Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, April 12, 2023
- 7:55am – Officer covering a crossing post at Forest Street and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 8:34am – Complaint regarding a trailer left parked on the road on High Street.
- 9:08am – Erratic vehicle operation reported on the Haverhill street side of the Rotary.
- 9:32am – DPW reports that a vehicle went through a train gate on Bolton Street and broke the gate.
- 9:58am – Complaint regarding a lift blocking a driveway on Main Street.
- 10:21am – DPW reports damage at Laurel Hill cemetery.
- 10:26am – Back Bay Court resident seeks assistance.
- 10:39am – Report of boxes blown into the street on Salem Street.
- 11:49am – Complaint regarding vehicles speeding and not following the rules of the road on Pearl Street.
- 11:54am – Report of a vehicle damaged at the car wash.
- 1:04pm – Report of a license plate stolen at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 1:39pm – Traffic light at Salem Street and Main Street knocked down.
- 1:59pm – Request for extra checks of a Middlesex Avenue residence.
- 2:47pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Castine Field.
- 2:51pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord drive and Forest Street.
- 3:32pm – Possible disabled tractor trailer unit at the Salem Street side of the Rotary.
- 3:35pm – Report of a past hit and run on Lowell Street.
- 3:54pm – Manager of Verizon Wireless on Walkers Brook Drive reports shoplifting.
- 3:57pm – Report of yelling inside a Main Street business.
- 4:41pm – Complaint regarding two vehicles racing around a Walkers Brook Drive parking lot.
- 4:56pm – Inside odor of gas reported in a Sunnyside Avenue residence.
- 5:02pm – Complaint regarding a road rage incident on Franklin Street.
- 5:41pm – Text-a-tip report of illegal parking at the Bancroft Street tennis courts.
- 6:40pm – Odor of smoke and a light haze in the air reported on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 7:39pm – Extra check of a Pleasant Street business.
- 7:54pm – Report of an illegal burn on Lowell Street.
- 8:21pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to illumine headlights on Manning Street.
- 8:22pm – Extra checks of Laurel Hill cemetery.
- 8:25pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to illuminate headlights on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:40pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Harnden Street.
- 8:59pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to illuminate headlights on New Crossing Road.
- 9:02pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Willow Street.
- 10:24pm – Inside odor of gas reported in a Middlesex Avenue residence.
- 11:37pm – Washington Street resident reports a neighbor playing loud music.
- 11:57pm – Smoke detector activation in a Marla Lane residence.
Thursday, April 13, 2023
- 12:31am – Commercial alarm at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 12:50am – Extra check of Laurel Hill cemetery.
- 8:01am – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord drive and Forest Street.
- 8:22am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Salem Street.
- 8:37am – Lift assist for a Prescott Street resident.
- 8:50am – Manager of The Paper Store on Walkers Brook Drive reports shoplifting.
- 8:59am – Officer assisting DPW on Franklin Street.
- 9:23am – Officer assisting with funeral traffic on Sanborn Street.
- 9:25am – South Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 9:40am – K9 officers in town forest for training.
- 10:16am – Verbal warning issued for failure to obey DPW signage on Charles Street.
- 11:14am – RMLD notified that a crew dug up a live wire on Sanborn Street.
- 12:42pm – Arrest of a suspect for heroin, morphine, opium, fentanyl trafficking and possession with intent to distribute after a report of erratic vehicle operation on Robin Road.
- 12:56pm – Martin Road resident seeks advice.
- 2:08pm – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
- 2:24pm – N.Reading PD requests to speak with a Franklin Street resident.
- 2:46pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 3:00pm – Cruiser struck a curb on Franklin Street.
- 3:47pm – Two-vehicle crash on Causeway Road. no injuries reported.
- 4:55pm – Lakeview Avenue resident complains about neighbors making excessive noise.
- 4:57pm – Disabled vehicle on Nelson Avenue.
- 5:49pm – Verbal warning issued for cell phone use on Pleasant Street.
- 5:49pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in a bad spot on Sanborn Street.
- 6:16pm – Follow-up visit with a High Street resident.
- 6:36pm – Six credit and debit cards found on Harnden Street.
- 7:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
- 8:32pm – Extra check of a Pleasant Street business.
- 8:49pm – Two suspicious persons who were looking into vehicles on South Street fled the scene.
- 8:58pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on Salem Street.
- 9:00pm – Extra check of Laurel Hill cemetery.
- 9:29pm – Complaint regarding a loud band playing on Hancock Street.
- 10:02pm – Verbal warning issued for defective equipment on Lowell Street.
- 10:02pm – Verbal warning issued for a defective headlight on Washington Street.
- 10:06pm – Extra check of Birch Meadow elementary school.
