Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, September 18, 2026
- 4:22 AM – Dumpster being emptied before allowed hours on Main Street near Calareso’s.
- 5:56 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Minot Street.
- 6:09 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 6:14 AM – Traffic enforcement on John Street and Pleasant Street.
- 7:30 AM – L77 on fire detail on Walkers Brook Drive near Trader Joe’s.
- 7:33 AM – Fire department box 5531 offline on Walkers Brook Drive near Trader Joe’s.
- 9:13 AM – Open 911 line from cell phone on Main Street.
- 9:22 AM – Traffic enforcement on Oak Street and Pine Ridge Road.
- 9:56 AM – Weapons turned in to the station on Berkeley Street.
- 10:14 AM – Debit card turned in to detail officer on Strout Avenue and Town Forest.
- 10:50 AM – Male came into the lobby reporting a verbal altercation on Main Street and Woburn Street.
- 10:58 AM – Gray Tesla Model Y struck while parked in the lot on Walkers Brook Drive near the TASC building.
- 11:48 AM – Fire department box 5531 back online on Walkers Brook Drive near Trader Joe’s.
- 1:34 PM – Motor vehicle parked on the street for two months and hasn’t moved on Green Street.
- 2:25 PM – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street and Sanborn Street.
- 2:27 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 2:55 PM – Two loose dogs wandered into caller’s yard on Catherine Avenue.
- 2:56 PM – Employee found lost wallet on Main Street near Reading Quick Stop.
- 4:37 PM – Accidental 911 call on Summit Drive; unit sent to confirm.
- 4:46 PM – Multiple motor vehicles going the wrong way up a one-way street on Green Street and High Street.
- 5:15 PM – Female reporting an unknown male on her property on Washington Street.
- 5:53 PM – Accidental 911 call on Morgan Parkway; unit sent to confirm.
- 6:15 PM – Accidental 911 call on Morgan Parkway; unit sent to confirm.
- 7:14 PM – Two-car minor motor-vehicle crash on Timberneck Drive and Haverhill Street; no injuries.
- 7:45 PM – Two-car motor-vehicle crash, drivers arguing in the parking lot, on Haven Street near Reading Pediatrics.
- 9:00 PM – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:06 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Pearl Street.
- 9:22 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and South Street.
- 9:27 PM – Traffic enforcement on Willow Street near Austin Preparatory School.
- 9:43 PM – Large group of youths walking in the street on Pearl Street.
- 9:52 PM – Burglar alarm, interior zone 3, no contact, on General Way near Spirit Halloween.
- 10:35 PM – Check of a 1-year-old female, reference a case, on Woburn Street.
- 10:49 PM – Large youth gathering making loud noise on Grove Street.
Saturday, September 19, 2026
- 5:30 AM – Burglar alarm, front door motion, no contact, on Main Street near Gas-Mobil On the Run.
- 5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Ash Street.
- 5:58 AM – Municipal lot ANP violations: none found, on Main Street and Salem Street.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street near Camp Curtis Guild.
- 6:10 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Salem Street.
- 8:47 AM – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
- 8:50 AM – Access to DPW for delivery of oil on New Crossing Road.
- 11:08 AM – Engine 4 back in service at Reading Fire Department headquarters on Main Street.
- 11:16 AM – ADT/master bedroom alarm on Emerald Drive.
- 11:19 AM – Cruiser 8 involved in a motor-vehicle crash on Woburn Street and Summer Avenue; no injuries.
- 11:54 AM – Male operating brown Hyundai Sonata erratically through the lot on General Way near Spirit Halloween.
- 12:53 PM – Resident being threatened by housemate on Middlesex Avenue near Solstice House.
- 2:29 PM – Transmitted box 622, smoke in first-floor hallway, on Sanborn Street near Post Mark Square.
- 3:46 PM – Ammunition round found by female on Augustus Court.
- 5:12 PM – Staff reporting a customer attempting debit card fraud on Salem Street near REI Sporting Goods.
- 5:28 PM – Electric vehicle ran out of battery on Walkers Brook Drive near Shell Gas Station.
- 6:18 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Oakland Road.
- 6:29 PM – Smell of gas in house, box 16 struck, on Oak Street.
- 7:04 PM – Motor-vehicle lockout; AAA not available, private pay, on Berkeley Street.
- 7:05 PM – Unit out on a follow-up, reference a case, on Salem Street near REI Sporting Goods.
- 10:14 PM – Commercial burglar alarm, bottle room door, on General Way near Market Basket.
- 11:53 PM – Fire alarm activation, no smoke or fire, on Plymouth Road.
Sunday, September 20, 2026
- 1:05 AM – Male party sitting on resident’s lawn on High Street.
- 5:59 AM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street and Willow Street.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Oakland Road.
- 6:10 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Salem Street.
- 8:58 AM – Open 911 line, unit to check, on Summit Drive.
- 9:17 AM – Traffic enforcement on Pine Ridge Road near Sturges Park.
- 11:05 AM – Transferred 911 call to North Reading for erratic operation on Haverhill Street and Batchelder Road.
- 1:21 PM – Female has key stuck in drop box on Haven Street near Reading Co-operative Bank.
- 2:38 PM – Oven fire contained to oven on Colburn Road.
- 2:44 PM – Male into lobby reporting fraud with apartment rental on Augustus Court near Reading Woods.
- 5:40 PM – Possible disabled motorcycle, stuck in ditch, on Grove Street.
- 6:22 PM – Youths trying to jump the school fence on Summer Avenue near Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 7:00 PM – Pro-Vital surveillance; male in construction area on Symonds Way near Burbank Ice Arena.
- 7:32 PM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street near Killam School.
- 8:04 PM – Traffic enforcement on Oak Street and Summer Avenue.
- 8:18 PM – Unit came upon audible alarm on Walkers Brook Drive near Home Depot.
- 9:05 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Salem Street.
- 9:10 PM – Male yelling at female, called in by passerby, on Haverhill Street near the rotary.
- 9:36 PM – Third-party manager reporting employee harassed by customer on Salem Street near Cumberland Farms Gas.
