Reading Police Log August 5-6, 2024

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

Monday, August 5, 2024

  • 4:03am – Commercial alarm at the Shell Station on Main Street.
  • 6:10am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:44am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:58am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 7:09am – Possible train gate malfunction at Ash Street and Main Street.
  • 8:29am – Cable box hanging on West Street.
  • 10:09am – Complaint regarding a road closure on Ash Street.
  • 10:12am – Main Street gas station reports that a person did not pay for gas.
  • 11:29am – Report of a missing cat on Center Avenue.
  • 12:27pm – Oven fire reported on Parkview Road.
  • 12:53pm – Disabled vehicle on Main Street.
  • 1:20pm – Officer monitoring the traffic lights at West Street and South Street.
  • 1:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Lewis Street.
  • 1:40pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 2:31pm – Commercial alarm at a Haven Street business.
  • 4:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
  • 5:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 5:21pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Summer Avenue.
  • 5:45pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Haverhill Street.
  • 6:16pm – Disabled vehicle on Woburn Street.
  • 6:49pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
  • 7:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 9:57pm – Exterior door alarm at Parker Middle School.

Tuesday, August 6, 2024

  • 12:35am – Commercial alarm at the Mobil Gas Station on West Street.
  • 12:46am – Officer out with a suspicious vehicle at Home Goods on Main Street.
  • 4:04am – Sunset Rock Lane resident reports fireworks in the area.
  • 4:53am – Exterior door alarm at Parker Middle School.
  • 8:34am – Lift assist for an Abigail Way resident.
  • 11:10am – FD assistance for a Pearl Street resident.
  • 12:11pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 12:17pm – Verbal warning issued for speed on Charles Street.
  • 12:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Minot Street.
  • 12:33pm – Report of a suspicious person on Main Street.
  • 12:35pm – Verbal warning issued for speed on Charles Street.
  • 1:38pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 1:53pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
  • 2:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 2:09pm – Haven Street resident reports that an unknown vehicle is parked in driveway.
  • 2:50pm – Fire alarm activation at PostMark Square on Sanborn Street.
  • 3:26pm – Disabled vehicle on New Crossing Road.
  • 3:51pm – Still fire alarm at a Summer Avenue residence.
  • 5:13pm – Person is stuck in a seatbelt at Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 5:26pm -Directed patrol on West Street.
  • 5:53pm – Report of a fender bender on South Street.
  • 6:17pm – DPW notified that a red light is out at Main Street and Haven Street.
  • 6:44pm – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 7:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Short Street.
  • 9:17pm – Youths on bicycles possibly threw something at a house on Cross Street.
  • 10:44pm – Second floor alarm at RMHS.