READING, MA – Excerpt from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
- 3:13am – Lift assist for a Woburn Street resident.
- 7:56am – Lights out reported at Forest Street and Main Street.
- 8:52am – Fire alarm at Rise 475 on Main Street.
- 10:44am – Report that the light at West Street and South Street is staying red for a long period of time.
- 1:03pm – Main Street resident complaint regarding loud neighbors.
- 1:20pm – Hanging tree limb on South Street.
- 2:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 2:11pm – Verbal warning issued on Charles Street.
- 2:14pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 2:33pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Charles Street.
- 2:47pm – Verbal warning for speed issued on Main Street.
- 2:47pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:50pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 2:55pm – Unknown medical alarm at an Augustus Court residence.
- 3:28pm – Suspicious person reported on Spruce Road.
- 3:45pm – Loss prevention at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive reports two shoplifters.
- 5:38pm – Enos Circle resident reports a bat in the house.
- 5:41pm – Disabled vehicle on South Street.
- 5:59pm – Follow-up on a missing person case on Salem Street.
- 6:31pm – Commercial alarm at Tower Home Loans on Main Street.
- 7:54pm – Unfounded report of a vehicle theft on Main Street.
- 8:33pm – Grove Street resident reports that a dog had a seizure.
- 11:39pm – Eastway resident reports noises outside.
Thursday, December 28, 2023
- 4:16am – Commercial fire alarm at Shell Gas Station on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:34am – Back-up sector building checks.
- 5:58am – Shed fire reported on Ash Street.
- 10:52am – 128 Tire on Main Street reports that gas was stolen from vehicles.
- 11:07am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 12:06pm – Reading Quick Stop on Main Street reports two vehicles parked over the allowed time limit.
- 12:23pm – Traffic enforcement on Weston Road.
- 12:48pm – Edgemont Avenue resident reports a child’s leg is caught in a crib.
- 1:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 1:59pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Franklin Street.
- 2:22pm – Reading Quick Stop on Main Street reports a vehicle parked over the allowed time limit.
- 2:31pm – Gas worker struck a gas line on Taylor Drive.
- 3:40pm – DPW notified of a downed stop sign on Haverhill Street.
- 7:08pm – Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive reports a patron may be attempting to use a fake ID.
- 8:54pm – Motorcycle hit a vehicle and fled on Haverhill Street.
- 9:28pm – Unwanted person found squatting in the laundry area of a Washington Street building.
