Reading Police Log December 18, 2023

READING, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:

Monday, December 18, 2023

• 5:13am – DPW notified of large puddles forming on Walnut Street.
• 5:45am – All-night parking warning issued.
• 5:47am – DPW notified that a large amount of trash debris is in the road on Main Street.
• 6:46am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Main Street with one person becoming belligerent.
• 7:50am – Wire down on Longwood Road.
• 8:23am – Tree and wires down on Howard Street with a loss of power.
• 8:35am – Low-hanging wire reported by DPW on Summer Avenue.
• 8:41am – Tree down on a Charles Street residence causing unknown damage.
• 8:59am – Trees down on the Joseph Way pumping station.
• 9:43am – Tree and wires down on Linden Street.
• 9:53am – Tree branch resting on cable line on Linden Street.
• 10:38am – Tree possibly blocking the road on Summer Avenue.
• 10:55am – Wires down with arcing and smoking on Whittier Road.
• 11:11am – Tree and wires down on Winter Street.
• 11:19am – Tree down with a small fire on Haverhill Street.
• 11:23am – Tree down on the North Reading line on Batchelder Road.
• 11:24am – Wire down on Linden Street.
• 11:30am – Commercial alarm at Reading Co-Operative Bank on Haven Street.
• 11:32am – Tree branch fell on a parked vehicle on Nichols Street.
• 11:40am – Tree, wires, and a transformer are down on West Street.
• 11:45am – Loose dog reported on the Salem Street/Haverhill Street rotary.
• 11:49am – Haven Street resident reports stolen packages.
• 11:51am – Disabled vehicle on the Salem Street/Haverhill Street rotary.
• 11:52am – Tree down on a home with possible structural damage on Lowell Street.
• 12:00noon – Large branch blocking the road on Mill Street.
• 12:14pm – DPW notified regarding water building up on Main Street.
• 12:15pm – DPW notified regarding flooding on Vine Street.
• 12:15pm – Road flooding reported on Main Street.
• 12:21pm – DPW notified of road flooding on Forest Street.
• 12:25pm – DPW notified of road flooding on Salem Street.
• 12:26pm – DPW notified of road flooding on Forest Glen Street.
• 12:32pm – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on Lowell Street.
• 12:33pm – DPW notified of road flooding on Timberneck Drive.
• 12:48pm – DPW notified of road flooding on Summer Avenue.
• 12:57pm – Low-hanging wire reported on Lowell Street.
• 1:02pm – DPW notified of a broken tree top stuck in another tree on Governor’s Drive.
• 1:03pm – DPW notified of road flooding on both sides of Haverhill Street.
• 1:33pm – Commercial alarm at the Reading Public Library.
• 1:33pm – Report that a tree fell on a house on Hancock Street.
• 1:42pm – Wire down on Old Farm Road.
• 2:32pm – Report that a mattress is in the middle of the road on Lafayette Road.
• 2:42pm – RMLD requests an officer for traffic control on Whittier Road.
• 3:08pm – Hancock Street resident reports a monetary loss from an Apple gift card scam.
• 3:31pm – Power loss and a CO detector activation at a Walnut Street residence.
• 3:55pm – Winslow Road resident reports attempted computer fraud.
• 5:00pm – Disabled vehicle on Main Street.
• 5:41pm – Lowell Street resident reports unauthorized Facebook posts.
• 7:18pm – Tree branches on the side of the road on Whittier Road.
• 7:20pm – All-night parking exception granted on Grove Street.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

• .6:01am – Alarm at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
• 6:03am – Over night parking tickets issued.
• 6:31am – DPW notified that a crosswalk sign has been knocked down at Arthur B. Lord Drive and Birch Meadow Drive.
• 7:20am – Traffic lights not functioning properly at Main Street and Ash Street.
• 7:59am – Officer standing by at the tracks on New Crossing Road.
• 8:15am – Lift assist for a Beech Street resident.
• 10:11am – Complaint regarding a delivery truck blocking the alley at Venetian Moon on Main Street.
• 11:22am – Complaint that a vehicle is parked on the sidewalk on Haven Street.
• 1:42pm – Green Street resident reports that a window was damaged while a tree was being cut.
• 1:46pm – Mass Highway notified of a deceased cat on Main Street.
• 2:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
• 2:07pm – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Ash Street.
• 2:38pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
• 2:44pm – Attempt to serve a warrant to a Pearl Street resident.
• 3:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
• 4:44pm – Verbal warning issued for an inspection sticker on Summer Avenue.
• 5:04pm – All-night parking exception issued on Sanborn Street.
• 6:57pm – West Street resident reports that a license plate was stolen from a motorcycle.
• 7:23pm – DPW notified regarding brown water reported on Springvale Road.
• 8:03pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on West Street.
• 9:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Van Norden Road.
• 9:49pm – Suspicious persons walking in the middle of Birch Meadow Drive.
• 10:36pm – Johnson Woods Drive residents report a squirrel is in their home.
• 10:54pm – Officer came upon a suspicious vehicle on Main Street.
• 11:26pm – Possible disabled vehicle on Gleason Street.
• 11:26pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Pleasant Street.