Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Monday, May 8, 2023
- 2:12am – Smoke detector activation at a Green Meadow Drive residence.
- 6:25am – Information from Wrentham PD given to an Avalon Road resident.
- 6:49am – Complaint regarding a car alarm on Forest Street.
- 7:47am – Possible harassment prevention order violation at a Bancroft Avenue residence.
- 8:04am – Community policing at Coolidge Middle School.
- 8:18am – Ongoing neighbor dispute regarding a fence on Deering Street.
- 8:23am – Missing person found deceased on Archstone Circle.
- 8:32am – Pilgrim Road resident reports an argument with a neighbor over a fence.
- 9:04am – Report of a suspicious person around Parker Middle School.
- 9:35am – Complaint regarding a car alarm on Forest Street.
- 10:23am – Community policing at Parker Middle School.
- 11:05am – Traffic enforcement on Elliott Street.
- 11:07am – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in a handicapped spot with no placard or plate on Green Street.
- 11:31am – Sanborn Lane resident reports ID theft.
- 11:47am – House lockout on Middlesex Avenue.
- 12:10pm – King Street resident reports finding two baby bunnies.
- 12:12pm – John Street resident reports that a truck hit a Verizon box and left the area.
- 1:50pm – Federal Street resident reports a contractor issue.
- 3:36pm – RMLD requests traffic control on Charles Street.
- 3:51pm – Main Street resident reports two incidents with another person.
- 4:04pm – Main Street resident reports a fraudulent unemployment claim.
- 4:16pm – Attempt to serve an active warrant to a Hillside Road resident.
- 4:34pm – Assistance rendered to a Cross Street resident reporting an incident from last night.
- 4:51pm – Loose parrot reported on Gould Street.
- 5:08pm – Green Street resident reports a stolen bike.
- 5:24pm – Follow-up visit regarding a Forest Street car alarm.
- 6:14pm – Phone found in Memorial Park playground.
- 6:18pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 6:17pm – Phone found on Lowell Street.
- 6:18pm – Sick raccoon reported in a Main Street driveway.
- 7:22pm – Complaint regarding two motorcycles traveling at high speeds on Charles Street.
- 8:22pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 8:26pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 8:34pm – Salem Street resident reports solicitors out too late at night.
- 9:13pm – FD reports a suspicious person on New Crossing Road.
- 9:28pm – Person confronted another person regarding comments at a meeting.
- 9:43pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported at a General Way business.
- 11:38pm – Caller reports a hose in the road on Lowell Street.
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
- 5:04am – Door found propped open at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 5:36am – All-night parking citations issued for municipal parking lots.
- 7:07am – Hancock Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 7:38am – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Lowell Street.
- 8:17am – Resident upset over traffic detours.
- 9:14am – Follow-up visit with John Street residents.
- 9:14am – Complaint regarding a tree crew working in the street on Main Street.
- 9:23am – Ellis Avenue resident reports that their dog was bit by a coyote.
- 9:59am – Complaint regarding a truck parked on the corner on Elliott Street.
- 10:30am – Neighborhood canvas on Green Street.
- 10:40am – South Street resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 10:47am – Officers assist with school lunches at Barrows Elementary School.
- 11:13am – RFD ladder truck struck a RMLD payment mailbox on Ash Street.
- 12:10pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 12:19pm – Crossing guard unable to cover post at Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street.
- 12:44pm – Greenwood Road resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 1:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 2:41pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:47pm – Officer covering a crossing post at Sunset Rock Lane and Franklin Street.
- 3:11pm – Party into the lobby regarding a past incident at Coolidge Middle School.
- 3:29pm – Longview Road resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 3:29pm – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
- 4:13pm – Attempt to serve a warrant to a Hillside Road resident.
- 5:12pm – Libby Avenue resident reports after-hours construction.
- 5:20pm – Bancroft Avenue resident reports a harassment prevention order violation.
- 5:26pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 5:30pm – Report of a suspicious person walking down Sunnyside Avenue.
- 6:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 6:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Curtis Street.
- 7:36pm – Report of a suspicious person in a Haven Street parking lot.
- 7:56pm – Report that a suspicious person is going into yards on John Street.
