Reading Police Log October 23-24, 2024

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

Wednesday, October 23, 2024

  • 6:00am – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
  • 6:29am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 6:29am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 7:59am – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
  • 9:56am – Train gates came down on a trash truck on Main Street.
  • 10:20am – Loose dog reported on Washington Street.
  • 11:56am – Arrest of a suspect for a possible OUI on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 1:00pm – Report of a deceased raccoon on Main Street.
  • 1:06pm – Complaint that a resident is not driving safely on Hopkins Street.
  • 1:42pm – Manager at Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive reports vandalism.
  • 2:02pm – Dog struck by a postal truck on Main Street.
  • 3:31pm – Bay State Road resident reports an issue with a neighbor’s dog.
  • 5:35pm – Winter Street resident seeks advice.
  • 8:30pm – Officer came upon a teenager throwing streamers into a Main Street yard.

Thursday, October 24, 2024

  • 6:02am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 6:03am – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
  • 7:03am – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
  • 7:57am – Traffic enforcement on Hillside Road.
  • 8:00am – Traffic enforcement on Buckingham Drive.
  • 8:40am – Verbal warning issued for failure to stop on John Street.
  • 9:07am – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
  • 9:09am – Verbal warning issued for failure to stop on Woburn Street.
  • 9:13am – DPW notified that the light on Forest Glen Road is not turning green.
  • 10:14am – Caller reports a past gasoline spill on Main Street.
  • 10:15am – Locust Street resident reports receiving harassing phone calls.
  • 10:49am – Assistance with an oven rendered to a Gazebo Circle resident.
  • 1:39pm – Phone found at RMHS.
  • 2:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
  • 3:03pm – Disabled vehicle on Libby Avenue.
  • 4:18pm – Suspicious person is begging for money at Market Basket on General Way.
  • 4:45pm – Report that a leaf blower was stolen out of a truck on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 5:52pm – CO detector activation on Sunnyside Avenue.
  • 6:10pm – Extra check of a Martin Road residence.
  • 6:11pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:14pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
  • 6:17pm – CO detector activation on Grand Street.
  • 6:22pm – Walk signals activating on their own at Salem Street and Main Street.
  • 6:43pm – Accidental fire alarm activation by a youth at Wood End Elementary School.
  • 7:29pm – Possible road rage incident on West Street.
  • 7:31pm – Debit card turned in at RPD.
  • 8:42pm – Small oven fire at a Woburn Street residence.