Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, March 31, 2025
- 6:20am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:40am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 9:32am – Traffic enforcement on Baker Road.
- 10:27am – Walnut Street resident reports that an electrical meter was stolen off their house.
- 11:18am – CO detector activation in a Prescott Street residence.
- 1:17pm – DPW notified that a road work sign was left behind on Washington Street.
- 1:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 3:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 4:26pm – Resident reports a banking issue.
- 5:31pm – Attempt to serve a warrant to a James Street resident.
- 6:39pm – Smoke alarm activation in an Enos Circle residence.
- 6:41pm – Disabled vehicle on Lowell Street.
- 7:21pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 9:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 10:00pm – Augustus Court resident reports online fraud.
Tuesday, April 1, 2025
- 2:52am – Commercial alarm at Public Kitchen on Main Street.
- 5:47am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 5:51am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:08am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 7:09am – Report that the metal on a telephone pole on Lincoln Street is hissing.
- 7:55am – Complaint regarding three unoccupied vehicles idling on Arcadia Avenue.
- 9:15am – Traffic enforcement on Prescott Street.
- 9:48am – First floor smoke detector alarm at Perfecto’s Cafe on Main Street.
- 9:52am – Trash cans blowing into the road on West Street.
- 10:03am – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
- 10:11am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 10:21am – CO detector activation on Abigail Way.
- 10:40am – Officer standing by with DPW on Batchelder Road.
- 10:43am – Text-a-Tip report that there are multiple vehicles parked in the fire lane on Main Street.
- 11:41am – Lift assist for a Pearl Street resident.
- 1:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 2:26pm – Salem Street resident reports being blackmailed.
- 2:56pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 3:34pm – Investigation of a vehicle that was struck while parked at the Burbank YMCA.
- 4:14pm – Report that traffic lights are stuck on red at Franklin Street and Main Street.
- 4:39pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 5:12pm – Summit Drive resident reports fraud.
- 10:03pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 10:16pm – Commercial alarm at Reading Health Center on Pond Meadow Drive.
