Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, September 30, 2024
- 12:18am – Officer came upon two suspicious vehicles in the REI parking lot on Salem Street.
- 12:21am – Report that someone is in the room of a Bay State Road resident.
- 6:02am – Report that a suspicious person is walking down Main Street with a suitcase.
- 6:19am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 6:22am – DPW notified that the yellow hazard light on the crosswalk at Salem Street and Bay State Road is not working.
- 7:31am – Garbage truck struck a telephone pole on Haystack Road.
- 7:53am – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road.
- 8:02am – Verbal warning issued on Lowell Street.
- 8:07am – Traffic enforcement on Hillside Road.
- 8:12am – DPW notified that a street sign was knocked down on Minot Street.
- 8:54am – Passerby reports several syringes on the ground on Evergreen Road.
- 10:24am – Assistance rendered to a Lynn Village Way resident.
- 10:28am – Attempt to serve a witness summons to a Bond Street resident.
- 10:48am – Request that a message be delivered to a West Street resident.
- 11:32am – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:04pm – Elm Street resident reports ID theft.
- 1:07pm – SRO and school staff assist with a youth at the Burbank YMCA.
- 1:34pm – Complaint regarding a landscaping truck blocking the road on Roma Lane.
- 2:04pm – Check for a lost purse on High Street requested.
- 3:08pm – West Street resident reports ongoing neighbor issues.
- 3:56pm – Report that a small child is shooting water pellets into a Washington Street parking lot.
- 4:24pm – Person is yelling in the basement of Town Hall.
- 5:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 6:06pm – Disabled vehicle in the Walgreen parking lot on Bolton Street.
- 6:10pm – Water balloon was thrown from a vehicle on Bancroft Avenue.
- 8:38pm – Report that three youths are shooting a pellet gun in an Ash Street parking lot.
Tuesday, October 1, 2024
- 5:46am – Unit came upon an open garage door at a Main Street business.
- 6:34am – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
- 6:37am – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 6:43am – Traffic enforcement on Rocky Road.
- 7:55am – Traffic enforcement on Waverly Road.
- 8:42am – Loose dog located in the McDonalds parking lot on Main Street.
- 9:09am – Person shouting expletives at passing vehicles on General Way.
- 9:17am – Commercial alarm at RMHS bank branch.
- 9:39am – Crossing guard unable to cover post on Birch Meadow drive.
- 9:37am – Fire drill at Barrow Elementary School.
- 10:08am – Fire drill at Killam Elementary School.
- 10:27am – Officer standing by for DPW on Main Street.
- 10:28am – Fire drill at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 10:41am – Fire drill at Parker Middle School.
- 10:47am – Officer standing by for Verizon on Elliott Street.
- 10:55am – Abigail Way resident reports an attempted Medicare scam.
- 11:30am – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Haverhill Street.
- 12:59pm – Complaint regarding a truck pouring concrete with no detail on Main Street.
- 1:32pm – Facilities Department reports damaged property at RMHS.
- 1:52pm – Lost keys turned in at RPD.
- 2:12pm – Bus backed into a hydrant on Timberneck Drive.
- 2:14pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:40pm – Traffic enforcement on Weston Road.
- 2:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Waverly Road.
- 3:25pm – SRO out with an upset juvenile on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 3:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
- 3:34pm – Suspicious person reported on West Street.
- 3:46pm – South Street resident reports a stolen package.
- 4:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 4:46pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Main Street.
- 5:03pm – Follow up visit at Liquor Junction on General Way.
- 5:06pm – Wires down on Osborne Street.
- 5:18pm – Report of a person shooting a pellet gun on Washington Street.
- 5:42pm – Report of a parking issue on Woburn Street.
- 5:42pm – Traffic enforcement on High Street.
- 6:35pm – Burlington PD reports vehicle repossession information.
- 7:25pm – Woburn Street resident reports a stolen package.
- 7:27pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 7:55pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 10:16pm – Tires stolen off a vehicle on Elderberry Lane.
