Reading, MA– Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, January 24, 2025
- 2:01am – Unit checking on an open garage door at Market Basket on General Way.
- 5:35am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 5:59am – Traffic enforcement on Forest Street.
- 6:00am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 8:20am – Extra check for parking issues on West Street.
- 8:21am – Officer standing by for DPW on Haverhill Street.
- 9:02am – Unit checks on DPW working on the lights at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 9:17am – Follow-up visit with a Lawrence Road resident.
- 9:22am – Report of a suspicious vehicle on Main Street.
- 9:23am – Verbal warning issued on Bancroft Avenue.
- 10:47am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 11:29am – Hancock Street resident reports that their home health care has not arrived.
- 11:56am – Verbal warning issued for a hands-free violation on Main Street.
- 2:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Edgemont Avenue.
- 2:37pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 3:03pm – Resident at Artis Senior Living on Main Street seeks assistance with a phone number.
- 4:15pm – Lift assist for a West Street resident.
- 4:21pm – Caller reports a lost cat.
- 5:01pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 5:48pm – Train gate stuck on Ash Street.
- 6:11pm – Report that teens are making a mess in McDonalds on Main Street.
- 6:14pm – Verbal warning issued on Woburn Street.
- 6:44pm – Caller reports a hit and run on Martin Road.
- 9:10pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 9:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 10:52pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
Saturday, January 25, 2025
- 5:09am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 6:15am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 6:28am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 6:43am – Traffic enforcement on Jacob Way.
- 7:53am – Sanborn Street resident reports that their license plate was stolen and their EZPass was used.
- 11:04am – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in the middle of the road on Lakeview Avenue.
- 11:33am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 11:36am – Traffic enforcement on Willow Street.
- 11:40am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Wakefield Street.
- 11:45am – Verbal warning issued for speed on Wakefield Street.
- 11:50am – Lift assist for an Orange Street resident.
- 1:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 1:26pm – Verbal warning issued for speed on Ash Street.
- 1:31pm – Verbal warning issued for an inspection sticker on Ash Street.
- 1:53pm – Exterior door alarm at Parker Middle School.
- 2:33pm – Verbal warning issued for an inspection sticker on Summer Avenue.
- 4:16pm – CO detector activation in a Timothy Place residence.
- 6:03pm – DPW notified that a crosswalk sign is down on Lowell Street.
- 6:22pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 6:43pm – Door alarm at Reading Public Library.
- 7:06pm – Smoke alarm activation at an Elderberry Lane residence.
- 7:36pm – Report that suspicious youths are gathering near the apartments on Chapin Avenue.
- 8:38pm – Assistance rendered to a Grove Street resident.
- 9:11pm – All-night parking exception granted on Dudley Street.
- 9:16pm – Vehicle stop on Middlesex Avenue.
Sunday, January 26, 2024
- 1:27am – FD assists a Summit Drive resident with a home lockout.
- 5:56am – All-night parking citations issued.
- 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 6:13am – Traffic enforcement on Jacob Way.
- 6:24am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 8:54am – Report that a hack saw is in the roadway on Main Street.
- 9:45am – Complaint that a plumber’s vehicle has been parked on Breton Circle for three days.
- 9:54am – Traffic enforcement on Willow Street.
- 11:14am – Traffic enforcement on Forest Street.
- 11:58am – Exterior door alarm at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 12:38pm – Fire alarm at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:51pm – Fire alarm sounding at Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:21pm – House lockout at a Summit Drive residence.
- 1:58pm – Dog found wandering loose on Haverhill Street.
- 2:20pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 3:05pm – Report of a shattered windshield on the rotary.
- 3:53pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Whitehall Lane.
- 4:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Jacob Way.
- 5:12pm – Verbal warning issued on South Street.
- 6:20pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 8:09pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 9:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 9:57pm – Commercial alarm at Fusillis Cucina on Main Street.
