Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, October 5, 2026
- 12:36 AM – Extra building check on Washington Street at Superior Automotive. All appeared in order.
- 5:43 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 5:53 AM – Extra building check on Washington Street at Superior Automotive. All appeared in order.
- 5:56 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street at Pearl Street.
- 6:50 AM – Traffic enforcement on Green Street at High Street.
- 8:15 AM – Two-car motor vehicle crash with reported neck pain on South Street.
- 8:58 AM – Fire drill at Joshua Eaton Elementary School on Summer Avenue.
- 9:26 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 10:22 AM – Central alarm for common hallway smoke/water flow on Main Street.
- 10:52 AM – Engine 2 running in place of Ladder 1 at Reading Fire Department headquarters on Main Street.
- 11:16 AM – A vehicle was left in the lot at Reading Commons on Archstone Circle.
- 11:25 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 12:36 PM – Fire drill at Killam Elementary School on Charles Street.
- 1:06 PM – Fire drill at Barrows Elementary School on Edgemont Avenue.
- 1:33 PM – Fire drill at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 2:49 PM – First-floor smoke detector alarm on Emerson Street.
- 2:53 PM – Accidental 911 call on Franklin Street. Unit to confirm.
- 3:39 PM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street at Main Street.
- 3:43 PM – Report of a large tree branch hanging over the road on Salem Street. DPW and RMLD notified.
- 5:16 PM – Report of an erratic driver tailgating and passing vehicles near Town Hall on Lowell Street.
- 5:29 PM – Report of a male patient having issues with staff at Reading Health and Rehabilitation on Main Street.
- 5:53 PM – Carbon monoxide alarm activation on Grove Street. Alarm company called.
- 6:45 PM – Burglar alarm activated by motion and a door at the pro shop on Grove Street.
- 6:49 PM – Staff member stuck in an elevator at Reading Health and Rehabilitation on Main Street.
- 7:43 PM – Fire captain reported a male riding a bicycle without reflectors on Main Street at Pearl Street.
- 8:52 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Salem Street.
- 9:35 PM – Extra building checks on Washington Street at Superior Automotive.
- 10:36 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 10:38 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 11:18 PM – Burglar alarm activated at the patio door of Bunratty Tavern on Main Street.
- 11:21 PM – Report of a suspicious male at a door on Hopkins Street.
Tuesday, October 6, 2026
- 12:31 AM – Extra building checks on Washington Street at Avery Auto Care.
- 5:45 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 5:50 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 6:00 AM – Extra building check on Washington Street at Superior Automotive.
- 6:15 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Minot Street.
- 6:28 AM – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 6:53 AM – Bricks reported in the roadway on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 6:56 AM – Complaint application filed following a motor vehicle stop on Lowell Street at Sanborn Street.
- 7:06 AM – Report of a vehicle left in the Home Depot parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive for a week.
- 7:07 AM – Concern about speeding vehicles on Oak Street.
- 7:22 AM – Vehicle parked on a restricted roadway on Arlington Street.
- 7:47 AM – Officer covering a crossing guard post at Birch Meadow Elementary School on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 7:54 AM – Pearl Street closed at Willard Road, with a hard roadblock near 394 Pearl Street.
- 10:28 AM – Several bricks reported in the road on Main Street at Fairchild Drive.
- 10:31 AM – Smoke inspection failed on Nugent Lane.
- 10:49 AM – Engine 1 running out of Fire Station 2 on Woburn Street.
- 10:53 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 10:59 AM – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street at Charles Street.
- 11:01 AM – Message delivered on Summer Avenue from Haverhill Police Department.
- 11:19 AM – Fire inspection passed at Post Mark Square on Sanborn Street.
- 12:57 PM – Ladder 1 returned to service; Engine 2 out of service at Reading Fire Department headquarters on Main Street.
- 1:29 PM – Pearl Street reopened at Willard Road.
- 1:40 PM – Multiple vehicles reported parked in a fire lane at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:52 PM – Accidental 911 call from a cellphone on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:17 PM – Officer covering a crossing guard post on Woburn Street at Temple Street.
- 2:39 PM – Caller concerned about statements made by homeowners association board members on Abigail Way.
- 2:41 PM – Open-line 911 call at Reading Health and Rehabilitation on Main Street. Unit to confirm.
- 2:43 PM – Officer covering a crossing guard post at Birch Meadow Elementary School on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 3:07 PM – Traffic enforcement on Spruce Road at Marla Lane.
- 4:06 PM – Woman reported a past hit-and-run on Woburn Street.
- 5:14 PM – Fire alarm box at Orion Apartments on Main Street back online.
- 5:27 PM – Vehicle reported sideswiped while parked at work on Woburn Street. Incident was not observed.
- 5:49 PM – Two youths reported riding scooters unsafely on Goodall-Sanford Road.
- 7:08 PM – Tools reported stolen from a vehicle at Market Basket on General Way.
- 8:49 PM – Fire department received a street box on Sanborn Street.
- 9:08 PM – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street at Charles Street.
- 9:25 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Woburn Street.
