Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
- Friday, September 19, 2024
- 5:44am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:00am – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
- 6:21am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 6:32am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:37am – Follow-up visit by the SRO at a Whitehall Lane residence.
- 8:47am – Investigation at RMHS.
- 11:42am – Low hanging wires on Prescott Street.
- 12:15pm – Grant Street resident reports falling victim to a Medicare scam.
- 12:24pm – Commercial alarm at Reading Public Library.
- 2:26pm – Text-a-Tip report of suspicious activity.
- 2:45pm – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road.
- 5:08pm – Laurel Lane resident reports two suspicious vehicles.
- 5:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
- 5:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 5:390pm – Hopkins Street resident reports three loud bangs in the area.
- 6:11pm – Traffic enforcement on Batchelder Road.
- 6:45pm – Verbal warning issued on Grove Street.
- 7:22pm – Text-a-Tip report of speeding cars.
- 8:22pm – Loose dog reported on Scotland Road.
- 9:23pm – Meadowbrook Golf Club reports a suspicious vehicle parked in its lot.
- 10:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 11:11pm – Fire investigation at RMHS.
- 11:21pm – Report that teens are yelling on the RMHS football field.
Saturday, September 21, 2024
- 12:52am – Franklin Street resident reports hearing two shots fired.
- 12:57am – Forest Street resident reports hearing a loud noise in the area.
- 5:22am – Complaint regarding a construction company paving early in the morning on Pearl Street.
- 8:02am – Lift assist for a Bay State Road resident.
- 8:54am – Commercial alarm at Reading Co-Operative Bank on Haven Street.
- 9:43am – Gould Street resident reports that a vehicle was entered overnight.
- 10:07am – Report that there are two children on Main Street with no parents.
- 12:54am – Report that a transformer is smoking and sparking on Gilmore Avenue.
- 12:56pm – Lift assist for a Francis Drive resident.
- 1:40pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:49pm – Archstone Circle resident reports that all four rims and tires were stolen off their vehicle.
- 2:30pm – Taylor Drive resident reports a possible stolen credit card.
- 2:34pm – Smoke alarm activation at a Woburn Street residence.
- 3:07pm – High Street resident reports ID theft.
- 3:15pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Main Street.
- 4:08pm – Pennsylvania Avenue resident reports that a tree branch fell on the house.
- 5:59pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on John Street.
- 5:08pm – Overheated vehicle is in the road on Woburn Street.
- 5:16pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 5:51pm – Officer engaging in community interaction on Oakland Road.
- 6:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 7:43pm – Sparking wires reported on Emerson Street.
- 8:25pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported in the parking lot at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
- 9:12pm – Hillside Road resident reports that a vehicle was driving the wrong way on a one-way street.
- 9:24pm – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
- 9:45pm – Verbal warning issued for no headlights on Summer Avenue.
Sunday, September 22, 2024
- 6:40am – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 6:47am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 6:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 9:36am – Commercial alarm at Spirit of Halloween on General Way.
- 9:43am – Missing dog reported by a Charles Street resident.
- 10:34am – Facilities department reports systems trouble with a fire panel at RMHS.
- 12:56pm – Hemlock Road resident reports a sick raccoon in the driveway.
- 1:41pm – Winslow Road resident reports Ssocial Security fraud.
- 2:23pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 2:25pm – Interior door alarm at RMHS.
- 3:43pm – Haverhill Street resident reports online fraud.
- 5:05pm – Assistance rendered to a High Street resident.
- 5:20pm – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
- 5:29pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 6:00pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 7:10pm – Possible fireworks reported on Birch Meadow Drive.
