READING, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, February 28, 2024
- 12:46am – Maple Ridge Road resident reports a suspicious person is sitting on a fire hydrant.
- 12:55am – All-night parking exception granted on West Hill Circle.
- 1:01am – Exterior door alarm at RMHS.
- 1:14am – Extra check of an Avalon Road residence.
- 1:27am – Extra check of a Beaver Road residence.
- 2:28am – Report of a suspicious person in the driveway of an unoccupied home on Haverhill Street.
- 5:57am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 6:38am – Garage CO alarm at Postmark Square on Sanborn Street.
- 8:18am – Lift assist for a Pine Ridge Road resident.
- 8:54am – Pearl Street resident reports a scam phone call.
- 9:33am – Follow-up visit with a Main Street resident.
- 9:59am – Commercial alarm at Reading Co-operative Bank on Haven Street.
- 10:32am – Community policing at 50 Bay State Road.
- 12:50pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 12:54pm – Putnam Road resident reports a squirrel is trapped on their front lawn.
- 1:23pm – Clutch returned that was lost at Chipotle Mexican Grill on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:06pm – Traffic Enforcement on Selfridge Road.
- 3:09pm – Train gates stuck down on Main Street.
- 3:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 3:43pm – South Street resident reports their dog had been repeatedly harassed by a neighbor.
- 4:52pm – Extra check of an Old Farm Road residence.
- 4:55pm – Extra check of an Avalon Road residence.
- 8:50pm – Audible alarm in a Charles Street residence.
- 10:33pm – Door alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 11:12pm – Report that a large branch is blocking the road on California Road.
Thursday, February 29, 2024
- 1:06am – Lift assist for a Prescott Street residence.
- 1:25am – Door alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
- 1:26am – Extra check of a Beaver Road residence.
- 1:26am – Extra check of an Avalon Road residence.
- 1:30am – Tree and power lines down on Forest Street.
- 5:48am – NEMLEC call out to Pepperell.
- 7:17am – DPW notified of a large patch of ice in front of Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street.
- 9:43am – Wires sparking at a detail on Mill Street.
- 1:32pm – Car transport stopped with a flat tire on Main Street.
- 2:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Temple Street.
- 2:46pm – Report that a suspicious person is taking pictures of Santander Bank on Main Street.
- 2:53pm – Fox Run Lane resident reports two fraudulent accounts.
- 3:16pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 3:22pm – Traffic enforcement on Timberneck Drive.
- 3:55pm – Forest Street resident reports an unknown person on their property.
- 5:49pm – Traffic enforcement on Temple Street.
- 6:00pm – Unit standing by for a basketball game at RMHS.
- 6:18pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive. No injuries reported.
- 7:03pm – Extra check of an Avalon Road residence.
- 7:41pm – Officer out with a bobcat doing construction on Woburn Street.
- 10:55pm – Lift assist for an Archstone Circle resident.
- 11:18pm – Extra check of a Beaver Road residence.
