Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Friday, December 23, 2022
- 12:00 – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 1:16am – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 1:33am – Franklin Street Resident Reports the Garage Door was Opened.
- 1:34am – Fire Alarm Activation at the Reading Public Library.
- 2:53am – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
- 4:34am – Commercial Alarm at the Reading Public Library.
- 5:08am – Door Alarm at Wood End Elementary School.
- 7:58am – Large Branch on a Motor Vehicle at the Shell Station on Main Street.
- 8:03am – Officer Covering a Crossing Post at Charles Street and Boswell Road.
- 8:09am – Telephone Pole Hanging From Wires and Leaning on Main Street.
- 8:09am – DPW Notified of a Tree in the Street on Franklin Street.
- 8:26am – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 8:27am – Ashley Place Resident Reports a Tree Down Onto Property.
- 8:30am – RMLD Notified of a Low Wire on Highland Street.
- 8:32am – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 8:37am – Hillside Road Resident Reports a Missing Cat.
- 8:45am – Pearl Street Resident Reports a Fox Under the Porch.
- 8:55am – DPW Notified of a Tree Down Blocking the Sidewalk on Salem Street.
- 9:13am – Verbal Warning Issued for Speed on Main Street.
- 9:38am – DPW Notified of a Branch in the Road on Woodward Avenue.
- 9:52am – Train Gates Stuck Down on Main Street.
- 10:04am – Commercial Alarm at a Haven Street Business.
- 10:04am – Public Kitchen on Main Street Complains Regarding a Vehicle Illegally Parked in the Parking Lot.
- 10:12am – Report of Tires Taken from a Vehicle at the Honda Dealership on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:13am – Commercial Alarm at a Haven Street Business.
- 10:38am – Officer Standing by for DPW on Grove Street.
- 10:55am – Traffic Control on Hopkins Street.
- 10:58am – Lift Assist for an Eastway Resident.
- 11:04am – Officer Covering a Crossing Post at Charles Street and Boswell Road.
- 11:14am – Hydrant Back in Service at Franklin Street and Emerson Street.
- 11:29am – Stop Sign and Street Sign Down at Torre Street and Salem Street.
- 11:42am – Officer Standing by for Traffic Control at Haven Street and High Street.
- 12:22pm – Mass DOT Notified about a State Highway Sign Down at the Salem Street Rotary.
- 12:47pm – Minor Two-Vehicle Crash in a Main Street Parking Lot.
- 1:24pm – Salem Street Residents Report Issues with a Neighbor.
- 3:07pm – Azalea Circle Resident Reports a Large Amount of Standing Water in the Area.
- 3:11pm – Two-Vehicle Crash on South Street.
- 4:14pm – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 4:18pm – Traffic Light Detached from the post and Hanging from a Wire on South Street.
- 4:56pm – Citgo Gas Station on Main Street Reports Sparks Coming from a Pole onto the Building.
- 5:00pm – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 5:16pm – Report that a Black Box is in the Road on Main Street.
- 5:18pm – Investigation of a Fire Alarm at a Main Street Building.
- 5:19pm – Two-Vehicle Crash on Washington Street.
- 5:56pm – Tree Down with a Damaged Vehicle on George Street.
- 6:42pm – Alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 6:46pm – Flames Coming from an Oven in a Sunset Rack Lane Residence.
- 6:52pm – Report of Two Dogs Running into Traffic on Washington Street.
- 6:56pm – Lights Detached from the Casing and Hanging from a Wire on Franklins Street.
- 6:57pm – Commercial Alarm at the Reading Public Library.
- 7:03pm – Lifeline Activation at a Summer Avenue Residence.
- 8:49pm – Caller Reports a Propane Tank by the Sturges Park Tennis Courts.
- 9:48pm – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 9:55pm – Manager at Mandarin on Salem Street Reports that a Person had too much to Drink.
- 10:03pm – Unit Reports that a Tree is about to Fall over on Main Street.
- 11:15pm – Report of a Low-Hanging Verizon Wire on Martin Road.
Saturday, December 24, 2022
- 12:00 – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 12:04am – Logwood Road Resident Reports a Loud Noise in the Area.
- 12:13am – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
- 1:02am – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 1:16am – Officer Out with a Possible Disabled Vehicle on Howard Street.
- 1:34am – Fire Alarm Activation at the Reading Public Library.
- 5:49am – Extra Check of the Honda Dealership on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:24am – Low-Hanging Wire at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:18am – DPW Notified of a Large Pothole on Main Street.
- 7:54am – Erratic Vehicle Operation Reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:10am – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 9:32am – Verbal Warning Issued for a Red Light Violation on Salem Street.
- 10:04am – Hazardous Condition Reported Outside a Summit Drive Building.
- 10:46am – Possible Water Main Break Reported on Harvard Street.
- 10:54am – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 11:09am – Augustus Court Residence Reports a Sewer Back-up in the Garage.
- 11:40am – Lost Bank Card Turned in.
- 12:30pm – Officer Standing by for DPW on Main Street.
- 1:08pm – Complaint Regarding Two Vehicles Parked on Pine Ridge Circle Making it Difficult to See the Intersection.
- 1:10pm – Tree Branches Down on the Road on Grove Street.
- 1:34pm – CO Detector Activation in a Sanborn Street Building.
- 2:05pm – Possible Water Pipe Burst inside Parker Middle School.
- 3:28pm – Two-Vehicle Crash on Willard Road.
- 7:04pm – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 7:12pm – Commercial Alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive Business.
- 9:11pm – DPW Notified that Lights and Menorah on the Town Common are not Lit.
- 9:12pm – West Street Resident Complains Regarding Neighbors Blowing an Air Horn.
- 10:25pm – DPW to be Notified of Potholes on Charles Street.
- 10:32pm – Report that an Illegally Parked Vehicle on Main Street is Creating a Traffic Hazard.
Sunday, December 25, 2022
- 12:05am – PD and FD Informed that a Guard is on Scene at the Honda Dealership on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:06am – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 1:06am – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 1:12am – Lakeview Avenue Resident Complaint Regarding Noise from an Upstairs Neighbor.
- 1:37am – Commercial Fire Alarm at the Reading Public Library.
- 5:24am – Sector Two Building Checks.
- 5:38am – Sector One Building Checks.
- 6:12am – Sector Three Building Checks.
- 10:37am – CO Detector Activation in a Main Street Residence.
- 1:47pm – Report that Ice in Forming on a Lilah Lane Sidewalk.
- 3:37pm – Commercial Alarm at a Main Street Business.
- 4:54pm – Small Cat Found on Parkview Road.
- 5:06pm – Extra Check of the Town Common.
- 5:10pm – Extra Check of a Tennyson Road Residence.
- 7:24pm – Suspicious Vehicle Reported at the Honda Dealership on Walkers Brook Drive.
