Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, June 17
- 6:07 AM – Check for overnight parking violations conducted at Main Street and Salem Street; no violations found.
- 7:11 AM – Motor vehicle stop resulted in a verbal warning for a marked lanes violation at Ash Street and Main Street.
- 7:32 AM – Green Street closed at Ash Street; emergency access remained available.
- 7:41 AM – Apple crash notification received at Town Hall on Lowell Street; no response found.
- 9:05 AM – Investigator reported working in the area of Libby Avenue and E Street.
- 9:50 AM – Shell station employee on Walkers Brook Drive requested a trespass order against an individual.
- 11:34 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at High Street and Woodward Avenue.
- 12:44 PM – Accidental 911 misdial reported by an elderly resident on Bay State Road.
- 1:00 PM – Private investigator reported working in the area of Washington Street and Minot Street.
- 1:41 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Highland Street.
- 1:46 PM – Resident at Archstone Circle reported a vehicle missing from the parking lot.
- 2:49 PM – DPW reported a tree down at Forest Glen Cemetery on Pearl Street.
- 4:32 PM – Minor two-vehicle crash reported at Salem Street and the Rotary; no injuries reported.
- 4:39 PM – Rabbit struck by a motor vehicle at Main Street and Minot Street; animal remained alive.
- 5:42 PM – Follow-up visit conducted regarding a previous harassment complaint on Main Street.
- 6:49 PM – Commercial hold-up alarm reported at Market Basket on General Way.
- 8:35 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 10:18 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Minot Street and Crosby Road.
Thursday, June 18
- 12:18 AM – Burglar alarm reported at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road; no contact made.
- 12:35 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Lincoln Street and Woburn Street.
- 2:14 AM – Check for overnight parking violations conducted at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 7:11 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 7:13 AM – Commercial alarm activation reported at Golf Galaxy on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:24 AM – Report received of a tractor-trailer with loose metal on Main Street.
- 7:44 AM – Accidental 911 call confirmed at Coolidge Middle School on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 7:53 AM – Officer assisted with a disabled motor vehicle at New Crossing Road and Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:07 AM – Fire alarm box reported online at Gould Street.
- 9:09 AM – Resident on Willow Street reported a suspicious vehicle.
- 9:27 AM – Fire Department assisted an elderly resident locked out of a home on Gleason Road.
- 9:28 AM – Road closure reported at Belmont Street and Salem Street due to a crane in the roadway.
- 11:09 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at High Street and Woodward Avenue.
- 12:29 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 12:35 PM – Past hit-and-run crash reported in the YMCA parking lot on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 1:18 PM – Unwanted individual reported inside a gas station convenience store on Main Street.
- 1:36 PM – Past hit-and-run crash reported in a parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:04 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted on Main Street.
- 2:05 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Pitman Drive.
- 2:16 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Rustic Lane.
- 2:24 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Main Street.
- 2:27 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Franklin Street.
- 2:33 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Bancroft Avenue.
- 2:49 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Grove Street.
- 3:20 PM – 911 hang-up call received from Prospect Street; unable to call back.
- 3:29 PM – Tree snapped in half and brought down wires on Locust Street.
- 3:48 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Village Street.
- 3:48 PM – Quarterly inspection conducted at a group home on Haven Street.
- 4:22 PM – Smoke alarm reported sounding from a neighboring residence on West Street; no smoke or fire found.
- 5:44 PM – Harassment prevention order received for records on Green Street.
- 6:08 PM – Fire Department responded to a report of smoke in a building on Augustus Court.
- 6:31 PM – Large tree branch reported down on Tennyson Road.
- 7:03 PM – Possible clogged storm drains reported at Main Street and Ash Street, causing localized flooding.
- 7:15 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 7:20 PM – Accidental 911 call confirmed on Whittier Road.
- 8:31 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Summer Avenue and Willow Street.
- 8:33 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Franklin Street and Parsons Lane.
- 8:50 PM – Suspicious person reported at Jordan’s Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive after concern about an individual carrying a suitcase in the theater.
- 11:16 PM – Report received of youths playing “ding-dong ditch” in a neighborhood on Summer Avenue.
