Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, May 21, 2025
- 5:57 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
- 6:15 AM – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 8:35 AM – Resident reports being harassed and called racial slurs on Lincoln Street.
- 9:38 AM – A student at Austin Preparatory School found a credit card.
- 10:40 AM – Stolen motor vehicle was located, parked on the street on Beverly Road.
- 12:30 PM – Telephone pole is touching a tree limb, with the smell of burning reported on Van Norden Road.
- 1:07 PM – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
- 1:26 PM – Suspicious person threw items at an employee at Cumberland Farms Gas on Salem Street.
- 1:32 PM – Erratic vehicle operation reported driving on Main Street.
- 1:37 PM – Bay State Road resident required transport for past fall.
- 1:43 PM – House lockout on Pearl Street.
- 2:12 PM – Disabled vehicle reported behind a building on Goodall-Sanford Road.
- 2:30 PM – Verbal warning issued following a motor vehicle stop on Main Street.
- 2:34 PM – Assistance rendered in a joint operation with Woburn and NRPD.
- 2:35 PM – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 2:47 PM – Group of youths observed walking on railroad tracks on High Street.
- 4:02 PM – Text-a-Tip report for a barking dog on Aurele Circle.
- 5:00 PM – Commercial fire alarm on Main Street.
- 5:08 PM – Loose dog found in parking lot at Liquor Junction on General Way.
- 5:36 PM – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 8:03 PM – Estate Lane resident reported a past motor vehicle break-in.
Thursday, May 22, 2025
- 12:29 AM – Disabled vehicle with a flat tire on Main Street.
- 5:44 AM – Disabled motor vehicle on Main Street.
- 6:09 AM – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:47 AM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:53 AM – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 7:32 AM – Fire alarm sounding at a Belmont Street residence.
- 7:34 AM – Caller reports a broken vehicle window on Harrison Street.
- 10:51 AM – Possible wire down on Dragon Court.
- 11:09 AM – Investigation on Pine Ridge Road.
- 1:11 PM – Solicitor without a badge reported on Main Street.
- 2:29 PM – Traffic enforcement on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 3:35 PM – Report that wires on the top of a Francis Drive pole are on fire.
- 5:51 PM – Tree limb down in a Virginia Road yard.
- 6:02 PM – Complaint regarding a vehicle blocking a Taylor Drive garage entrance.
- 6:18 PM – Report of wires down on Eaton Street.
- 6:29 PM – Minor vehicle crash with no injuries at 519 Main Street.
- 6:43 PM – Tree limb down with wires in the road on Winthrop Avenue.
- 6:44 PM – Report that a person is walking through a yard and down Beacon Street.
