Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, December 1, 2023
- 3:27am – Lift assist for a Taylor Road resident.
- 4:03am – Commercial alarm at Public Kitchen on Main Street.
- 5:33am – Commercial alarm at Market Basket on General Way.
- 8:03am – Verbal warning for a stop sign violation on Ash Street.
- 8:14am – Traffic lights out at Main Street and Ash Street.
- 10:00am – Officers out for story time at the Reading Public Library.
- 10:14am – Pearl Street property owner seeks advice.
- 12:24pm – Colburn Road resident reports possible fraud on Facebook.
- 1:53pm – EPA reports a small diesel spill on Willow Street.
- 5:16pm – Arrest of a suspect while attempting to serve a warrant.
- 5:43pm – Report of a stolen wallet at the Shell Station on Main Street.
- 6:31pm – Commercial alarm at Northern Bank & Trust on Main Street.
- 6:46pm – Woburn PD checks in on a possible vehicle involved in a hit and run.
- 7:25pm – Fireworks being set off on Park Avenue.
- 7:53pm – Assisting N.Reading PD with a check of a vehicle.
- 8:30pm – Possible disabled vehicle on Union Street.
Saturday, December 2, 2023
- 12:51am – General fire alarm at Courtyard Place.
- 1:21am – DPW notified of a damaged street sign at Bay State Road and Haverhill Street.
- 11:30am – Arrest of a terminated employee causing a disturbance at Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza.
- 6:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Weston Road.
- 6:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 7:26pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 9:51pm – Two suspicious vehicles drove through the Dunkin’ Donuts parking lot on Salem Street.
- 10:07pm – Text-a-tip for a vehicle playing loud music on Harrison Street.
- 10:48pm – Commercial alarm at the Mandarin-Reading on Salem Street.
- 11:10pm – Complaint regarding youths in a motor vehicle yelling and passing cars on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 10:21pm – Suspicious person running near yards on Fairchild Drive.
- 11:22pm – Verbal warning issued for erratic vehicle operation on Washington Street.
Sunday, December 3, 2023
- 12:08am – High Street resident reports loud music from an upstairs apartment.
- 9:46am – MBTA reports a disorderly passenger on the train.
- 10:28am – Caller believes that a truck may have been hit by a pellet gun on Lowell Street.
- 11:03am – Cell phone found on Sunnyside Avenue.
- 12:02pm – Traffic enforcement on Avon Street.
- 12:52pm – Verbal warning for a marked lanes violation on Ash Street.
- 12:55pm – Report of a past vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 3:49pm – Assistance rendered by FD to a Colburn Road resident.
- 4:00pm – Vehicle crash on the Salem Street rotary.
- 5:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:09pm – Complaint regarding a U-haul truck traveling at a high rate of speed on Baker Road.
- 8:42pm – Utility pole knocked down with wires down on Haverhill Street.
- 10:25pm – Lift assist for a Haven Street resident.
