Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Friday, August 11, 2023
- 1:12am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 11:18am – Complaint regarding parked truck that is making it difficult to see oncoming traffic on Salem Street.
- 12:34pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Washington Street. No injuries reported.
- 1:38pm – Wire down on Grove Street.
- 1:56pm – Report of overgrown vegetation on the power lines on Forest Street.
- 3:23pm – Emergency Medical Dispatch testing launched at a Washington Street residence.
- 3:29pm – Truck parked in the road causing traffic to back up on Manning Street.
- 4:00pm – Witness summons left in the mailbox of a Wilson Street residence.
- 5:10pm – Traffic enforcement on Border Road.
- 5:10pm – Report of a hit and run with unknown damage on Main Street.
- 5:17pm – Lift assist for a Woburn Street resident.
- 5:37pm – Extra check of Morton Field on End of Bancroft Avenue.
- 6:12pm – Report that a delivery driver failed to secure their vehicle which rolled into a Spruce Road residence.
- 6:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 8:22pm – Report of a pothole on Woburn Street.
- 8:25pm – Spruce Road resident reports a loud noise coming from their residence.
- 9:37pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
Saturday, August 12, 2023
- 12:45am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 2:12am – Caller reports a large group of people yelling on Ash Street.
- 7:38am – Main foyer motion alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 8:37am – Ashley Place resident reports that a suspicious vehicle has been parked for several days.
- 9:11am – Debit card turned in at RPD.
- 9:15am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on South Street. No injuries reported.
- 10:05am – Attempt to serve an immediate threat notice to a Salem Street residence.
- 11:11am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 11:58am – Complaint regarding a vehicle blocking the travel lane on Main Street for twenty minutes.
- 3:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Elliott Street.
- 5:56pm – Fire alarm at a Union Street residence.
- 6:07pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 8:01pm – Summer Avenue resident concerned regarding an open gate at a vacant house.
- 9:03pm – Report of strange behavior in a Main Street parking lot.
- 9:29pm – Lift assist for a Winter Street resident.
- 10:31pm – As the result of a stop, suspect arrested for OUI on Symonds Way.
- 10:41pm – Pasture Lane resident reports loud noise from a neighbor’s residence.
- 11:34pm – Lift assist for a Haven Street resident.
Sunday, August 13, 2023
- 3:01am – Washington Street resident reports that a bat flew into the apartment.
- 6:07am – Extra checks of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:57am – Main foyer motion alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 8:28am – Deceased skunk on Johanna Drive.
- 8:51am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:12am – Weston Road resident reports their vehicle was broken into overnight.
- 10:00am – Longfellow Road resident reports a vehicle was broken into overnight.
- 10:09am – Avon Road resident reports that a suspicious person walked out of the woods into the backyard.
- 10:27am – Report of a dog in a vehicle on Haven Street.
- 11:28am – Report of a missing wallet at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:23pm – Winthrop Street resident reports receiving several unwanted debit cards.
- 12:24pm – Outdoor odor of burning reported on Michelini Lane.
- 12:33pm – Report of a past vehicle crash at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:00pm – Assistance rendered to a Pearl Street resident regarding a vehicle sale.
- 1:31pm – Washington Street resident Reports a person banging on their door, threatening to get into the apartment.
- 2:07pm – Longfellow Road resident reports a vehicle was broken into overnight.
- 2:26pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 3:00pm – Possible sick coyote reported on Arcadia Avenue.
- 3:35pm – Report that dog is inside a vehicle at Home Goods on Main Street.
- 3:47pm – Bancroft Avenue resident reports damage to a flag on the property.
- 4:12pm – Fire alarms sounding at a Sumner Cheney Place residence.
- 5:09pm – Report of a past hit and run at Calareso’s on Main Street.
- 5:15pm – Highland Street resident reports vehicle was entered overnight or today.
- 5:16pm – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on Bond Street.
- 5:30pm – Lawrence Road resident reports an odor in the home.
- 6:18pm – Commercial alarm at a High Street residence.
- 8:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 9:39pm – CO detector activation at a Lucy Drive residence.
- 9:44pm – Two youths rang a Bancroft Avenue doorbell seeking a ride home.
- 10:01pm – Summer Avenue resident reports a damaged historical sign.
