READING, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, January 12, 2024
- 1:37am – Audible CO alarm at a Temple Street residence.
- 2:17am – Report that a group of youth are gathering on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 5:12am – Washington Street resident reports illegal dumping.
- 5:43am – Unknown audible alarm at a Johnson Woods Drive residence.
- 5:56am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 6:39am – Fire alarm activation at the Shell Gas station on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:29am – Traffic light not cycling properly at Main Street and Forest Glen Road.
- 8:11am – Vehicle parked in a posted no parking zone on Mill Street.
- 8:46am – Property protection alarm at 475 Main Street.
- 9:43am – FD and PD informed that a private investigator is on Riverside Drive.
- 11:26am -Vehicle is blocking the temporary sidewalk on Woburn Street.
- 11:29am – Vehicle is blocking construction trucks at Rite Aid on Haven Street.
- 12:18pm – Motion alarm at Parker Middle School.
- 12:40pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash at Starbucks on Main Street.
- 12:50pm – Village Street resident reports possible ID theft.
- 12:54pm – Train gates came down on a vehicle on Main Street.
- 1:37pm – Elliott Street resident complaint that water is being pumped from a neighbor’s basement onto property.
- 1:48pm – Wallet found at Cumberland Farms on Salem Street.
- 2:19pm – Traffic lights not cycling at West Street on South Street.
- 2:30pm – RMLD notified of a low-hanging branch over wires on Belmont Street.
- 2:33pm – Report of a lost wallet at Venetian Moon on Main Street.
- 2:55pm – Inside odor of gas reported in a Haven Street building.
- 3:22pm – Caller reports that a person was standing on the top of a train on High Street.
- 3:59pm – Report that a window on new construction on Franklin Street was shot out.
- 4:08pm – All-night parking exception granted on Glenmere Circle.
- 5:13pm – All-night parking exception granted on Governors Drive.
- 6:28pm – Home lockout on Wilson Street.
- 6:53pm – Smoke alarm at a Whitehall Lane residence.
- 6:58pm – Vehicle with non-matching plates stopped on Minot Street.
- 7:53pm – All-night parking exception granted on Federal Street.
- 7:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Longfellow Road.
- 10:20pm – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
Saturday, January 13, 2024
- 5:53am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 6:21am – DPW notified for significant flooding on Rustic Lane.
- 7:05am – Commercial alarm at Reading Co-Op Bank on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:50am – Lowell Street traffic light appears to be twisted.
- 11:22am – Direct call for a fire alarm investigation on Haven Street.
- 11:42am – DPW notified of an ongoing issue with road flooding on Dunbar Road.
- 11:50pm – Investigation of a water problem on West Street.
- 12:30pm – West Street resident reports a dispute with a neighbor.
- 12:57pm – Audible fire alarm at a Gardner Road residence.
- 1:18pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 1:34pm – Drain worker on Lakeview Avenue requests contact with a water call man.
- 2:22pm – DPW notified of a clogged pipe on Grove Street.
- 2:34pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 2:53pm – Traffic enforcement on Brook Street.
- 3:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 3:17pm – Door alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 4:44pm – All-night parking exception granted on Batchelder Road.
- 5:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 5:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 8:05pm – Verbal warning issued for no headlights on Washington Street.
- 9:21pm – Verbal warning issued for high beams on Lowell Street.
- 9:35pm – Person is standing in the road by a vehicle on Lowell Street.
- 11:03pm – Commercial alarm on Strout Avenue.
Sunday, January 14, 2024
- 7:06am – Lift assist for a Grove Street resident.
- 7:14am – Salem Street resident reports a wire down on property.
- 8:03am – House lockout on Elderberry Lane.
- 9:58am – Empty rifle case found at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 12:25pm – Nelson Avenue resident reports a suspicious person on property.
- 1:16pm – Lift assist for an Archstone Circle resident.
- 1:25pm – Assistance rendered to a resident with an online transaction on Haven Street.
- 1:59pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle obstructing handicap access to Supercuts on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:19pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Longfellow Road.
- 3:34pm – Wire down on Waverly Road.
- 3:36pm – Fire alarm activation at the Shell Station on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:49pm – Tree down with wires on Main Street.
- 3:52pm – Tree on the wires reported on Washington Street.
- 5:02pm – Pieces of a tree are on the road on Rustic Lane.
- 5:03pm – Several alarms reported at Bear Mountain on Main Street.
- 5:19pm – Lift assist for a Salem Street resident.
- 8:17pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 8:47pm – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on Timberneck Road.
- 9:19pm – Assistance rendered to a person seeking a ride to the depot from the Mobil on the Run on Main Street.
- 9:45pm – Salem Streets resident believes their neighbors cut their power.
- 10:30pm – Resident at Artis Senior Living fell with unknown injuries.
