Reading Police Log November 6-7, 2023

Reading, MA — Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:

Monday, November 6, 2023

  • 12:50am – Extra check of a Hanscom Road residence.
  • 5:36am – Commercial alarm at Reading Co-Op Bank on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 7:36am – CO alarm in a Sanborn Street building.
  • 8:06am – Report of a lost wallet on Bancroft Avenue.
  • 8:17am – Verbal warning issued for failure to inspect on Charles Street.
  • 8:29am – Suspicious person looking through a Fairmount Avenue dumpster.
  • 8:49am – Traffic enforcement on Bethune Avenue.
  • 8:56am – Wallet found at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 9:00am – Traffic enforcement on Red Gate Lane.
  • 10:20am – Fire drill atWood End Elementary School.
  • 11:10am – Morgan Park resident reports an ongoing issue with their house being egged.
  • 12:58pm – Complaint regarding multiple construction vehicles blocking Main Street.
  • 1:49pm – Traffic enforcement on Forest Street.
  • 2:30pm – Loose dog on Vine Street.
  • 2:56pm – Purse found on Main Street.
  • 3:29pm – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Franklin Street. No injuries reported.
  • 4:55pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Main Street. No injuries reported.
  • 5:05pm – Investigation of a fire alarm on Gazebo Circle.
  • 5:31pm – Commercial alarm at Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 7:54pm – CO detector activation at an Eastway.
  • 8:13pm – Traffic enforcement on Bethune Avenue.
  • 8:23pm – Extra check on a Longview Road residence.
  • 8:46pm – Odor of smoke on Harvard Street.
  • 9:03pm – Extra check of a Hanscom Avenue residence.
  • 11:48pm – Disabled vehicle on Catherine Avenue.

Arrest Log:

Arrest of a suspect for assault with a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest.

Tuesday, November 7, 2023

  • 12:13am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 2:14am – Extra check of a Hanscom Avenue residence.
  • 7:30am – Complaint regarding construction vehicles blocking the road on Hopkins Street.
  • 7:52am – Commercial alarms at Longhorn Steakhouse on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 9:05am – Traffic enforcement on Wadsworth Road.
  • 9:50am – Traffic enforcement on Edgemont Avenue.
  • 9:51am – Request for extra checks at a Dunbar Road residence.
  • 9:57am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 10:39am – Fire alarm at a Latham Lane residence.
  • 11:01am – Backpack found on Gould Street.
  • 11:20am – Peabody PD seeks to speak with a Marla Lane resident.
  • 12:23pm – PD assists facilities with moving vehicles for a container delivery at RMHS.
  • 1:10pm – Complaint regarding excessive traffic in front of RMHS.
  • 1:51pm – Report that a vehicle is parked on Main Street in a two-hour spot for over the allotted time.
  • 1:58pm – Transport for an elderly person who was out for a walk on Main Street.
  • 2:00pm – Report that a suspicious person is taking pictures of an unoccupied residence on Glenmere Circle.
  • 2:42pm – Trash truck on fire on Percy Avenue.
  • 3:29pm – Augustus Court resident reports scam texts.
  • 4:08pm – Exterior door alarm at Killam Elementary School.
  • 4:15pm – Unit out with a disabled vehicle on Puritan Road.
  • 4:16pm – Report of a past hit and run on the Haverhill Street rotary.
  • 4:22pm – Multiple medical cards found on Woburn Street.
  • 4:27pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Woburn Street.
  • 5:05pm – Complaint regarding excessive traffic on Main Street.
  • 5:37pm – Attempt to serve an immediate threat to a Middle Street resident.
  • 5:53pm – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
  • 6:01pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 6:02pm – Roaming traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 6:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Van Norden Road.
  • 7:05pm – Extra check of a Hanscom Avenue residence.
  • 7:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Longfellow Road.
  • 7:25pm – Person reports they were confronted by a suspicious person on Main Street.
  • 8:45pm – Prospect Street resident reports that unknown items were found when a stolen vehicle was returned.
  • 11:49pm – Commercial alarm at  Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza on Walkers Brook Drive.