Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
- 7:59am – Officer covering a crossing post at Forest Street and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 8:12am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Pleasant Street.
- 9:11am – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 12:42pm – Bay State Road resident reports a possible scam.
- 2:43pm – Unit covering a crossing post at Forest Street and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 6:36pm – Box alarm struck for a house fire on Ash Street.
- 8:22pm – Sanborn Street resident reports outdoor odor of gas.
- 9:48pm – Verbal warning issued on Minot Street.
- 9:49pm – Units standing by for the end of the hockey game at Burbank Ice Arena.
Thursday, March 2, 2023
- 7:00am – Unit check on a student walking to school on Summer Avenue.
- 8:42am – Verbal warning issued for failure to illuminate headlights on Stone Well Road.
- 9:01am – Report of smoke in the area on Colonial Drive.
- 9:40am – Sick or injured opossum reported in a Deering Street driveway.
- 9:48am – FD assists Main Street resident with an alarm.
- 10:30am – Traffic enforcement on Sanborn Street.
- 11:28am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Summer Avenue. No injuries reported.
- 11:41am – DPW notified of a large amount of potholes on Lowell Street.
- 1:10pm – DPW notified that the lights at Haverhill Street and Symonds Way are flashing and unable to be reset.
- 1:23pm – Disabled vehicle on Elliot Street.
- 1:28pm – Fire alarm activation at a South Street Residence.
- 2:05pm – Verbal warning for a stop sign violation on Fulton Street.
- 2:21pm – Traffic enforcement in Reading Square.
- 4:28pm – Engine 4 assists a private ambulance company.
- 7:00pm – K-9 training in the town forest.
- 7:13pm – Vehicle repossession order received via fax.
- 7:44pm – Commercial alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 9:19pm – Cross Street resident reports someone ringing the doorbell.
- 10:03pm – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 11:22pm – Verbal warning issued on Main Street.
