Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, May 5, 2023
- 6:01am – Crossing guard at Summer Avenue and King Street out sick.
- 6:55am – Francis Drive resident found a stray dog in their yard.
- 7:58am – Officer covering a crossing post at Castine Field.
- 7:59am – Investigation at a Woburn Street residence.
- 8:00am – Officer covering a crossing post at Barrows Elementary School.
- 8:01am – Verbal warning issued on Main Street.
- 9:18am – Caller reports a lost stroller and wallet at Verizon Wireless on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:20am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 10:32am – RMLD requests detail on Main Street.
- 11:20am – Green Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 11:45am – Verbal warning issued on Ridge Road.
- 12:34pm – Caller upset about the words and actions of another driver at House of Bagels on Main Street.
- 12:45pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 12:48pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Forest Street.
- 1:13pm – Follow-up visit with a Forest Street resident.
- 1:53pm – Attempt to serve a summons to a James Street resident.
- 1:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 1:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Pine RidgePineridge Road.
- 3:33pm – Report that a dog is running loose on Grove Street.
- 4:17pm – Animal Control contacted regarding an injured bat on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 4:43pm – Multiple no parking signs ripped up from the ground on Hartshorn Street.
- 5:24pm – Odor of smoke reported at a Doyon’s on Main Street.
- 5:49pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 5:51pm – Haverhill Street resident reports gift card scam.
- 6:22pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Charles Street.
- 6:54pm – Assistance rendered to a caller reporting they are locked in the YMCA locker room.
- 7:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 8:07pm – Pearl Street resident reports constantly barking dogs.
- 8:44pm – Taylor Drive resident reports credit card fraud.
- 9:00pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 10:04pm – Johnson Woods Drive resident reports hearing screaming.
- 11:03pm – Lift Assist for a Prescott Street resident.
Saturday, May 6, 2023
- 12:06am – Taylor Drive resident reports credit card fraud.
- 5:42am – Report of a suspicious vehicle in a Franklin Street driveway with the door left open.
- 5:46am – Commercial alarm at a Main Street business.
- 6:07am – Storage unit door found open at the Burbank YMCA.
- 9:33am – Complaint regarding contractors blocking the road on Salem Street.
- 10:58am – Pearl Street resident complaints regarding an ongoing issue with multiple dogs barking for periods of time.
- 11:00am – Officers participate in the bike rodeo at RMLD.
- 11:58am – Report of a lost phone at Memorial Park.
- 12:11pm – Main building door alarm at RMHS.
- 12:18pm – Honda service department on Walkers Brook Drive reports a customer left without paying for completed work.
- 1:25pm – Main lobby door alarm at RMHS.
- 1:35pm – Follow up visit with an Archstone Circle resident.
- 2:08pm – Open top dumpster left without authorization in a town parking lot on Main Street.
- 3:16pm – Parking enforcement on Woodland Avenue.
- 3:18pm – Parking enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
- 3:20pm – Report that a duffel bag is in a Woburn Street parking lot.
- 4:22pm – Assistance rRendered to a Taylor Drive resident with apartment issues.
- 9:08pm – Passerby reports the gates to the Auburn Street water tower are open.
- 9:14pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to signal on Highland Avenue.
- 11:09pm – Check of a Gregory Lane residence that the resident believes may have been entered.
Sunday, May 7, 2023
- 1:56am – Suspicious person asleep in a vehicle on Beacon Street.
- 7:07am – Lift assist for a Pierce Street resident.
- 8:13am – Main foyer alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 12:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Susan Drive.
- 12:37pm – Commercial alarm at a Walker’s Brook Drive business.
- 1:01pm – Check on a suspicious vehicle parked on Main Street.
- 1:06pm – Credit card turned in at PD.
- 2:04pm – Augustus Court resident reports ID theft.
- 3:07pm – Report that a playground sign and a port-a-potty have been knocked over at Wood End Elementary School.
- 4:53pm – Public assist at an Elderberry Lane residence.
- 4:55pm – Past crash on Lowell Street reported.
- 5:08pm – Injured goose reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:48pm – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 7:51pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 7:55pm – Report of a backyard fire on Field Pond Road.
- 9:25pm – Occupants of a suspicious vehicle on Edgemont Avenue may have thrown a firecracker out the vehicle window.
- 9:34pm – Text-a-Tip report of youths gathering in a Salem Street parking lot.
- 9:47pm – As a result of a traffic stop one suspect is arrested for OUI, a marked lanes violation, and speed on Canterbury Drive.
