Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, April 8, 2024
- 6:00am – No municipal parking citations issued.
- 7:23am – Large pothole reported on Colonial Drive.
- 8:00am – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 8:12am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Haverhill Street.
- 8:22am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Haverhill Street.
- 8:30am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Haverhill Street.
- 9:25am – DPW notified of a green light out on an overhead traffic light at Franklin Street and Main Street.
- 1:13pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 1:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 1:45pm – Verbal warning issued for defective equipment on Forest Street.
- 2:00pm – Crossing guard unable to cover post at Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street.
- 2:02pm – Traffic lights flashing at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 2:09pm – Report of an illegally parked vehicle in a Main Street parking lot.
- 2:29pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 2:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 2:32pm – Officer covering a crossing post on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:40pm – Verbal warning issued for speed on Haverhill Street.
- 2:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 3:13pm – Verbal warning issued for a hands free violation on Intervale Terrace.
- 3:24pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to stop for a bus on Main Street.
- 4:45pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 4:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Pine Ridge Road.
- 5:04pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 6:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Woodland Street.
- 6:11pm – Gould Street resident reports attempted bank fraud.
- 6:16pm – Alarm at an RMHS facilities entry door.
- 6:26pm – Caller reports a past hit and run on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 7:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Green Street.
- 8:12pm – Traffic lights flashing at Lowell Street and Grove Street.
- 8:23pm – Reports that a group of youths are running across Franklin Street.
8:35pm – Smoke alarm activation at Dowd Medical Associates on Woburn Street.
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
- 12:27am – Officer out with a suspicious vehicle in the parking lot of Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:50am – No municipal parking citations issued.
- 7:00pm – School bus enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 7:58am – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 8:05am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Haverhill Street
- 8:23am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Haverhill Street.
- 9:43am – Commercial alarm at Longhorn Steakhouse on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 10:08am – Avalon Road resident reports receiving a credit card in the mail.
- 10:42am – Loose dog reported on Green Street.
- 11:01am – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 11:03am – DPW reports a suspicious person removing items from a conservation area on Charles Street.
- 11:31pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 2:33pm – Inside odor of gas reported at Perico Dentist on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:37pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 2:47pm – Report of a possibly abandoned vehicle on Main Street.
- 2:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 3:02pm – Report that a dog is being walked off its leash on Van Norden Road.
- 3:30pm – DPW notified that a traffic light is not working at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 3:34pm – Complaint regarding a road crew working without a detail present on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Colburn Road.
- 5:51pm – DPW notified that crosswalk lights are being activated every cycle at Walkers Brook Drive and General Way.
- 6:16pm – Traffic lights flashing at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 6:53pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 7:21pm – Perfecto’s Cafe on Main Street reports that an unknown vehicle has been parked in their lot for over six hours.
- 7:29pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
