Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, September 13, 2024
- 1:31am – Officer checks on a vehicle parked on the access ramp on Causeway Road.
- 3:19am – Main Street resident reports that it sounds like a party in their building.
- 3:44am – Main Street resident reports loud music and shouting.
- 5:17am – Main Street resident complaint regarding loud noises and a party in their building.
- 5:32am – Summit Drive resident found four tires missing from their vehicle and the window shattered.
- 6:52am – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Main Street.
- 7:26am – Boardwalk Realty on Main Street complaint regarding a vehicle parked on their property for three days.
- 7:58am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 8:08am – Verbal warning issued for an expired registration on Franklin Street.
- 9:45am – Suspicious vehicle parked on Azalea Circle.
- 11:10am – Minor vehicle crash in the CVS parking lot on Main Street.
- 11:32am – Franklin Street resident reports finding a parakeet.
- 11:59am – Charles Street resident reports an ongoing parking and traffic issue.
- 12:19pm – Tractor trailer unit is blocking the intersection of Main Street and Ash Street.
- 12:29pm – Caller reports that a customer is being belligerent with employees at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:53pm – Officer standing by for DPW on Ash Street.
- 1:44pm – Report that the belligerent person has returned to Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:46pm – Follow-up visit to the sSolstice House on Middlesex Avenue.
- 2:12pm – Cross Street resident reports that two persons are taking photos in the area.
- 2:15pm – Report of a minor vehicle crash involving a transport van on Pearl Street.
- 2:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Arcadia Avenue.
- 3:26pm – Complaint regarding a past road rage incident on Salem Street.
- 4:00pm – Report of a dog in a vehicle at Market Basket on General Way.
- 4:23pm – Report that a suspicious person is holding their privates on a bus.
- 4:38pm – Traffic lights not cycling properly at Franklin Street and Main Street.
- 4:55pm – Manager at a Main Street business asks for an officer to be on standby while an employee is fired.
- 5:26pm – Commercial alarm at the Reading Public Library.
- 5:34pm – Dog hit by a vehicle on Green Street.
- 5:37pm – CO detector activation at a Pine Ridge Road residence.
- 6:49pm – Odor of smoke reported on Dividence Road.
- 7:01pm – Grill fire reported at a Pearl Street residence.
- 9:42pm – Disabled vehicle on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:53pm – Alarm at RMHS.
- 10:41pm – Text-a-Tip report that a person has been sitting in a vehicle for over an hour.
Saturday, September 14, 2024
- 6:18am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 6:48am – Traffic enforcement on Longwood Road.
- 9:40am – Lights stuck on red at New Crossing Road and Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:41am – Complaint regarding multiple vehicles parked illegally on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 9:45am – Main Street resident reports that their son is missing in Denver, CO.
- 10:54am – Caller reports that two unknown persons are at their door.
- 12:22pm – Disabled vehicle on Libby Avenue.
- 1:07pm – Verbal warning issued on Charles Street.
- 1:40pm – Train gates stuck down on High Street.
- 1:41pm – Traffic lights are stuck on flash at Willow Street and Lowell Street.
- 2:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 3:01pm – Oven fire reported in a Lakeview Avenue residence.
- 3:10pm – Interior door alarm at RMHS.
- 4:01pm – Train signal keeps sounding on High Street.
- 4:27pm – Follow-up visit with a Summit Drive resident.
- 5:02pm – Traffic lights are on flash at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 5:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 6:04pm – House lockout on Augustus Court.
- 7:00pm – Person lost their key and cannot enter their vehicle at Market Basket on General Way.
- 7:35pm – Outdoor odor of smoke reported on Archstone Circle.
- 7:50pm – Archstone Circle resident reports that a neighbor is barbecuing on their patio.
- 8:57pm – Tree fell into wires on Gleason Road.
- 9:09pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 9:44pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle on Franklin Street that is blaring its horn and throwing a glass bottle.
- 10:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Enos Circle.
- 11:29pm – Johnson Woods Drive resident reports that their upstairs neighbors are making noise.
- 11:49pm – Officer flagged down for a fire alarm with the odor of smoke on Johnson Woods Drive.
Sunday, September 15, 2024
- 1:56am – Commercial alarm at Reading Public Library.
- 6:02pm – Overnight parking violation issued on Main Street.
- 6:10pm – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
- 6:13am – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 6:29am – CO detector activation at Artis Senior Living on Main Street.
- 6:31am – Alarm at Killam Elementary School.
- 6:39am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 7:56am – Street lights are out due to a power outage on Grove Street.
- 12:29pm – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 12:55pm – Hallway alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 1:43pm – Commercial alarm at a Haven Street business.
- 2:14pm – Disabled vehicle on Salem Street.
- 2:23pm – Condor Road resident reports a lost dog.
- 3:49pm – Spirit of Halloween on General Way reports multiple youths in the store are causing issues with the staff.
- 4:19pm – Possible disabled vehicle reported on Wescroft Road.
- 4:27pm – Complaint regarding multiple vehicles doubled-parked and blocking the road on Woodbine Street.
- 4:30pm – Main Street resident reports an ongoing issue with loud music.
- 5:00pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 5:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 6:43pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported by N. Reading PD on Haverhill Street.
- 7:04pm – Prescott Street resident reports a Bitcoin scam.
- 7:27pm – Assistance rendered to a Glenmere Circle resident.
- 7:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
- 10:14pm – Suspicious person slumped over in the driver’s seat of a vehicle at Planet Fitness on Salem Street.
- 11:33pm – Haystack Road resident reports that a dog has been barking for thirty minutes.
