Reading, MA — Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, October 9, 2023
- 1:13am – Extra check of Cooling Unlimited on Main Street.
- 1:29am – Extra check of a Longview Avenue residence.
- 6:11am – Shipping hall alarm at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 9:21am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 10:38am – Wallet found on Haven Street was turned in at RPD.
- 12:33pm – Fire alarm activation at Reading Health Center on Pond Meadow Drive.
- 12:48pm – Audible fire alarm activation at a Timberneck Drive residence.
- 2:17pm – Fire alarm activation at J & B Crosby & Company on Haven Street.
- 2:25pm – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash in a Main Street parking lot.
- 3:58pm – West Street resident reports an unauthorized loan application.
- 4:50pm – Complaint regarding outdoor burning on High Street.
- 5:13pm – Request for a VIN verification on Wescroft Road.
- 6:11pm – Report of a gasoline spill at Cumberland Farms on Salem Street.
- 7:32pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Haven Street.
- 8:03pm – CO detector activation in a Bond Street residence.
- 9:27pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:49pm – Lift assist for a Pearl Street resident.
- 9:55pm – Report of a suspicious vehicle with front end damage at Shell Gas Station on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:24pm – Disabled vehicle on Vine Street.
- 11:53pm – Fire alarm activation at a Beacon Street residence.
Tuesday, October 10, 2023
- 12:48am – Extra check of Cooling Unlimited on Main Street.
- 12L:53am – Extra check of Mattera Cabin on Main Street.
- 6:13am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 7:43am – Unit standing by at a crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:03am – Disabled vehicle on Main Street.
- 8:08am – Erratic vehicle operation reported on the Salem Street side of the rotary.
- 8:24am – Report that youths sprayed graffiti on the retaining wall at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:50am – Report of damage to the parking lot at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:24am – Hit and run reported while the vehicle was parked in the Home Depot parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:15am – Disabled vehicle impeding traffic on South Street.
- 1:51pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 2:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Center Avenue.
- 2:19pm – Crash involving a town vehicle in the RMHS parking lot.
- 2:38pm – Extra check of CVS on Main Street.
- 2:41pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:47pm – Unit standing by for crossing post at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 3:04pm – Report that a vehicle is parked over the time limit on Main Street.
- 3:07pm – Report of a sinkhole forming on Woburn Street.
- 4:26pm – Report that a dog owner is walking an off-leash dog on Fairchild Lane.
- 5:18pm – Fire alarm activation on Elderberry Lane.
- 5:19pm – Caller reports debris in the road on the Haverhill Street side of the rotary.
- 5:48pm – Mineral Street resident reports a damaged vehicle’s registration sticker.
- 7:12pm – King Street resident reports a missing cat.
- 7:36pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
