Reading Police & Fire Log March 6-7, 2023

Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire Log:

Monday, March 6, 2023

  • 7:35am – Complaint regarding contractors on Oak Street making the road impassible.
  • 8:28am – Two-vehicle crash on Torre Street. No injuries reported.
  • 8:55am – DPW notified of an open sewer hole on Dividence Road.
  • 9:03am – Orange Street resident reports a sick raccoon at their doorstep.
  • 9:37am – Fire drill at Killam elementary school.
  • 9:39am – Fire drill at Joshua Eaton elementary school.
  • 10:03am – Fire drill at Parker middle school.
  • 10:25am – Possible injured coyote on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 11:11am – Investigation of an oil spill on Randall Road.
  • 11:16am – Washington Street resident complaint regarding a neighbor yelling.
  • 11:45am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 11:46am – Attempt to serve a warrant on Washington Street.
  • 12:09pm – Disable vehicle on Summer Avenue.
  • 1:10pm – Report of a past minor vehicle crash on Middlesex Avenue.
  • 1:44pm – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
  • 2:02pm – DPW notified of a deceased coyote on Bradford Road.
  • 4:03pm – Report of a package opened and items missing on Washington Street.
  • 4:57pm – Officers respond to a Pine Ridge Road residence for a license to carry suspension.
  • 5:38pm – Report of an odor inside a Washington Street building.
  • 5:52pm – Light twisted and facing the wrong direction at Main Street and Salem Street.
  • 6:32pm- Hunt Street resident reports attempted internet fraud.
  • 7:45pm – Investigation of a smoke detector activation on Pine Ridge Road.
  • 9:07pm – Ash Street resident reports an unknown cat entered their apartment.

Tuesday, March 7, 2023

  • 12:28am – Report of an injured coyote on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 6:11am – Crossing guard unable to fill post at Joshua Eaton elementary school.
  • 7:56am – Officer covering a crossing post at Summer Avenue and Buckingham Drive.
  • 9:08am – Commercial alarm activation at a Walkers Brook Drive business.
  • 9:34am – Engine two out on a detail on Sanborn Street.
  • 9:40am – Units attempting to serve a license to carry suspension on Pine Ridge Road.
  • 11:08am – Complaint regarding a tree company parking on a West Street sidewalk.
  • 12:18pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Franklin Street.
  • 2:31pm – BOLO from Woburn for a stolen vehicle.
  • 3:02pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 3:10pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 3:15pm – Cross Street resident reports a sick or injured coyote in their front yard.
  • 3:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Weston Road.
  • 3:57pm – Text-a-tip complaint regarding a parking issue on Elliott Street.
  • 5:29pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:27pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
  • 7:22pm – Motor vehicle stop on Hopkins Street. Verbal warning issued.
  • 7:28pm – Traffic enforcement on Curtis Street.
  • 7:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 9:05pm – Attempted fraud on Oak Street. Caller concerned she has been hacked.
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  • 10:52pm – Commercial alarm at RMHS Oakland Road. 
  • 10:57pm – Commercial alarm at the Senior Center on Pleasant Street.