Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, October 28, 2026
- 1:03 AM – Police made an arrest following a motor vehicle stop on Walkers Brook Drive for operating under the influence.
- 4:26 AM – Commercial burglar alarm activated at Sullivan Tire on Main Street.
- 6:02 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 6:17 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Buckingham Drive at Summer Avenue.
- 7:36 AM – Elliott Street was closed between Chapin Avenue and Green Street.
- 8:05 AM – Police received a complaint about vehicles ignoring a school bus picking up children at High Street and Mineral Street.
- 8:45 AM – Police responded to a minor motor vehicle crash on Main Street at Franklin Street. No injuries were reported.
- 8:47 AM – Police conducted building checks at Town Hall on Lowell Street during early voting.
- 8:59 AM – Fire drill conducted at Austin Preparatory School on Willow Street.
- 9:31 AM – Fire alarm activation reported at Mobil On the Run on Main Street.
- 9:38 AM – Police received a report of a gray Chevrolet Impala parked in a fire lane for two hours at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:52 AM – Police received an open-line 911 call on Green Street. A male caller stated, “Never mind.”
- 10:23 AM – Police responded to an accidental 911 call on Summit Drive to confirm.
- 10:59 AM – DPW reported finding a man’s ring in a bathroom at Morton Field off Bancroft Avenue.
- 11:18 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Summer Avenue at Brook Street.
- 11:24 AM – Fire Department received street box 3531 at Birch Meadow Elementary School on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 11:42 AM – Officer stood by with a landlord on Gazebo Circle.
- 1:11 PM – Police received a complaint about occupants of a motor vehicle arguing with customers in the parking lot at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:29 PM – Police responded to a motor vehicle backing into a parked car on Haven Street.
- 6:12 PM – Police received a report of a group of youths riding electric bicycles in the roadway on Washington Street.
- 6:23 PM – Fire Department responded to a commercial fire alarm at Oasis Breakfast on Main Street.
- 7:08 PM – Man reported receiving a threatening phone call while at the Reading Police Department lobby on Forest Street.
- 8:20 PM – Fire Department responded to a reported attic fire on Walnut Street.
- 10:15 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 10:17 PM – Fire Department responded to assist an 85-year-old man on Fremont Street. No injuries were reported.
- 10:18 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Woburn Street.
- 10:39 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at South Street.
Thursday, October 29, 2026
- 12:19 AM – Fire Department responded to a possible fire or carbon monoxide alarm on Randall Road. The alarm was no longer sounding.
- 1:11 AM – Police responded to an accidental 911 call on Frank Tanner Drive to confirm.
- 4:49 AM – Police received a report of street flooding from an overflow pipe on Auburn Street.
- 5:35 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 5:52 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Green Street at Ash Street.
- 6:15 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at South Street.
- 7:02 AM – Fire Department responded to assist a 70-year-old woman on High Street.
- 7:50 AM – Fire Department received street box 5511 at Chili’s on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:05 AM – Fire Department responded to assist an 83-year-old woman on Pine Ridge Road.
- 8:11 AM – Police received a complaint about vehicles driving around a school bus while its lights were flashing at High Street and Mineral Street.
- 8:29 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at South Street.
- 8:29 AM – Police received a report of a possibly malfunctioning pedestrian gate at Woburn Street and High Street.
- 8:54 AM – Police responded to an accidental 911 call at Starbucks on Walkers Brook Drive to confirm.
- 8:57 AM – Fire Department responded to a carbon monoxide detector activation at LongHorn Steakhouse on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:21 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Charles Street at Pearl Street.
- 9:25 AM – Police conducted additional building checks at Town Hall on Lowell Street during early voting.
- 9:53 AM – Police received a report of traffic lights not cycling properly on Main Street at Ash Street.
- 10:18 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Summer Avenue at Brook Street.
- 10:51 AM – Residential garage motion alarm reported on Johnston Circle.
- 12:00 PM – Police checked Wood End Elementary School on Sunset Rock Lane following an elevator call.
- 12:26 PM – Police responded to an abandoned 911 cell phone call near Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road to check the area.
- 12:54 PM – Police conducted additional building checks at Town Hall on Lowell Street during early voting.
- 1:31 PM – Fire Department received a vehicle crash notification involving a Toyota on High Street.
- 1:50 PM – Police received a 911 hang-up call at Chase Bank on Main Street.
- 2:15 PM – Fire alarm box 4412 at a residence on Pearl Street returned to service.
- 2:18 PM – Fire alarm box 4543 at Mandarin Reading on Salem Street returned to service as a master box.
- 3:20 PM – Fire Department responded to an audible alarm on Union Street. No smoke or fire was found.
- 4:55 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Minot Street.
- 5:00 PM – Community policing officers participated in RAD Night at Coolidge Middle School on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 5:36 PM – Police received a report of a student posting inappropriate content on social media on Hancock Street.
- 5:42 PM – Police received a report of gravel in the roadway near Chase Bank on Main Street.
- 7:27 PM – Police responded to an accidental 911 call on Ash Street to confirm.
- 8:01 PM – Police received a report of a group of youths riding electric bicycles and swerving on Main Street near Washington Street.
- 9:04 PM – Police reported finding a medical pouch on Main Street at Salem Street.
- 10:25 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Salem Street.
- 10:42 PM – Police received a report of a disabled motor vehicle with a possible flat or blown tire outside Mandarin Reading on Salem Street.
- 10:52 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on Main Street at Birch Meadow Drive.
