Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, September 11, 2026
5:04 AM – Sector 3 commercial building checks.
5:22 AM – Caller reported a truck making loud noise at Oasis Breakfast on Main St.
5:42 AM – Sector 1 commercial building checks.
5:48 AM – Sector 2 commercial building checks.
5:55 AM – Municipal parking lot enforcement on Main St. at Salem St.; no violations.
6:06 AM – Extra residential building check on Cross St.
6:07 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at South St.
6:08 AM – Traffic enforcement on Salem St. at Bay State Rd.
6:27 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles St. at Main St.
9:33 AM – Commercial alarm at Burbank Ice Arena on Symonds Way; computer room door.
10:18 AM – Party reported a past motor vehicle crash at the police station on Wilson St. involving a 2015 Toyota Corolla.
11:02 AM – Fire alarm activation at a location on Haverhill St.
11:17 AM – Construction vehicles reported impeding traffic on Main St. at Summer Ave.
12:55 PM – Train gate reported up with alarm sounding on Ash St. at Main St.; gate possibly bent.
1:22 PM – Elderly female having trouble dialing out at a residence on Bay State Rd.
3:53 PM – Property manager reported illegal dumping at Charles St. Condos.
4:36 PM – Person reported dumping trash over the fence at Camp Curtis Guild on Haverhill St.
4:56 PM – Youths previously trespassed reported outside Starbucks on Walkers Brook Dr.
5:12 PM – Minor two-car motor vehicle crash on Lowell St. at Linden St.; no injuries reported.
5:32 PM – Motion alarm activated at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Rd.
5:36 PM – Compost debris reported dumped in the middle of a cul-de-sac on Applegate Ln.
6:17 PM – Follow-up call regarding a previous case on Cross St.
7:54 PM – Smoke detector investigation at a residence on Haven St.
9:38 PM – Smell of smoke and large group of youths reported at Wood End Elementary School on Sunset Rock Ln.; noise complaint.
9:58 PM – Text-a-Tip received regarding a noise complaint on Criterion Rd.
10:24 PM – Extra residential building check on Cross St.
10:31 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at Salem St.
10:35 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at Summer Ave.
10:42 PM – Traffic enforcement on Charles St. at Main St.
11:02 PM – Fire alarm activation on Harvard St.; no smoke or fire.
11:54 PM – Fire alarm activation on Randall Rd.; no smoke or fire.
Saturday, September 12, 2026
12:46 AM – Noise complaint regarding possible construction on Mineral St.
3:50 AM – Caller reported a vehicle hit a telephone pole and drove away on Haverhill St. at Batchelder Rd.
5:29 AM – Sector 1 commercial building checks.
5:40 AM – Sector 2 commercial building checks.
5:42 AM – Sector 3 commercial building checks.
5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles St. at Dana Rd.
6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at South St.
6:01 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at Salem St.
6:02 AM – Municipal parking lot enforcement on Main St. at Salem St.; no violations.
7:01 AM – Lost Bernese Mountain Dog reported on Dana Rd.
9:11 AM – Assistance provided to a homeowner with a home lockout on Virginia Rd.
9:39 AM – School alarm at Parker Middle School on Temple St.; music room motion alarm, no keyholder.
10:33 AM – Follow-up to a hit-and-run case on Wilson St.
11:29 AM – Accidental 911 call on Parkman Rd.; unit sent to confirm.
11:30 AM – Female reported a past motor vehicle crash at the police station on Haverhill St. at Batchelder Rd.
4:09 PM – Building smoke alarm activated on Green St.; possible smell of smoke.
4:42 PM – Haze or smoke reported in a hallway on Green St.; smell of burning candles.
6:02 PM – Squirrel reported with its head caught in a dumpster on Main St.
8:26 PM – Extra check of the property on Cross St.; all in order.
8:58 PM – Black SUV reported parked behind new construction across the street on Pearl St.
9:21 PM – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill St. at Killam School.
9:32 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at South St.
10:27 PM – Large group of youths reported playing loud music and yelling at Reading Mosque on Haven St.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
12:13 AM – Extra residential building check on Cross St.
12:51 AM – Erratic driver reported on Main St. at Franklin St.; driver crossed into North Reading before officers arrived.
5:34 AM – Sector 1 commercial building checks.
5:44 AM – Sector 3 commercial building checks.
5:44 AM – Sector 2 commercial building checks.
5:57 AM – Municipal parking lot enforcement on Main St. at Salem St.; no violations.
6:02 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main St. at South St.
6:18 AM – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill St. at Killam School.
9:59 AM – Lift assist provided on Green Meadow Dr.
10:02 AM – Trash, including a couch, reported blocking the sidewalk on Franklin St.
10:04 AM – Air was let out of tires overnight while a vehicle was at the charging station near the library on Middlesex Ave.
10:52 AM – Disabled black Honda Pilot reported at Camp Curtis Guild on Haverhill St.
10:58 AM – Possible injured seagull reported near Home Depot on Walkers Brook Dr.
12:51 PM – Smoke detector activation reported on Ash St.
12:56 PM – Sewer reported not draining properly on Virginia Rd.
1:14 PM – Car muffler reported in the roadway on Lincoln St.
1:58 PM – Male reported entering the women’s locker room at Planet Fitness on Salem St. and going through lockers.
2:48 PM – Resident reported no water pressure on Charles St.
4:51 PM – Additional UCR codes entered following a previous incident on Salem St. at Rotary.
6:24 PM – Traffic enforcement at Killam School on Charles St.
6:47 PM – DPW notified of a water main break on Charles St.
7:26 PM – Traffic enforcement near Town Hall on Lowell St.
7:26 PM – Fire department dispatched for an odor of gas in a building on Main St.
9:04 PM – Working fire reported at a house on Rustic Ln.; fire box struck for an active fire.
9:19 PM – Female reported money taken at a residence on Green St. and requested a female officer.
10:08 PM – Andover Fire Department reported behind an erratic driver on Main St. at Franklin St.; North Reading notified.
