Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Monday, April 24, 2023
- 3:58am – Gould Street resident reports a barking dog.
- 5:07am – Lifeline alert at a Village Street residence.
- 7:52am – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 9:48am – Arcadia Avenue resident complaint regarding an ongoing issue with vehicles parking on both sides of the street.
- 10:28am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Franklin Street. No injuries reported.
- 10:46am – Evaluation requested at a Franklin Street vehicle crash.
- 11:05am – Summit Drive resident seeks advice on apartment maintenance.
- 11:14am – Disabled vehicle on Ash Street.
- 11:40am – Report of a possibly injured dog in a New Crossing Road parking lot.
- 12:06pm – Passerby reports a person laying facedown on the Common.
- 1:35pm – Thorndike Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 2:02pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 2:02pm – Eaton Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 2:45pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 2:47pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 3:07pm – Victoria Avenue resident reports long-term harassment.
- 3:53pm – Monroe Avenue Resident reports online harassment.
- 5:25pm – Fairview Avenue resident reports that a tow truck is attempting to repossess his vehicle.
- 5:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Causeway Road.
- 5:41pm – Report of a hit and run on Main Street.
- 5:53pm – Tamarack Road resident reports a suspicious vehicle.
- 6:12pm – Abigail Way resident reports a vehicle backing up and down the street.
- 6:14pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash at a West Street business.
- 6:47pm – Archstone Circle resident reports an unknown odor.
- 6:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 8:19pm – Assistance rendered to a customer of a Walker’s Brook Drive business still inside after the business closed.
- 8:47pm – Traffic enforcement on Minot Street.
- 8:50pm – Extra check of a Pleasant Street business.
- 9:12pm – Door to a Lincoln Street business found ajar.
- 9:56pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Washington Street.
- 10:13pm – Caller reports suspicious activity on Mineral Street.
- 11:33pm – Deceased rabbit in the road on Harnden Street.
Tuesday, April 25, 2023
- 6:06am – Private Investigator in the Woodbine Street area.
- 6:17am – Stair two motion alarm at RMHS.
- 7:59am – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 8:30am – Traffic enforcement on Bay State Road.
- 8:53am – Verbal warning issued for a hands-free violation on Johanna Drive.
- 8:55am – Technician requests access to the Auburn Street water tower.
- 9:27am – Pennsylvania Avenue resident reports a leaky water heater.
- 9:43am – Community policing on Bay State Road.
- 10:59am – Extra checks of Morton Field.
- 12:34pm – County road resident reports a fraudulent unemployment claim.
- 12:48pm – Lucy Drive Resident reports nails being placed under tires in the driveway.
- 2:39pm – Vehicle struck a gas pump at a Salem Street business.
- 2:44pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 2:59pm – Solicitor reported by a Main Street business.
- 3:23pm – Traffic enforcement on Selfridge Road.
- 4:42pm – Pinevale Avenue resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 5:54pm – Report of an insufficiently marked hole on Vine Street.
- 6:00pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Hillside Road.
- 6:21pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 7:00pm – As the result of a traffic stop on Federal Street, one suspect is arrested on outstanding warrants.
- 8:31pm – Report of solicitors after dark on Prospect Street.
