Reading Police Log March 20-21, 2024

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

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

  • 1:58am – Lift assist for a Prospect Street resident.
  • 5:50am – No municipal parking lot citations issued.
  • 11:37am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash at Market Basket on General Way.
  • 11:54am – Hemlock Road resident reports lost keys.
  • 1:34pm – Verbal warning issued for speed and a DPW sign violation on Bethesda Lane.
  • 2:14pm – Dunkin Donuts reports an employee-involved theft.
  • 2:36pm – Investigation of a crash at Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street.
  • 3:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 3:33pm – Request that a past vehicle crash on Main Street be logged.
  • 3:54pm – Report of lost tools and tool bag on Summit Drive.
  • 4:14pm – Deceased rabbit reported on Willow Street.
  • 5:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 5:48pm – Caller reports a lost purse.
  • 6:03pm – Smoke alarm at a Main Street residence.
  • 6:18pm – Lift assist for a South Street resident.
  • 6:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
  • 6:45pm – Verbal warning issued on Washington Street.
  • 7:26pm – Verbal warning issued for a double-parked vehicle on Haven Street.
  • 10:10pm – Willow Street resident reports a flooded basement.
  • 11:55pm – Order to repossess received via fax.

Thursday, March 21, 2024

  • 5:42am – Crossing guard unable to cover post at Buckingham Drive and Summer Avenue.
  • 5:55am – No municipal parking lot violations issued.
  • 5:55am – Extra check of Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street.
  • 7:19am – Officer attempts to serve a citation to a South Street residence.
  • 8:29am – Officer on a follow-up visit with Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street.
  • 10:13am – House lockout on Warren Avenue.
  • 12:20pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 12:58pm – Crossing guard unable to cover post at Buckingham Drive and Summer Avenue.
  • 1:55pm – Tree fell with damage to a residence on Wakefield Street.
  • 2:12pm- Report that a landscaping crew on Walkers Brook Drive is blowing leaves into the street.
  • 3:08pm – Report that a suspicious person is carrying an arrow on Oakland Road.
  • 3:34pm – Hit and run reported in the Home Depot parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 3:47pm – Unfounded crash notification on Heather Drive.
  • 4:11pm – Fire alarm at Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 4:40pm – West Street resident reports a solicitor.
  • 6:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 10:18pm – Door alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.