Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, January 26, 2026
- 12:22 AM – Caller concerned about plow driver sitting on side of road at Priscilla Road.
- 7:43 AM – Direct call to Station 1 for fire alarm; no smoke or fire at Main Street and Starbucks.
- 9:26 AM – Disabled motor vehicle; Toyota Tacoma slid on roadway at Willow Street and railroad tracks.
- 12:42 PM – Small wild animal found abandoned; animal control officer notified at Osborne Avenue.
- 12:51 PM – Resident snowblowing snow into roadway at Line Road.
- 3:21 PM – Water department notified of sewage back-up at Track Road.
- 3:40 PM – Vehicle into snowbank; no injuries at Pearl Street and Salem Street.
- 3:42 PM – Report of vehicle doing donuts at Indian Tree Lane and Redgate Lane.
- 4:51 PM – Resident unable to plow through snow bank at Gregory Lane.
- 8:18 PM – Report of homeless male possibly inside building at Main Street.
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
- 12:36 AM – Commercial burglar alarm, exterior door, at Arthur B Lord Drive and Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 3:03 AM – Front door burglar alarm at Main Street and Shell Station.
- 4:43 AM – Fire department received street box activation at Walkers Brook Drive and Home Depot garden center.
- 5:52 AM – Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 6:04 AM – Traffic enforcement at West Street.
- 6:23 AM – Traffic enforcement at Birch Meadow Drive and John Carver Road.
- 7:53 AM – General alarm activation at Main Street and Family Dental Associates.
- 8:31 AM – Past hit and run reported at Haverhill Street and Rotary.
- 8:31 AM – 911 misdial; officer to verify at Arrow Circle.
- 9:03 AM – Two-car motor vehicle crash; no injuries at Salem Street and Main Street.
- 10:13 AM – Text to 911 reporting possible gunshots heard at Walkers Brook Drive and Jordans Furniture.
- 10:18 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed at Summit Drive.
- 10:23 AM – Fire alarm box taken offline for system work at Walkers Brook Drive and Jordans Furniture.
- 10:23 AM – Fire alarm box taken offline for system work at Walkers Brook Drive and Home Depot.
- 10:43 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed at High Street.
- 10:46 AM – Lift assist for elderly male; no injuries at Summer Avenue.
- 2:09 PM – Officer witnessed vehicle strike barrier at Walkers Brook Drive and TASC building.
- 2:49 PM – Fire alarm box back online at Walkers Brook Drive and Jordans Furniture.
- 2:49 PM – Fire alarm box back online at Walkers Brook Drive and Home Depot.
- 3:32 PM – Lift assist; no injuries at Pearl Street.
- 3:36 PM – Traffic enforcement for one-way violations at Chute Street and Woburn Street.
- 4:17 PM – Direct call to fire department for possible oil delivery overflow at West Street.
- 4:47 PM – Fire alarm box back online at Walkers Brook Drive and TASC building.
- 5:12 PM – Panic alarm activation at Main Street and Northern Bank and Trust.
- 5:53 PM – Transmitted fire box for alarms sounding and burning odor inside at Washington Street.
- 6:14 PM – Traffic enforcement at Chute Street and Woburn Street.
- 6:58 PM – Multiple calls reporting train gates down at High Street and Woburn Street.
- 8:27 PM – Traffic enforcement at Birch Meadow Drive and John Carver Road.
- 8:40 PM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Cross Street.
- 9:28 PM – Female in wheelchair stuck in snow at Haven Street.
- 9:31 PM – Traffic enforcement at Minot Street and Main Street.
- 10:37 PM – Fire alarm box taken offline at Walkers Brook Drive and Home Depot.
- 10:38 PM – Fire alarm box taken offline at Walkers Brook Drive and Jordans Furniture.
