Reading, MA — Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, August 28, 2023
- 12:42am – Extra check of Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 7:43am – Commercial alarm at Longhorn Steakhouse on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:02am – Report that two persons are possibly about to fight at East Coast Auto Repair on Main Street.
- 8:09am – CO detector activation at a Johnston Circle residence.
- 8:38am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 10:25am – Follow-up visit with a Coolidge Road resident.
- 12:38pm – Lift assist for a Grove Street resident.
- 1:06pm – Office came upon a paving crew without a detail on West Street.
- 2:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Highland Avenue.
- 2:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Brook Street.
- 2:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Chapin Avenue.
- 3:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 4:14pm – Report of an unattended campfire in the Town Forest.
- 4:58pm – Set of keys found in the street on Azalea Circle.
- 4:58pm – Report of damage to a vehicle at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:30pm – Report that sewage is backing up into the street on Lothrop Road.
- 5:53pm – Community policing on Walnut Street.
- 6:04pm – Lift assist for an Augustus Court resident.
- 7:05pm – Hall motion alarm at Killam Elementary School.
- 7:18pm – Caller concerned regarding solicitors on Summer Avenue.
- 7:34pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 7:48pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:52pm – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Street.
- 9:27pm – Washington Street resident reports that water is coming through a vent from an upstairs apartment.
- 9:35pm – Investigation of a smoke detector activation in an Augustus Court residence.
- 10:59pm – Extra check of Birch Meadow Elementary School.
Tuesday, August 29, 2023
- 12:29am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 12:33am – Sanborn Street resident reports that they believe that someone may be in their apartment.
- 1:10am – Traffic lights are twisted and facing the wrong way on Salem Street.
- 6:35am – Lost phone turned in at RPD.
- 9:13am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:29am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 11:31am – Curtis Street resident into the RPD lobby with a suspicious item.
- 11:35am – Copy of a harassment prevention order received via fax from Woburn District Court.
- 11:59am – Dudley Street resident reports a choking dog.
- 12:50pm – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on the Salem Street rotary.
- 1:53pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 2:05pm – Traffic enforcement on County Road.
- 2:33pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 2:42pm – Alarm at RMHS.
- 2:47pm – Verbal warning issued for texting while driving on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 3:23pm – Bay State Road resident reports items are missing from their residence.
- 4:23pm – Customer refuses to pay for a rejected inspection sticker at a Main Street gas station.
- 4:47pm – Deceased rabbit on the road on Harriman Avenue.
- 5:11pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 5:32pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Main Street.
- 6:13pm – Fire alarm activation with water flow at an Arcadia Avenue residence.
- 6:13pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:25pm – Main Street resident reports a loan scam.
- 6:46pm – Verbal warning issued for low speeds on Main Street.
- 6:47pm – Two people arguing in a vehicle on Line Road.
- 7:06pm – Resident reports that three people tore down tennis nets at Sturges Park.
- 10:05pm – Caller reports an alarm sounding from an alarm panel on Frank Tanner Drive.
