Reading Police Log October 27-29, 2023

Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:

Friday, October 27, 2023

  • 12:22am – Commercial alarm Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 5:42am – Fire alarm Rise 475 building on Main Street.
  • 6:58am – Commercial alarm Northern Bank & Trust on Main Street.
  • 7:02am – DPW notified for deceased deer on Bay State Road. 
  • 7:03am – Caller reported that traffic lights at Main & Haven Street are not functioning. 
  • 7:06am – Possible blown transformer on Woburn Street. 
  • 7:58am – School alarm received for RMHS on Oakland Road. 
  • 8:44am – Officer out on a follow-up at Ace Flats on Gould Street.
  • 8:50am – Disabled car in the parking lot of RMLD on Ash Street.
  • 9:02am – Motor vehicles parked over the two-hour limit near the Reading Quick Stop on Main Street.
  • 10:22am – Fire department responding to a medical call on Main Street for a 90-year-old with Covid.
  • 11:48am – Motor vehicle stop on Main Street at Salem Street. Verbal warning for red light violation. 
  • 11:56am – Owner of Comically Speaking reported car parked for more than three hours on Main Street.
  • 1:46pm – Caller reports dog off leash in Washington Park on Washington Street.
  • 2:00pm – Text a tip for a car parked in the town forest.
  • 3:18pm – Dog left inside a white Jeep at Market Basket on General Way.
  • 3:25pm – Commercial alarm Meadow Brook Golf Club on Grove Street.
  • 3:39pm – Set of Audi keys found on Sanborn Street and turned in to Police Headquarters.
  • 4:09pm – Set of Mini Cooper keys found at Charles Lawn Cemetery on Charles Street.
  • 5:09pm – Arrest of a 27-year-old Lexington man for revoked license and failing to stop.
  • 6:15pm – Fire alarm activation for microwave malfunctioning on South Street.
  • 6:38pm – Community Policing at Coolidge Middle School for the Halloween dance.
  • 6:36pm – An elderly male seeking assistance with a ride from Market Basket on General Way. 
  • 6:59pm – Disabled MBTA bus on Salem Street at John Street.
  • 9:28pm – Report of a suspicious intoxicated male on Lowell Street.
  • 10:02pm – Caller reports verbal argument with neighbor on Pleasant Street. 
  • 11:01pm – Loud music in the Wakefield Street area. 
  • 11:35pm – Report of loud neighbors on Washington Street.
  • 11:56pm – Caller reported hearing a person screaming near Ace Flats on Gould Street.

Saturday, October 28, 2023

  • 12:09am – Caller reporting the smell of gass in the area of Wakefield Street.
  • 1:07am – Caller reporting a male yelling by the Depot on High Street.
  • 2:33am – Text a tip of a noise complaint from a large party on John Street at Salem Street.
  • 4:22am – Single car motor vehicle crash on Mill Street.
  • 9:28am – Caller reporting a possible rabid skunk in the driveway on Sturges Road.
  • 11:27am – Motor vehicle stop on Percy Avenue at Main Street. Verbal warning for expired registration. 
  • 1:01pm – Deceased skunk on Lafayette Road, DPW notified. 
  • 3:13pm – Small puppy found in the area of Salem Street and Memorial Park. 
  • 4:15pm – DPWworker reporting motor vehicle parked in the compost area on Strout Avenue after closing. 
  • 4:50pm – Noise complaint on Lakeview Avenue. 
  • 7:30pm – Officer checking Woburn Street for vehicle for MA State Police.
  • 10:42pm – Fire alarm on Juniper Circle for smoke detector activation. 
  • 11:32pm – Possibly intoxicated teen walking in the middle of Forest Street near Grove Street.

Sunday, October 29, 2023

  • 2:56am – Neighbors playing loud music on Mount Vernon Street.
  • 7:49am – Countryside Lane resident locked out of the house. 
  • 10:26am – Loose small brown dog running in the Lenetta Lane neighborhood. 
  • 11:54am – Motor vehicle attempting to make a U-Turn on the Salem Street side of the Rotary. 
  • 12:38pm – Commercial alarm Reading Public Library Middlesex Avenue. 
  • 3:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street at Rustic Lane.
  • 3:46pm – School alarm RMHS Oakland Road for open door.
  • 5:22pm – Motor vehicle crash in the Burbank Ice Arena parking lot on Symonds Way. No injuries.
  • 6:15pm – Open 911 call from a cell phone on Walkers Brook Drive; no answer on call back.  
  • 8:07pm – Neighbor reporting loose dog on a porch on Lenetta Lane.