Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, May 12, 2025
- 6:15am – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:31am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 6:49am – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
- 6:59am – Ash Street resident is notified that the person’s wallet is at Malden PD.
- 7:00am – Officer assists a crossing guard at Summer Avenue and Buckingham Road.
- 8:37am – Traffic enforcement on Sanborn Street.
- 8:41am – Traffic enforcement on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 8:59am – Traffic enforcement on Spruce Road.
- 11:23am – Report of larceny from a vehicle on Haven Street.
- 11:40am – Report of threats at Hallmark Health on New Crossing Road.
- 11:41am – Extra check of Family Dental on Main Street.
- 1:08pm – Passerby reports a tractor-trailer unit causing traffic on the Salem Street/Haverhill Street rotary.
- 1:45pm – SRO is with a student who left Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 2:47pm – Stoneham PD requests an officer to stand by at Santander Bank on Main Street.
- 2:56pm – Topsfield PD looking to make contact with a Chute Street resident.
- 3:21pm – Lift assist for a Main Street resident.
- 3:39pm – Truck spilled wood chips on Timberneck Road.
- 4:42pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Haven Street.
- 6:21pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked on the wrong side of the road on Haven Street.
- 7:05pm – Report of a suspicious vehicle open Laurel Lane.
- 8:27pm – Text-a-Tip report of a parked oversized truck making it hard to see traffic on Main Street.
- 9:21pm – Sewage backup reported on Fairview Avenue.
- 9:50pm – Complaint regarding threats from a vehicle on Bolton Street.
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
- 5:31am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 5:48am – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
- 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on Village Street.
- 6:24am – Two-vehicle crash on Mill Street.
- 7:31am – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 8:20am – Officer standing by with State Police on Lincoln Street.
- 9:10am – Saugus PD requests message delivery to a Taylor Drive resident.
- 9:15am – AT&T requests access to the Auburn Street water tower.
- 9:23am – Complaint regarding a landscaping truck blocking traffic on Main Street.
- 10:01am – Officer standing by for DPW on Winslow Road.
- 11:28am – Text-a-Tip report that a dog was attacked by a neighbor’s dog on Line Road.
- 12:19pm – Fire alarm activation at a Taylor Drive residence.
- 12:42pm – Salem Street resident reports attempted fraud.
- 12:59pm – Smoke detector activation in a Gazebo Circle residence.
- 1:28pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 1:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 2:56pm – Lift assist for a Lakeview Avenue resident.
- 3:07pm – Speedboard deployment on Lowell Street.
- 3:20pm – Lift assist for a Sanborn Street resident.
- 4:04pm – Sanborn Street resident reports Medicare fraud.
- 5:10pm – Report that a vehicle is traveling the wrong way in the Salem Street rotary.
- 5:50pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 5:54pm – Possible illegal dumping reported on West Street.
- 7:24pm – Audubon Road resident reports attempted fraud.
- 8:12pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Pleasant Street.
- 8:28pm – Avalon Road resident reports harassment from a coworker.
- 8:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 10:14pm – Pursuit of a vehicle moving at a high rate of speed and failing to stop on the Haverhill Street rotary.
- 11:48pm – Commercial alarm at Mandarin-Reading on Salem Street.
