  • 6:38pm – Extra Check of Town Hall Parking Lot.
  • 7:14pm DPW Notified of an Odor Coming from the Grove Street Pumping Station.
  • 8:13pm – Officers Assist with a Parade on Summer Avenue.
  • 8:46pm – Extra Check of an Ash Street Residence.
  • 9:46pm – Erratic Vehicle Operation Reported on South Street.
  • 11:56pm – Suspicious Person Reported on Summer Avenue.

Saturday, July 23, 2022

  • 1:26am – Extra Building Check of Town Hall.
  • 1:32am – Extra Check of a Shackford Road Residence.
  • 1:35am – Extra Check of an Ash Street Residence.
  • 2:39am – Pearl Street Resident Reports Loud Neighbors.
  • 2:42am – Report of a Brush Fire on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 9:11am – Complaint Regarding a Contractor Blocking the Road and Sidewalk on Dividence Road.
  • 10:40am – Report of a Vehicle Blocking a Hydrant on Green Street.
  • 10:54am. Walkers Brook Drive Business Reports Having Detained a Shoplifter.
  • 12:14pm – Mutual Aid Arrest with Revere PD of an Elliott Street Resident for Domestic Assault and Battery.
  • 1:50pm – Commercial Alarm at Town Hall.
  • 2:05pm – Report of Smoky Conditions Outdoors on Grove Street.
  • 2:52pm – Smoke Detector Activation at a Walnut Street Residence.
  • 4:19pm – Assistance Rendered to a Pearl Street Resident Regarding a Home Security System.
  • 5:59pm – Follow-up Call with a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 7:07pm – Traffic Enforcement on Green Street. No Citations Issued.
  • 7:43pm – Traffic Enforcement on Wescroft Road. No Citations Issued.
  • 8:12pm – Report of a Dog Left in a Car at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 8:30pm – Operator of a Vehicle on Main Street Advised of Registration Status.
  • 10:24pm – Verbal Warning Issued for a Failure to Illuminate Headlights on Jacob Way.

Sunday, July 24, 2022

  • 1:18am – Extra Check of an Ash Street Residence.
  • 1:19am – Extra Check of a Shackford Road Residence.
  • 4:10am – Lift Assist for a Haven Street Resident.
  • 9:06am – Report of a Loose Dog on Pennsylvania Avenue.
  • 9:41am – Green Light out on Walkers Brook Drive Northbound.
  • 11:42am – Traffic Problem Reported at a Main Street Business.
  • 1:07pm – Report of a Box in the Road on Main Street.
  • 1:59pm – Report of a Planter Smoldering at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
  • 2:10pm – RMLD Notified of a Tree Down Across Wires on Beaver Road.
  • 2:24pm – CO Detector Activation on Latham Lane.
  • 2:37pm – Report of a Past Road Rage Incident on Washington Street.
  • 2:43pm – Limb Fell and Took a Wire Down on Grand Street.
  • 5:03pm – Smoldering Mulch Reported on Main Street.
  • 7:49pm – Traffic Enforcement on Salem Street. One Citation Issued.
  • 8:45pm – Verbal Warning Issued for No Headlights on Salem Street.
  • 9:47pm- Traffic Enforcement on Susan Drive. No Citations Issued.
  • 10:03pm – Traffic Enforcement on Washington Street. No Citations Issued.