Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, July 31, 2024
- 8:18am – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Salem Street.
- 8:51am – Alarm at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 10:20am – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
- 11:12am – Hit and run reported on Lowell Street.
- 11:27am – Commercial alarm at a High Street residence.
- 1:18pm – Investigation of a vehicle that backed into another vehicle on Haven Street.
- 2:00pm – Lift assist for a Hancock Street resident.
- 3:20pm – Investigation of a vehicle accused of hitting another vehicle at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 4:05pm – Report that a contractor has received threats at Austin Preparatory School.
- 4:32pm – Loose dog reported on Summer Avenue.
- 5:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 5:17pm – Report that a generator is close to the front door of The Paper Store on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Haven Street.
- 5:40pm – Fire alarm at a Dana Road residence.
- 6:10pm – Report of larceny from a vehicle on Haven Street.
- 6:29pm – Metal in the road reported on Lowell Street.
- 7:10pm – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
- 7:20pm – Frank Tanner Drive resident fell with unknown injuries.
- 7:43pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 8:51pm – Cone in the road reported on Main Street.
- 9:30pm – Report that a large group of youths are on bikes on Main Street.
Thursday, August 1, 2024
- 12:18am – Commercial alarm at Anthony’s Roast Beef on Main Street.
- 12:51am – Officer out with a suspicious vehicle at Planet Fitness on Salem Street.
- 5:24am – Buried water cap sticking up and creating a hazard on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:34am – Traffic enforcement on Vine Street.
- 5:39am – Sector two building checks.
- 5:41am – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
- 6:33am – Follow-up visit with a Salem Street resident.
- 6:52am – Complaint regarding an illegally parked car that refuses to move on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:55am – Verbal warning issued for an unsafe lane change on Haven Street.
- 8:17am – Commercial alarm at Bank of America on Main Street.
- 10:10am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 10:26am – Lost keys returned.
- 10:59am – CO detector activation at a Field Pond Drive residence.
- 11:21am – Complaint that a food truck is parked in front of the mailboxes on Haven Street.
- 11:51am – Truck pulled down wires on Back Bay Court.
- 11:57am – Phone turned in at RPD.
- 12:10pm – Orange Street resident reports receiving harassing text messages.
- 2:49pm – Complaint regarding a tree company blocking the sidewalk on Main Street.
- 4:29pm – Follow-up visit with a Washington Street resident.
- 4:35pm – Follow-up visit at Mobil Gas on West Street.
- 4:47pm – Utility bill opened in the name of a Gould Street resident.
- 5:39pm – Wires down on Lowell Street.
- 7:09pm – Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive reports that there are intoxicated persons in the business.
- 7:39pm – Report that teens are hanging out on the railroad tracks on High Street.
- 7:44pm – Loud music reported on Haven Street.
- 7:56pm – Inside odor of burning reported in a South Street residence.
- 8:16pm – Report of a moped rider with no helmet on Bancroft Avenue.
- 9:53pm – Lift assist for a Francis Drive resident.
- 11:09pm – Possible intoxicated driver reported on Main Street.
- 11:16pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle constantly honking its horn on Lowell Street.
