Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, May 6, 2024
- 1:00am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 6:14am – Green Street resident complaint regarding a vehicle blocking their driveway.
- 6:16am – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 6:29am – Traffic enforcement at Town Hall.
- 8:00am – Extra check of Town Hall.
- 8:46am – Lyft driver reports having an issue with a passenger on Louanis Drive.
- 8:59am – Disabled vehicle on the Salem Street rotary.
- 9:14am – Officer assists a locksmith on Abigail Way.
- 9:15am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 9:15am – Extra check of a Prospect Street residence.
- 9:21am – Speedboard deployment on Lowell Street.
- 9:38am – Fire drill at Wood End Elementary School.
- 9:43am – Fire drill at Parker Middle School.
- 9:51am – Speedboard deployment on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 10:00am – Fire drill at Coolidge Middle School.
- 10:00am – Fire drill at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 10:10am – Complaint regarding a vehicle blocking the entrance to a Gould Street building.
- 10:22am – Fire drill at Killam Elementary School.
- 10:34am – Lift assist for a Haverhill Street resident.
- 10:41am – Officer observed persons walking into a Meadowbrook Lane driveway.
- 11:13am – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
- 12:32pm – Report of a loose dog in Eric’s Flower Shop on Brande Court.
- 12:34pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 1:08pm – Officer assists with a Coolidge Middle School field trip.
- 1:11pm – Report that a dog is running loose on Ash Street.
- 2:00pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
- 2:17pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in a crosswalk on West Street.
- 2:38pm – Two-vehicle crash on the Haverhill Street rotary.
- 3:02pm – Lift assist for a Haverhill Street resident.
- 5:16pm – Follow-up visit with Market Basket on General Way.
- 5:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 5:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
- 5:37pm – Investigation of a vehicle that backed into a parked vehicle on Howard Street.
- 6:06pm – Officer assists with heavy traffic on Salem Street.
- 6:14pm – Report that a dog was left in a vehicle at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:14pm – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
- 6:55pm – Extra check of a Juniper Circle residence.
- 8:38pm – DPW notified of water flowing from the ground at Wood End Cemetery.
- 9:38pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
- 10:36pm – Taylor Drive resident reports water leaking from their ceiling.
- 11:05pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- 12:27am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 5:53am – Officer checks open doors at a Minot Street business.
- 5:59am – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 6:06am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 6:11am – Traffic enforcement on Curtis Street.
- 7:38am – Lift assist for a Salem Street resident.
- 8:27am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Forest Street.
- 10:42am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 10:42am – Extra check of a Prospect Street residence.
- 10:47am – Traffic enforcement on Gleason Street.
- 11:43am – Extra check of Town Hall.
- 12:02pm – Follow-up visit with security at Market Basket on General Way.
- 12:43pm – Deering Street residents report being victims to a mail scam.
- 1:01pm – Follow-up visit with a Main Street resident.
- 3:13pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 3:28pm – Complaint regarding a truck dumping debris at Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:19pm – Report that a dog is loose on Main Street.
- 5:59pm – Haverhill Street resident reports illegal dumping.
- 6:06pm – Marla Lane resident reports check fraud.
- 6:07pm – Verbal warning issued for not following DPW signage on Charles Street.
- 6:32pm – Possible hazmat investigation on Temple Street.
- 6:39pm – Report that several youths are riding bikes through the practice field at Parker Middle School.
- 6:55pm – Dog struck by a vehicle on Ash Street.
- 7:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 7:35pm – Text-a-Tip report that an ice cream truck is in the RMHS parking lot.
- 7:59pm – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
- 8:56pm – Unit returning property to a South Street resident.
- 9:08pm – Extra check of an Augustus Court residence.
- 9:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
