Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, May 30, 2025
- 5:25 AM – Sector two building checks.
- 5:36 AM – Sector three building checks.
- 5:39 AM – Sector one building checks.
- 8:50 AM – SRO out with a student who left Barrows Elementary School.
- 8:56 AM – Fire drill conducted at Parker Middle School.
- 9:43 AM – Summit Drive resident concerned regarding a suspicious phone number found on a child’s computer.
- 10:06 AM – Fire drill at Reading Memorial High School.
- 10:33 AM – Fire drill at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 10:34 AM – Cottage Park resident reports receiving spam text/calls.
- 1:02 PM – Traffic enforcement on Riverside Drive.
- 3:17 PM – Brook Street resident reports illegal dumping and possible harassment.
- 3:21 PM – Shackford Road resident reports fraud/scam.
- 3:25 PM – Traffic enforcement on Oakland Road.
- 3:28 PM – Main Street resident reports trespassing by construction workers.
- 3:49 PM – Boswell Road resident reports baby groundhogs under their porch.
- 5:50 PM – Graduation detail at Reading Memorial High School.
- 5:52 PM – Caller reports two loose dogs on Woburn Street.
- 6:03 PM – North Reading Veterinary Clinic reports a dog bitten by a coyote on North Street.
- 6:30 PM – Lift assist for a Cross Street resident.
- 6:41 PM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 7:00 PM – Minor two-vehicle crash with no injuries at Market Basket on General Way.
- 8:44 PM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 9:25 PM – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 9:50 PM – Verbal warning for speeding issued on Harnden Street.
- 10:17 PM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
Saturday, May 31, 2025
- 3:04 AM – Lift assist for a Bay State Road resident.
- 4:18 AM – Residential fire alarm activation at a Timberneck Drive residence.
- 5:31 AM – Sector two building checks.
- 5:33 AM – Sector three building checks.
- 5:41 AM – Sector one building checks.
- 5:55 AM – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:33 AM – Commercial alarm at Burbank Ice Arena on Symonds Way.
- 6:41 AM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:54 AM – DCF worker requests information regarding a Lincoln Street resident.
- 8:30 AM – Fire alarm activation at a Bay State Road residence.
- 9:37 AM – Report of a missing motor vehicle from an Abigail Way residence.
- 11:47 AM – Commercial alarm at the Reading Public Library.
- 1:32 PM – Large tree branch down on Old Farm Road.
- 1:59 PM – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
- 2:08 PM – Minor motor vehicle crash at Market Basket on General Way.
- 3:39 PM – Traffic enforcement on Prescott St.
- 4:33 PM – Sick opossum reported on County Road.
- 6:12 PM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:14 PM – Traffic enforcement on Pine Ridge Road.
- 8:04 PM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:21 PM – Commercial alarm at Golf Galaxy on Walkers Brook Drive.
Sunday, June 1, 2025
- 5:32 AM – Sector three building checks.
- 5:35 AM – Sector two building checks.
- 5:44 AM – Sector one building checks.
- 5:57 AM – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
- 6:05 AM – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:05 AM – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 8:25 AM – Large pothole forming at Pearl Street and Salem Street.
- 9:00 AM – Drone training in the Town Forest on Strout Avenue.
- 11:44 AM – Complaint regarding vehicles backing onto Main Street near Bagel World.
- 12:54 PM – Fire alarm for water problem at a Washington Street residence.
- 4:31 PM – Assistance rendered for stolen handicap placard at the Main Street Shell Station.
- 5:37 PM – Smoke alarm activation at a Pitman Drive group home.
- 5:49 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 5:55 PM – Text-a-Tip report of an ice cream truck operating without permit on Middlesex Avenue near the Library.
- 6:08 PM – Verbal warning for a red light violation on Federal Street.
- 6:49 PM – Fire alarm for an abandoned campfire found in the woods on Strout Avenue.
- 7:06 PM – Verbal warning for an improper display of registration on Main Street.
- 8:02 PM – Traffic enforcement on Pine Ridge Road.
