Reading Police Log December 29-31, 2023

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

Friday, December 29, 2023

  • 2:21am – Lift assist for an Elliott Street resident.
  • 8:44am – Investigation of a fire alarm at a Charles Street residence.
  • 9:00am – Basketball hoop in the road on Pennsylvania Avenue.
  • 9:47am – Simple assault in the Jordan’s Furniture parking lot on Walker’s Brook Drive.
  • 3:08am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 3:18am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
  • 3:34pm – Report that a person in a vehicle on Washington Street threw items. 
  • 3:37pm – Lift assist for a Summit Avenue resident.
  • 4:55pm – Potential vehicle accident reported on Augustus Court.

Saturday, December 30, 2023

  • 4:31am – Lift assist for a Woburn Street resident.
  • 5:12am – List assist for an Elderberry Lane resident.
  • 8:00am – Commercial alarm at the Pro Shop on Grove Street.
  • 8:52am – Suspicious person acting erratically on Haven Street.
  • 10:16am – Second-floor fire alarm at a Willard Street residence.
  • 11:02am – Elevator entrapment in a Woburn Street building.
  • 12:56pm – Extra check of Wood End Elementary School.
  • 1:01pm – Lift assist for a Minot Street resident.
  • 1:56pm – Report that a vehicle was keyed at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 2:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
  • 3:04pm – Vine Street resident reports that their vehicle was hit last Sunday.
  • 4:37pm – Fairchild Drive resident reports ID theft.
  • 4:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Curtis Street.
  • 4:45pm – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 5:04pm – Resident found a phone on Lowell Street.
  • 5:08pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 8:57pm – Report that a person is yelling at the checkout at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 10:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 11:35pm – Main Street resident fell with hip pain.

Sunday, December 31, 2023

  • 2:08am – Fire alarm at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 3:03am – Audible alarm with a slight odor at a Richards Street residence.
  • 6:39am – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
  • 9:24am – DPW notified of a water issue in a Haverhill Street residence.
  • 12:03am – Kylie Drive resident reports an unknown person on their property.
  • 12:35pm – Colburn Street resident reports receiving items from a defendant.
  • 1:09pm – Gas access cover displaced on Ash Street.
  • 2:05pm – Kylie Drive resident reports that a suspicious person is walking onto an easement and taking items from the woods.
  • 4:32pm – Loose dog reported on Pleasant Street.
  • 5:21pm – Haystack Road resident reports a group of youths ringing doorbells and banging on doors.
  • 5:41pm – Archstone Circle resident seeks assistance for bleeding.
  • 6:14pm – Follow-up visit with Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 6:42pm – High Street resident reports that a vehicle in the street has a dead battery.
  • 7:43pm – Report that an unknown person is sleeping in the common area of a Gould Street building.