Reading Police Log January 5-7, 2024

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

Friday, January 5, 2024

• 2:02am – Unit came upon a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot at Market Basket on General Way.
• 5:34am – Door motion alarm at Wood End Elementary School.
• 6:10am – Traffic enforcement on Edgemont Avenue.
• 7:32am – Wires down on King Street.
• 8:12am – Stalking reported by a Gould Street resident.
• 9:54am – Lift assist for a Prescott Street resident.
• 11:13am – Follow-up visit at REI Sporting Goods on Salem Street.
• 11:15am – Smoke alarm activation at a Washington Street residence.
• 12:28pm – Directed patrol on Oakland Road.
• 2:27pm – Traffic enforcement at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
• 2:27pm – Traffic enforcement on Temple Street.
• 2:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road.
• 3:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Belmont Street.
• 6:17pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Beverly Road. No injuries reported.
• 6:34pm – Fire alarm activation at a Hillcrest Road residence.
• 6:34pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Washington Street.
• 8:07pm – Lawrence Road resident reports an online scam.
• 10:49pm – Commercial alarm at the Salem Five Bank on Walkers Brook Drive.
• 11:41pm – Alarm at Artis Senior Living on Main Street for a resident that is bleeding.
• 11:42pm – Person in lobby reports possibly hitting a planter in a Main Street parking lot.

Saturday, January 6, 2024

• 12:16am – Call reports that a person is trying to get into a Washington Street building.
• 4:03am – Unit checks on a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot at Perfecto’s Cafe.
• 4:59am – Commercial alarm at the Shell Station on Main Street.
• 5:51am – All-night parking citations issued.
• 9:37am – Archstone Circle resident reports ongoing issues with a home health aid.
• 9:37am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Salem Street.
• 11:21am – Complaint regarding two people arguing in a vehicle at McDonald’s on Main Street.
• 12:01pm – Report of an abandoned vehicle on the Honda parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
• 12:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Timberneck Drive.
• 1:52pm – Lift assist for a Frank Tanner Drive resident.
• 2:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Sturges Road.
• 3:02pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
• 4:16pm – Report that water is gushing from a Green Street building.
• 4:36pm – Sick or injured raccoon on Summer Avenue.
• 4:58pm – DPW notified of a no parking sign down on Parker Street.
• 6:01pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
• 6:35pm – Report of a fight in the parking lot of the Mandarin-Reading on Salem Street.
• 6:49pm – Report of a fire on the railroad tracks on Washington Street.
• 7:15pm – CO detector activation on Glen Road.
• 8:04pm – Smoke detector activation at Calareso’s on Main Street.
• 9:43pm – CO detector activation at Artis Senior Living on Main Street.
• 9:47pm – Kitchen burglar alarm at Killam Elementary School.
• 10:49pm – Complaint regarding speeding cars on West Street.
• 10:53pm – Two vehicles parked with hazard lights on Bethune Avenue.
• 11:31pm – Kitchen motion alarm at Killam Elementary School.
• 11:31pm – CO detector activation at Artis Senior Living on Main Street.
• 11:47pm – CO detector activation in a Harold Avenue residence.

Arrest Log:

One suspect arrested for OUI, speeding, and reckless operation of a vehicle.

Sunday, January 7, 2024

• 1:33am – Caller reports a vehicle crash on Hartshorn Street. No injuries reported.
• 2:16am – DPW reports a hit and run on Lowell Street.
• 2:39am – Report of a tree down on Latham Lane.
• 6:10am – Scotland Road resident reports a tree across the road.
• 6:39am – All-night parking citations issued.
• 6:59am – Report of a large limb on a primary wire on Wentworth Road.
• 7:04am – Tree down in the road on Pine Ridge Circle.
• 7:24am – Tree limb on fire and reskin on the wires on Track Road.
• 9:55am – Cable wire down across the road on Lowell Street.
• 10:05am – Dog bit a firefighter on Lowell Street.
• 10:09am – Wire down in the road on Gleason Road.
• 10:20am – Tree down with wires on West Street.
• 10:22am – Cable wire hanging low on Blueberry Lane.
• 11:01am – Cable wire down across Linden Street.
• 12:35pm – MBTA bus stuck in the snow on Main Street.
• 1:30pm – Complaint that parents appear to be drinking while kids are sledding at Wood End Elementary School.
• 2:03pm – Unfamiliar dog is in the garage of a Franklin Street resident.
• 2:21pm – Tree across the road on Forest Street.
• 2:26pm – Disabled vehicle on Woburn Street.
• 2:38pm – Investigation of a vehicle crash on John Street. No injuries reported.
• 2:40pm – Investigation of a past vehicle crash on Lowell Street.
• 2:50pm – Disabled vehicle on Lowell Street.
• 3:26pm – DPW truck stuck in the snow on Dividence Road.
• 3:45pm – Tree limb resting on the wires on Pilgrim Road.
• 4:28pm – Tree limb resting on the power lines on Chapel Hill Drive.
• 6:56pm – Wire down across a Howard Street driveway.