Reading Police Log December 2-3, 2024

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

Monday, November 2, 2024

  • 2:02am – Extra check of Reading Cooperative Bank on Haven Street.
  • 6:04am – Checks for all-night parking.
  • 6:20am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:21am – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
  • 6:30am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 7:56am – Report of a loose dog on Pearl Street.
  • 8:00am – Traffic enforcement on Cross Street.
  • 8:29am – Direct call to FD for public assistance on Summer Avenue.
  • 9:35am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Salem Street.
  • 10:18am – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
  • 11:37am – Disabled vehicle on Salem Street.
  • 11:47am – DPW notified of glass in the road on Forest Street.
  • 1:48pm – Report off a suspicious person yelling outside a John Street residence.
  • 2:33pm – Buckingham Drive resident reports that a vehicle drove on their lawn on Saturday.
  • 3:37pm – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
  • 4:20pm – Follow-up visit with the business manager at Fraen Corp on New Crossing Road.
  • 4:40pm – Report that a person was spit on by a group of children on Washington Street.
  • 4:52pm – South Street resident reports a stolen package.
  • 4:53pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 5:21pm – All-night parking exception granted on Puritan Road.
  • 7:42pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 8:27pm – Chimney fire reported in a Lowell Street residence.
  • 9:19pm – Report of suspicious vehicles on Mark Avenue.
  • 9:45pm – Torre Street resident seeks advice regarding retrieving headphones.
  • 10:23pm – All-night parking exception granted on Orange Street.
  • 10:25pm – All-night parking exception granted on Union Street.

Tuesday, December 3, 2024

  • 2:00am – Sewer alarm sounding on Keiran Road.
  • 5:26am – Commercial alarm at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 5:55am – All-night parking restrictions checked.
  • 6:32am – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 6:33am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 7:05am – Officer serves a summons to a Gardner Road residence.
  • 8:55am – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Salem Street.
  • 9:03am – License plate turned in at RPD.
  • 9:20am – South Street resident reports a possible phone scam.
  • 10:00am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 10:59am – Vehicle repossession notification received via fax.
  • 11:26am – Wooden “No Parking” signs broken in the street on Arcadia Avenue.
  • 12:42pm – Customer at a Haven Street business reports an attempted scam.
  • 1:17pm -Van Norden Road resident reports a lost license and credit card.
  • 1:39pm – Follow-up visit with a Main Street business.
  • 2:50pm – Norman Road resident reports a past hit and run.
  • 2:59pm – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Road.
  • 3:18pm – Disabled vehicle on Lowell Street.
  • 3:22pm – Pinevale Road resident reports that a possibly sick raccoon is trapped under their front stairs.
  • 3:48pm – Disabled vehicle on Rustic Lane.
  • 4:26pm – A South Street resident found a dog on the street.
  • 5:12pm – Verbal warning issued for a crosswalk violation on Main Street.
  • 5:20pm – Indoor odor of gas reported on Haven Street.
  • 7:01pm – Charles Street resident reports losing two checks in the mail.
  • 7:15pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 7:16pm – Report that an employee was assaulted.
  • 7:59pm – Traffic enforcement on Green Street.
  • 8:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
  • 9:26pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Oakland Road,