Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, June 2, 2025
- 6:40 AM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:24 AM – Lift assist for a Holly Road resident.
- 10:31 AM – Fire drill conducted at Wood End Elementary School.
- 11:07 AM – Leaning Elm Drive resident reports unemployment fraud.
- 11:28 AM – Elevator entrapment reported at the Solstice House on Middlesex Avenue.
- 12:00 PM – Officer serving lunches at the Senior Center on Pleasant Street.
- 1:05 PM – Complaint regarding a landscaping crew obstructing the roadway on Sturges Road.
- 1:20 PM – Suspicious vehicle reported circling the neighborhood on Main Street.
- 2:22 PM – Complaint application filed following a traffic stop on Lowell Street.
- 5:49 PM – Report that a dog is repeatedly off leash on Main Street.
- 5:57 PM – Traffic enforcement on Fairchild Drive.
- 6:46 PM – Smoke alarm activation in a South Street residence.
- 7:09 PM – Traffic enforcement on Village Street.
- 8:16 PM – Possible stolen or missing license plate reported on Timberneck Drive.
- 9:52 PM – Report that a group of persons are loitering near the doors of the Reading Public Library.
- 10:33 PM – Lift assist for an Emerson Street resident.
Tuesday, May 2, 2025
- 5:59 AM – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 6:11 AM – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 7:50 AM – DPW requests that a vehicle be moved on Pleasant Street.
- 8:20 AM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 8:37 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 1:30 PM – South Street resident reports an attempted past break-in to a vehicle.
- 1:48 PM – Mulch fire reported to be thirty feet from a Covey Hill Road residence.
- 3:09 PM – Loose dog reported on Parkview Road.
- 3:17 PM – Traffic enforcement on Woburn St.
- 4:50 PM – Report of a past assault at East Coast Gas on Main Street.
- 5:14 PM – Report that youths on bikes are riding into traffic at Market Basket on General Way.
- 5:30 PM – Report of an aggressive person in a Main Street parking lot.
- 6:12 PM – Homeowner reports a suspicious person approaching their residence on Veterans Way.
- 6:39 PM – Report of wires down on Belmont Street.
- 7:15 PM – Dead opossum reported on West Street.
- 8:51 PM – Report that a suspicious person is going door-to-door on Charles Street.
- 9:04 PM – Fire alarm activation at Dollar Tree on Harnden Street.
- 9:26 PM – Interior commercial alarm at Mandarin Reading on Salem Street.