Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, September 23, 2024
- 6:00am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 6:13am – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
- 6:17am – Vehicle is towed on Salem Street as the result of a traffic stop.
- 6:42am – Hemlock Road resident reports a sick raccoon in the driveway.
- 7:57am – Officer monitoring school traffic on Hillcrest Road.
- 8:58am – Lee Street resident reports that their dog ran off into the woods.
- 1:19pm – Assistance rendered to a Woburn Street resident.
- 1:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Hillcrest Road.
- 1:34pm – Suspicious vehicle with a broken window reported in the Town Hall parking lot on Lowell Street.
- 1:40pm – Wallet returned to a Beaver Road resident.
- 2:02pm – Traffic lights are short cycling on Symonds Way.
- 2:08pm – Traffic enforcement on John Carver Road.
- 2:14pm – Overheight truck hit and damaged a sign on Haven Street.
- 3:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Waverly Road.
- 3:04pm – Vine Street resident felt scammed by Xfinity.
- 3:46pm – Speedboard deployment on Brande Court.
- 3:46pm – Report that an opossum is stuck in a baseball net on Colburn Road.
- 3:47pm – Text-a-Tip report for speeding.
- 3:51pm – Commercial alarm at the Reading Public Library.
- 3:59pm – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
- 4:08pm – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
- 5:27pm – Traffic enforcement on Pine Ridge Road.
- 6:16pm – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
- 6:23pm – Assistance rendered to a family with no way to get home.
- 6:35pm – Fire alarm at a Salem Street residence.
- 7:35pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to illuminate on Elderberry Lane.
- 9:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
- 9:50pm – Norman Road resident reports water backup into the bathroom.
- 11:38pm – Frank Tanner Drive resident fell with unknown injuries.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024
- 12:00 – Report that a suspicious person is yelling profanities on Longfellow Road.
- 6:19am – Auburn Street resident reports a damaged planter.
- 8:11am – Traffic enforcement on Hillside Road.
- 9:32am – A.L.I.C.E. drill at RMHS.
- 9:53am – Officer on standby for DPW on Main Street.
- 11:04am – Caller reports money missing since Saturday.
- 11:17am – Complaint regarding a trailer parked on Summer Avenue with no detail officer.
- 12:08pm – Longfellow Avenue resident reports a broken windshield.
- 12:17pm – DPW notified of a leaking water gate on Pearl Street.
- 12:33pm – Hit and Run reported in the parking lot at Market Basket on General Way.
- 1:21pm – Fire alarm activation at Home Goods on Main Street.
- 1:43pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:08pm – Traffic lights not cycling properly at Haverhill Street and Symonds Way.
- 2:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 2:45pm – Traffic enforcement on Weston Road.
- 3:18pm – Chapin Avenue resident reports that a tow truck driver banged on the door last night.
- 4:37pm, – Report that a suspicious person looks disheveled on Salem Street.
- 4:42pm – Traffic lights not cycling properly at Haverhill Street and Symonds Way.
- 6:05pm – Report of a hole in the ground near a crosswalk sign on Lowell Street.
- 7:41pm – Employee at Golf Galaxy on Walkers Brook Drive reports a shoplifting incident.
- 8:18pm – Report of a possible drug deal in the RMHS parking lot.
- 9:59pm – Lowell Street resident reports that a dog has been barking all night.
- 10:40pm – Possible disabled vehicle on Salem Street.
