Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Friday, September 1, 2023
- 1:38am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:09am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:17am – Elevator alarm at Haven Junction on Haven Street.
- 7:41am – Disabled vehicle reported on West Street.
- 8:14am – Officer out with a disabled vehicle on Main Street.
- 9:37am – Train in station with all the gates stuck down.
- 9:54am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 10:43am – Hancock Street resident seeks advice regarding identity theft.
- 12:07pm – Old Farm Road resident seeks advice regarding a contractor dispute.
- 12:32pm – Department of Children and Families seeks information and reports regarding a Woodland Street residence.
- 1:40pm – Complaint regarding a landscaping truck driving down the middle of Mill Street.
- 1:51pm – Possible sick or injured raccoon reported on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 4:39pm – Verbal warning issued on Bolton Street.
- 4:48pm – Charles Street resident reports smoke in the basement.
- 6:44pm – Commercial alarm at a Lincoln Street business.
- 8:46pm – Report that a large group of youths are ringing doorbells on Colonial Drive.
- 10:36pm – Suspicious person heard yelling “Stop” on Parker Street.
- 10:50pm – Alden Circle resident requests help looking for a lost dog.
- 10:58pm – Unit checking on two suspicious vehicles at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
Saturday, September 2, 2023
- 1:12am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 8:53am – Fire and medical alarm at the Archstone Circle community center.
- 9:09am – Highland Road resident reports a vehicle may have been keyed.
- 11:04am – Green Street resident reports that a vehicle is partially blocking their driveway.
- 11:29am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 11:49am – Lakeview Avenue resident complaint regarding loud noise from an upstairs apartment.
- 12:58pm – Report that a suspicious person is taking a shopping cart onto the 95/128 south on-ramp.
- 4:23pm – Fire alarm activation at an Enos Circle residence.
- 4:34pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 5:37pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 6:57pm – Commercial alarm at Pizza World on Main Street.
- 7:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 7:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Sanborn Street.
- 8:04pm – Traffic enforcement on Brook Street.
- 8:25pm – Passerby on Longwood Road believes they heard a person yell for help.
- 8:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
- 9:20pm – Unit out with a large group on the RMHS football field.
- 11:02pm – Medical alert at a Frank Tanner Drive residence.
- 11:20pm – Text-a-Tip report of a possible underage drinking party on Lee Street.
Sunday, September 3, 2023
- 2:55am – Group of suspicious vehicles reported in the Jordan’s Furniture parking lot.
- 4:48am – Lift assist for a Summit Drive resident.
- 5:34am – Ambulance requests assistance with a patient on Pleasant Street.
- 8:03am – Text-a-Tip report of a three foot bladed knife on the ground on Main Street.
- 8:27am – Officer out with a possible disabled vehicle at the Haverhill Street rotary.
- 9:37am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 10:11am – Report of a person acting strange outside a Walkers Brook Drive business.
- 12:41pm – Report that the alarm panel in an Abigail Way building is beeping.
- 1:44pm – Lift assist for a Pleasant Street resident.
- 2:14pm – Report that a large pair of shears were found on the path near the conservation area on John Carver Road.
- 4:59pm – Temple Street resident reports fraudulent attempted credit card charges.
- 6:42pm – Investigation of a fire alarm at a Sanborn Street building.
- 7:32pm – Report of a stolen wallet at Home Goods on Main Street.
- 9:33pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:55pm – Summer Avenue resident expresses concern over a light in an abandoned house.
- 10:34pm – Traffic enforcement on Harnden Street.
