Reading Police Log January 22-23, 2024

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

Monday, January 22, 2024

  • 1:32am – Fire and CO alarm activation at a Main Street residence.
  • 2:10am – Extra check of Planet Fitness on Salem Street.
  • 4:35am – Smoke alarm activation at an Archstone Circle residence.
  • 5:21am – Alarm at Barrows Elementary School.
  • 5:51am – All-night parking violations issued.
  • 8:03am – Firefighter on a welding detail on Havens Street.
  • 8:34am – Minor vehicle crash on Haverhill Street. No injuries reported.
  • 10:34am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 11:10am – Lift assist for a Haverhill Street resident.
  • 11:19am – Report of possible vandalism to a headstone at Wood End Cemetery.
  • 11:36am – Wallet left behind at Bagel World on Main Street.
  • 11:46am – Officer seeks contact with a plaintiff on Van Norden Road.
  • 12:38pm – Vehicle repossession on Archstone Circle. 
  • 12:51pm – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash in a Pearl Street parking lot.
  • 1:05pm – Fire alarm activation in an Augustus Court residence.
  • 2:14pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on New Crossing Road.
  • 2:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
  • 2:31pm – Call to station for a knee laceration on James Road.
  • 3:43pm – Verbal warning issued on Woburn Street.
  • 4:35pm – Deceased raccoon in a stream on General Way.
  • 5:13pm – Unregistered vehicle towed on Washington Street.
  • 6:45pm – First floor smoke alarm in a South Street residence.
  • 9:10pm – All-night parking exception granted on Berkeley Street.
  • 10:40pm – Eastway resident reports hearing noises from their basement.

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

  • 12:52am – Extra check of Planet Fitness on Salem Street.
  • 5:15am – Complaint of a dumpster on Washington Street being swapped out at an early hour.
  • 5:55am – All-night parking violations issued.
  • 8:53am – Lift assist for a Pearl Street resident.
  • 9:33am – Attempt to serve a warrant to a Parsons Lane resident.
  • 1:09pm – Disabled vehicle on Haverhill Street.
  • 1:54pm – Call for assistance from a Belmont Street resident.
  • 2:04pm – DPW notified to pick up wood removed from Salem Street.
  • 2:14pm – Investigation of a vehicle that was struck at the train gates on Lincoln Street.
  • 2:38pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 2:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Oak Street.
  • 3:44pm – All-night parking exception granted on Berkeley Street.
  • 4:00pm – Well being check of an Archstone Circle resident.
  • 6:51pm – Loose dog reported on Bolton Street.
  • 8:13pm – Disabled vehicle on Forest Street.
  • 8:33pm – Commercial alarm at The Paper Store on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 9:07pm – Gould Street resident reports that a person has been knocking on the door for several minutes.
  • 9:55pm – Commercial alarm at Venetian Moon on Main Street.
  • 10:16pm – All-night parking exception granted on Gould Street.