Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
- 1:38am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 8:00am – Vehicle repossession order received for a Center Avenue residence.
- 8:01am – Minor vehicle crash involving a Water Department vehicle on Prescott Street.
- 8:25am – Nugent Street resident reports an unauthorized money transfer.
- 9:00am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:11am – One way traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 9:31am – One way traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 10:12am – Attempt to serve a witness summons at a Wilson Street residence.
- 11:22am – Complaint regarding a parked vehicle partially blocking a Charles Street entrance.
- 11:34am – Traffic enforcement at Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 11:38am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Salem Street.
- 11:40am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Charles Street.
- 11:41am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 11:49am – Smoke detector alarm in a Pearl Street residence.
- 12:28pm – Report that a suspicious person is wandering on Riverside Drive.
- 12:31pm – Deceased rabbit reported on Woburn Street.
- 1:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 5:34pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:19pm – Attempt to serve a summons at a Wilson Street residence.
- 7:26pm – Stop sign missing on Haven Street.
- 8:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Brook Street.
- 8:15pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Brook Street.
- 8:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Woodland Street.
- 9:16pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Oakland Road.
- 9:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Harnden Street.
- 9:44pm – Verbal warning issued on Harnden Street.
- 10:07pm – Verbal warning issued for an unregistered vehicle on Harrison Street.
Thursday, August 10, 2023
- 12:30am – Lift assist for an Elderberry Road resident.
- 12:36am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 5:11am – Report of smoke in a Haven Street apartment.
- 5:51am – Abandoned bike found in a General Way parking lot.
- 6:00am – Commercial alarm at Town Hall on Lowell Street.
- 6:22am – Outside odor of gas reported on New Crossing Road.
- 7:11am – Deceased skunk in the road on Main Street.
- 7:55am – Officer standing by for DPW on West Street.
- 8:00am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 8:09am – Officer discovers a pole that had been struck on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:51am – License left at RPD returned to a Harvest Road resident.
- 9:48am – Pinevale Road resident heard rustling noises coming from the woods.
- 9:56am – Possible medical emergency on Summer Avenue.
- 10:10am – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 10:33am – Verbal warning issue for a stop sign violation on Summer Avenue.
- 11:01am – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 12:59pm – Officer standing by for DPW on West Street.
- 1:10pm – Officer standing by for a branch removal on Haverhill Street.
- 1:40pm – Report that a trash truck took down a wire on Shady Hill Lane.
- 2:36pm – Inside odor of electrical burning on Main Street.
- 4:06pm – Attempt to serve a witness summons to a Wilson Street residence.
- 4:27pm – Frank Tanner Driver resident reports being harassed by a neighbor.
- 4:44pm – Outside odor of gas reported on Copeland Avenue.
- 5:28pm – Attempt to serve a summons to a resident of the Lowell House on Middlesex Avenue.
- 5:59pm – Extra checks of Morton Field.
- 6:41pm – Green Street resident reports that a vehicle he purchased was reported stolen.
- 7:09pm – Officer came upon a disabled vehicle carrier on Hampshire Road.
- 9:15pm – Lift assist for a Haven Street resident.
- 9:25pm – Report of a suspicious person on Main Street.
- 9:52pm – Traffic enforcement on Harnden Street.
- 10:04pm – Exterior door alarm at RMHS.
- 10:56pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 11:05pm – Person fell with a head strike and is bleeding at Artis Senior Living on Main Street.
