Reading Police Log August 2-4, 2023

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

Friday, August 2, 2024

• 6:03am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
• 6:245am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
• 8:22am – Complaint regarding a moving truck causing traffic to back up on John Street.
• 8:54am – Complaint regarding contractor equipment and vehicles parked on a sidewalk on Forest Street.
• 9:10am – Verbal warning issued on Salem Street.
• 9:15am – Dividence Road resident reports ID theft.
• 9:19am – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Charles Street.
• 9:42am – Low hanging cable wire on Middle Street.
• 10:01am – County Road resident reports a suspicious vehicle in front of a neighbor’s home.
• 11:00am – Prescott Street resident caught a bat inside their residence.
• 12:15pm – Victoria Avenue resident reports that their dog broke away from its leash.
• 1:49pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
• 2:06pm – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
• 2:54pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Mill Street.
• 5:10pm – Report of broken glass on Woburn Street.
• 5:30pm – Tree blocking the road on Virginia Road.
• 5:36pm – Tree blocking the road on Lewis Street.
• 5:38pm – Tree down on Charles Street.
• 5:39pm – Alarm sounding on South Street.
• 5:47pm – Tree down on Longfellow Road.
• 5:53pm – Construction fencing down on Washington Street.
• 6:02pm – Tree is partially blocking a Highland Street driveway.
• 6:06pm – Tree down on School Street.
• 6:09pm –  Tree down on Prescott Street.
• 6:20pm – Tree is down and blocking Walnut Street.
• 6:21pm – Storm drains flooding on Hanscom Avenue.
• 6:42pm – Juniper Circle resident reports an unknown odor.
• 6:59pm – Report of a fight in the parking lot at Mandarin Reading.
• 7:16pm – Tree limb is resting on a wire on Grove Street.
• 8:31pm – Tree is blocking the road on Arbor Way.
• 8:37pm – A plumber at a Franklin Street residence requests the water department.
• 8:40pm – Tree limb is resting on the wires on Beaver Road.
• 9:41pm – Wire sparking on Grove Street.
• 10:11pm – Traffic enforcement on Rocky Road.
• 10:23pm – Report that a dog is walking on Main Street.
• 10:30pm – Text-a-Tip report of an alarm sounding on Libby Avenue.
• 10:44pm – FD assists PD with a chirping detector at a Libby Avenue residence.

Saturday, August 3, 2024

• 12:26pm – Salem Street resident reports a suspicious vehicle with its lights flashing.
• 5:42am – DPW and RMLD notified of a power line down on High Street.
• 6:15am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 6:21am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
• 7:05am – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
• 8:22am – Disabled vehicle on Pearl Street.
• 8:39am – Utility cover misplaced on Kieran Road.
• 9:36am – Unit out with a contractor who has Longfellow Road closed.
• 9:42am – Commercial alarm at the American Legion Post on Ash Street.
• 9:55am – Text-a-Tip reports of a vehicle which has been parked for months on Beacon Street.
• 11:00am – DPW notified of a deceased rabbit on Woburn Street.
• 12:53pm – Complaint regarding teens not riding in the seats of a vehicle on Haverhill Street.
• 1:40pm – BB guns brought to RPD for disposal.
• 1:53pm – Investigation of a vehicle crash with airbag deployment on Pearl Street.
• 2:47pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Charles Street.
• 3:49pm – Hancock Street resident reports fraudulent credit card accounts were opened.
• 4:34pm – Escort for a horse drawn carriage on Perkins Avenue.
• 5:34pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
• 9:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
• 9:45pm – Wire down in the parking lot of the Last Corner restaurant on High Street.
• 9:48pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 9:53pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
• 11:48pm – Order to repossess received via fax.

Sunday, August 4, 2024

• 12:57am – Lift assist for an Augustus Court resident.
• 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
• 6:11am – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
• 6:12am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
• 6:35am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 6:49am – Apartment lockout on Gould Street.
• 7:51am – PD requests evaluation of a Belmont Street resident.
• 9:08am – Martin Road resident reports receiving a threatening letter.
• 10:27am – Report of vandalism in the Town Forest.
• 12:19pm – CO detector activation in a Woburn Street residence.
• 4:52pm – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
• 4:54pm – Disabled vehicle on Haverhill Street.
• 5:32pm – Unfounded report of persons shoplifting at Walgreens on Bolton Street.
• 6:43pm – Bay State Road resident reports an oxygen tank with low levels.
• 9:18pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 9:18pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
• 9:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
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• 9:40pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Franklin Street.
• 10:09pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
• 11:35pm – Officer checks on a suspicious person sleeping in a vehicle on Walkers Brook Drive.