Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, August 18, 2025
- 2:56 AM – Commercial alarm at Public Kitchen on Main Street.
- 5:51 AM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue.
- 6:04 AM – Traffic enforcement at West Street and Prescott Street.
- 6:09 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street.
- 7:44 AM – Traffic enforcement at Lowell Street and Town Hall.
- 7:52 AM – Motor vehicle crash into a pole with unknown injuries at Charles Street and Killam School.
- 9:47 AM – Tool reported lost from back of a truck at Lowell Street and Intervale Terrace.
- 10:53 AM – Fire alarm system back online on Causeway Road.
- 11:48 AM – Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and West Street.
- 1:29 PM – Residential burglar alarm on Fairchild Drive.
- 1:40 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street.
- 2:18 PM – Community policing at CVS on Main Street; three helmet citations issued.
- 2:43 PM – 911 open line at Hallmark Health on New Crossing Road.
- 2:55 PM – Kids on bikes blocking traffic on Haverhill Street.
- 3:16 PM – Traffic enforcement at Bancroft Avenue and Middlesex Avenue.
- 4:52 PM – Suspicious male possibly filming children at Walgreens on Bolton Street.
- 4:59 PM – Hit and run crash with two vehicles, no injuries, at Haverhill Street and Rotary.
- 5:14 PM – Microwave fire, now out, with smoke in the house on Village Street.
- 5:16 PM – Town Forest gates reported open at Strout Avenue.
- 5:29 PM – Traffic enforcement at Lowell Street and Town Hall.
- 6:07 PM – Traffic enforcement at Pearl Street and Charles Street.
- 7:10 PM – Motor vehicle crash with no injuries at a Main Street Condo Building.
- 8:00 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street.
- 8:29 PM – Smoke/CO alarm activation at Main Street.
- 9:00 PM – Complaint of three vehicles speeding in the parking lot at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 10:20 PM – Dead cat reported on lawn at Harrison Street and Salem Street.
- 11:07 PM – Fire alarm box received at Coolidge Middle School on Birch Meadow Drive.
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
- 12:54 AM – Resident reported erratic motor vehicle operation at Willow Street and Lowell Street.
- 6:02 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street.
- 6:07 AM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street.
- 6:47 AM – Traffic enforcement at South Street.
- 7:47 AM – Traffic enforcement at Lowell Street and Town Hall.
- 8:04 AM – Wire down across vehicle at Ash Street and Green Street.
- 8:18 AM – Traffic enforcement at South Street.
- 10:18 AM – Fire alarm box offline at REI Sporting Goods on Salem Street.
- 10:52 AM – Smoke/CO inspection passed at Gazebo Circle.
- 10:53 AM – Smoke/CO inspection passed at Franklin Street.
- 11:04 AM – Smoke/CO inspection passed at Batchelder Road.
- 11:40 AM – Accidental 911 call from watch at Kylie Drive.
- 12:21 PM – Fire alarm box activated, smoke in building at Main Street and Home Goods.
- 12:55 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street.
- 1:39 PM – Fire alarm box back online at REI Sporting Goods on Salem Street.
- 2:02 PM – Fire alarm box back online at Parker Middle School on Temple Street.
- 2:05 PM – Motor vehicle stop at Lowell Street and Sanborn Street; expired registration and suspended operator.
- 3:42 PM – Complaint of dog left inside a white SUV at CVS on Main Street.
- 4:21 PM – Resident at Bear Mountain on Main Street reported possible abuse by a CNA.
- 5:09 PM – Traffic enforcement at Home Goods on Main Street.
- 7:30 PM – Fire alarm box struck for odor of smoke in house on Belmont Street.
- 8:25 PM – Dog bite report paperwork received from Wellfleet PD at The Met Building on Lincoln Street.
- 8:40 PM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 9:55 PM – Disabled motor vehicle ran out of gas at Haverhill Street and Granger Avenue.
- 10:20 PM – School alarm activated on second floor elevator lobby at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
