Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, July 26, 2024
- 5:59am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 6:00am – Traffic enforcement on Woodward Avenue.
- 7:47am – DPW notified of a deceased skunk on Lowell Street.
- 8:02am – Firefighter on a sprinkler work detail at Jordans Furniture on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:51am – Officer checks on an unoccupied vehicle on Pinevale Avenue.
- 12:58pm – Grove Street resident reports ID theft.
- 1:23pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Pleasant Street.
- 1:51pm – Minor two-vehicle crash on Woburn Street.
- 2:48pm – Loss prevention at Home Depot reports a past shoplifting incident.
- 4:12pm – Abigail Way resident reports being the victim of a scam.
- 4:20pm – Fire alarm sounding at a Bancroft Avenue residence.
- 4:25pm – Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive reports catching a shoplifter.
- 4:35pm – Lift assist for a John Street resident.
- 5:12pm – Manager at a Main Street business reports that a customer did not pay for services.
- 7:04pm – Two ice cream helmet “citations” issued on Walnut Street.
- 8:19pm – Caller concerned that a pump station is backing up.
- 9:37pm – Partridge Road resident reports an outdoor odor.
- 9:55pm – Caller reports a hit and run on Federal Street.
- 10:54pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
Saturday, July 27, 2024
- 2:18am – Medical device activation at a Haven Street residence.
- 6:04am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 6:05am – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:08am – Traffic enforcement on Arlington Street.
- 6:21am – Commercial alarm at Market Basket on General Way.
- 9:33am – Suspicious person is sitting on the sidewalk on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:34pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 4:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 5:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
- 7:59pm – Report that a bicycle has been sitting on a rack at Sturges Park for two or three days.
- 9:02pm – State police report an erratic driver on the Salem Street rotary.
- 10:04pm – Report of possible gunfire on Lowell Street.
- 10:13pm – Report of an assault with a possible firearm brandished at Mobil Gas on West Street.
Arrest Log:
One suspect was arrested for assault and battery on a household member.
Sunday, July 28, 2024
- 1:03am – Gould Street resident reports that a person on the third floor of their building is having an outburst.
- 1:36am – Alarm sounding in a Leaning Elm Drive residence.
- 5:59am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 6:05am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:15am – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
- 8:20am – Passerby on Oakland Road reports finding a cooler filled with alcohol.
- 10:54am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 1:09pm – Verbal warning issued for an expired registration on Harrison Street.
- 2:48pm – Report of an injured opossum on Park Avenue.
- 6:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.
- 6:15pm – Three ice cream helmet “citations” issued on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 7:01pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
- 7:04pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 8:56pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
- 9:07pm – Suspicious person wandering on Johnson Woods Drive.
- 9:43pm – House lockout on Evergreen Road.
- 10:50pm – Bancroft Avenue resident reports hearing a person scream for help.
