Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, September 25, 2023
- 12:08am – Report that suspicious persons are looking into businesses on Main Street.
- 2:41am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:33am – Disabled vehicle on West Street.
- 7:47am – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 8:20am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Libby Avenue. No injuries reported.
- 8:24am – Disabled vehicle on Pearl Street.
- 8:31am – Fire alarm activation on Summit Drive.
- 8:39am – Multiple reports that the traffic lights at West Street and Woburn Street are not functioning.
- 9:41am – Elderberry Lane resident seeks information about a business.
- 9:47am – Fire Drill at RMHS.
- 10:09am – Lift assist for an Indiana Avenue resident.
- 10:51am – Caller reports that chocolate is being left by the door.
- 1:24pm – Inside odor of gasoline reported at Golf Galaxy on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:30pm – Unit covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 6:49pm – Smoke alarm activation in a High Street building.
- 11:21pm – Unit reports that the lights are not functioning properly at General Way and Walkers Brook Drive.
Tuesday, September 26, 2023
- 9:30am – Follow-up visit with a Deering Street resident.
- 11:00am – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on Chapin Avenue.
- 11:04am – Venetian Moon Restaurant reports that a customer left without paying their bill.
- 11:49am – Verbal warning for a hands free violation on Main Street.
- 12:33pm – Directed patrol on John Carver Road.
- 1:43pm – Robin Road resident turns in a BB gun for disposal.
- 1:45pm – Tractor trailer unit took down wires on Osborne Avenue.
- 2:30pm – Follow-up visit with a Chapin Avenue resident.
- 3:26pm – Extra check of CVS on Main Street.
- 3:58pm – Complaint regarding large parked vehicles blocking the road on Chapin Avenue.
- 5:31pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 5:32pm – Chapel Hill Drive resident reports a baby possum is in their garage.
- 5:32pm – Salem Street resident reports credit card fraud.
- 6:40pm – Middlesex Avenue resident reports a suspicious person from earlier in the day.
- 6:41pm – Caller reports an alarm sounding from a Pine Ridge Road construction site.
- 7:04pm – Main Street resident reports a lost purse.
- 7:16pm – Smoke detector activation at a Richards Road residence.
- 7:21pm – Verbal warning issued as the result of a stop on Summer Avenue.
- 7:43pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 8:05pm – Verbal warning issued as the result of a stop on West Street.
- 9:06pm – Deceased animal in the road on Edgemont Avenue.
- 9:09pm -Report of a smoke detector malfunction at a Franklin Street residence.
- 10:26pm – Investigation of a fire alarm at an Abigail Way residence.
