Reading Police Log October 2-3, 2023

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

Monday, October 2, 2023

  • 12:34am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 5:51am – Unit approaching a suspicious vehicle at Mobil Gas Station on West Street.
  • 6:52am – Lift assist for an Archstone Circle resident.
  • 7:02am – Report of a large branch in the road on Salem Street.
  • 8:18am – Wire down in a Wakefield Street yard.
  • 9:46am – Extra check of a Longview Road residence.
  • 10:38am – Robin Road resident reports identity theft.
  • 11:06am – Repossession order received via fax.
  • 11:11am – Officer standing by for FD on Main Street.
  • 12:36Pm – Washington Street resident reports credit card fraud.
  • 12:50pm – FD and PD informed of a private investigator on Colonial Drive.
  • 2:24pm – Minor two-vehicle crash on Main Street.
  • 2:40pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Main Street.
  • 2:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Minot Street.
  • 3:56pm – Green Street resident reports credit card fraud.
  • 4:11pm – Report that a large group of youths on bikes on Washington Street are yelling at people walking by.
  • 5:38pm – Attempt to serve a witness summons to a West Street residence.
  • 6:02pm – Report regarding an incident at Parker Middle School.
  • 7:30pm – Suspicious vehicle idling in the middle of Rustic Lane.
  • 7:48pm – Two backpacks lost by the entrance of Austin Preparatory School.

Tuesday, October 3, 2023

  • 8:14am – Glass break alarm at RMHS.
  • 8:44am – Fire drill at Wood End Elementary School.
  • 8:46am – PD and FD informed that National Grid is knocking on doors on Woburn Street.
  • 9:53am – Gould Street resident reports receiving harassing phone calls.
  • 10:55am – Commercial alarm at Reading Liquors on Main Street.
  • 11:12am – Follow-up visit at Reading Quick Stop on Main Street.
  • 12:00noon – Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive reports equipment was not returned.
  • 12:55pm – Fire Drill at Parker Middle School.
  • 1:54pm – Complaint regarding construction work being done close to the intersection of Libby Avenue and Salem Street.
  • 2:34pm – Elevator entrapment in an Augustus Court building.
  • 2:40pm – Officer checking on a traffic complaint at Austin Preparatory School.
  • 2:50pm – Complaint regarding a resident dumping pea stone in conservation land.
  • 3:00pm – Extra check of CVS on Main Street.
  • 3:58pm – Smoke alarm activation at a Taylor Drive residence.
  • 4:07pm – Woburn PD requests contact with a Main Street resident.
  • 4:20pm – Direct call to FD for a CO investigation at a Colburn Road residence.
  • 4:30pm – Caller reports lost golf clubs and compound bow.
  • 4:39pm – Report of glass in the road on Summit Drive.
  • 6:23pm – Extra check of a Longview Road resident.
  • 6:23pm – Smoke alarm activation at a West Street residence.
  • 7:14pm – Caller informs PD and FD that they are leaving a vehicle on Main Street until AAA arrives.
  • 8:10pm – Traffic enforcement on Minot Street.
  • 8:26pm – Traffic enforcement on Sunset Rock Lane.
  • 8:34pm – Traffic enforcement on Pleasant Street.
  • 11:25pm – Tamper vault alarm at Camp Curtis Guild on Haverhill Street.