Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, February 8, 2023
- 12:37am – Commercial alarm from Salem Street business.
- 5:42am – School check at Austin Prep on Willow Street.
- 7:35am – Road closure on Washington Street between High & Ash Street.
- 7:37am – All train gates are stuck down at Woburn Street & Washington Street.
- 8:01am – Road closure Sanborn Street from Lowell Street to Woburn Street.
- 8:24am – Disabled motor vehicle on Irving Street.
- 8:56am – Officer assistance requested by DPW at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 9:04am – Motor vehicle stop Lowell Street & Main Street. Warning for red light violation.
- 10:21am – Comcast truck working without Police detail and has the road closed near Berkeley Street & Fremont Street.
- 11:26am – Prescott Street caller reporting suspicious activity.
- 12:26pm – 911 hang up from West Street residence. Voicemail on callback.
- 12:46pm – Solicitors in the Timberneck Drive area.
- 1:41pm – 911 open line from Hampshire Road residence.
- 4:43pm – Female reporting dog was attacked by two off-leash dogs at Washington Park.
- 5:12pm – Motor vehicle stop on Temple Street & Woburn Street. Verbal warning for red light violation.
- 5:27pm – All-night parking exception Union Street for a car parked on street overnight.
- 5:40pm – Motor vehicle stop on John Street. Verbal warning for stop sign violation.
- 7:55pm – Lothrop Road residence call for possible hazmat issue – broken mercury thermometer.
- 9:09pm – PD requesting FD for mental health evaluation for Archstone Circle resident.
- 9:33pm – FD still alarm on Bancroft Avenue for outside odor of gas.
- 9:36pm – FD Eng1 in service; covering West side for Eng3.
Thursday, February 9, 2023
- 7:07am – Home Depot protection team requesting information at Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:13am – Road closure on Washington Street between High and Ash Street.
- 7:41am – Suspicious person near Charles Lawn Cemetery. Male crouching behind a wall and stumbling.
- 7:58am – Commercial alarm Anthony’s Roast Beef on Main Street.
- 8:02am – Road closure Sanborn Street between Lowell & Woburn Street.
- 8:03am – Motor vehicle stop John Street at Pleasant Street. Warning for stop sign violation.
- 8:40am – Female from Main Street reporting attempted fraud via mail.
- 10:33am – Residential alarm Partridge Road. Smoke/Co alarm; alarm canceled enroute.
- 11:50am – Male soliciting in the Pratt Street and Vista Avenue area.
- 12:43pm – DPW notified for Franklin Street porthole.
- 1:46pm – Motor vehicle stop on Federal Street at High Street. Warning for an unregistered vehicle.
- 1:47pm – Elderly woman arguing after a motor vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive near Oye’s Restaurant.
- 2:00pm – Suspicious person on Gould Street.
- 1:46pm – Parking complaint – motor vehicle parked in a Main Street lot for several days.
- 4:16pm – FD Street Box received from Lakeview Avenue.
- 6:11pm – Motor vehicle stop on New Crossing Road at Walkers Brook Drive. Verbal warning for no headlights.
- 6:18pm – Motor vehicle stop on Walkers Brook Drive. Verbal warning for no headlights.
- 6:46pm – Motor vehicle hit and run on Main Street at East Coast Gas. Two-car motor vehicle crash, and the vehicle fled the scene.
- 7:07pm – All-night parking exception Union Street for a car parked on street overnight.
- 8:01pm – FD still alarm Libby Avenue for odor in the home.
- 9:00pm – Motor vehicle repossession on Grey Coach Road.
- 10:32pm – All-night parking exception Azalea Circle.
