Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:
Wednesday, May 7, 2025
- 3:35am – Caller reports a pedophile.
- 5:57am – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 6:28am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 7:29am – Beech Street resident reports that their vehicle was struck overnight.
- 8:06am – Investigation of a three-vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 9:10am – PD and FD informed that a private investigator is working on Lowell Street.
- 10:00am – Commercial alarms at Market Basket on General Way.
- 11:07am – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
- 11:43am – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
- 11:56am – Washington Street resident reports receiving phone threats.
- 12:54pm – Sunnyside Avenue resident reports that money is missing from his wallet.
- 2:25pm – Illegal dumping reported on New Crossing Road.
- 2:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 3:15pm – Complaint regarding vehicles parked on Main Street.
- 3:41pm – Ash Hill Road resident reports that a suspicious vehicle has been parking in front of their home for several days.
- 3:42pm – All-night parking exception granted for construction vehicles on Haven Street.
- 3:48pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Causeway Road.
- 4:31pm – Smoke alarm activation in an Abigail Way residence.
- 4:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Prescott Street.
- 5:28pm – Audible alarm reported in a South Street residence.
- 6:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 7:06pm – Aurele Circle resident reports that vehicles were broken into overnight.
- 7:54pm – Lift assist for a Bay State Road resident.
- 9:05pm – Suspicious person reported in the RMLD parking lot.
- 9:18pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
Thursday, May 8, 2025
- 5:41am – Report of a water main break on Springvale Road.
- 5:53am – South Street resident reports a vehicle break-in.
- 5:58am – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 6:04am – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
- 6:39am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 7:35am – Follow-up visit with a Main Street resident.
- 8:15am – Heather Drive resident reports that a vehicle was entered overnight.
- 8:49am – Sturges Road resident reports a stolen license plate.
- 9:45am – Dog without a collar found on Salem Street.
- 10:16am – All-night parking exception granted for several vehicles at the Pleasant Street Center.
- 11:11am – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
- 1:52pm – Complaint regarding a tree company blocking Ash Street.
- 2:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 2:34pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:45pm – Report that a vehicle refused to stop for an officer on Catherine Avenue.
- 2:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 4:37pm – Hit and run reported at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:46pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 6:05pm – DPW notified that a manhole cover is ajar on Sanborn Street.
- 6:09pm – Report that a suspicious person is in a private Main Street lot after hours.
- 8:26pm – Ash Street resident complains that a vehicle is blocking the driveway.
- 9:43pm – Smoke alarm sounding at a Canterbury Drive residence.
