Reading Police Log July 29-30, 2024

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

Monday, July 29, 2024

  • 12:48am – Investigation of a vehicle crash on Lowell Street.
  • 3:34am – Smoke detector activation in a Taylor Drive residence.
  • 6:12am – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
  • 6:23am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 8:13am – Caller reports a hanging support cable on Lowell Street.
  • 8:22am – Dana Road resident reports that their vehicle was stolen overnight.
  • 9:08am – Speedboard deployment on Grove Street.
  • 9:28am – Manager at Mission of Deeds on Chapin Avenue reports an after-hours furniture drop-off.
  • 10:32am – Complaint regarding a landscaping crew operating in the road on Forest Street.
  • 11:04am – Middlesex Avenue resident reports that their roommate is using their credit card.
  • 11:09am – Report that an overhanging tree is blocking a stop sign on Pleasant Street.
  • 11:20am – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 11:30am – Verbal warning issued on Boswell Road.
  • 12:19pm – Injured dog located on Green Street.
  • 1:51pm – Traffic enforcement on Green Street.
  • 2:16pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 2:26pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
  • 3:20pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Washington Street.
  • 4:26pm – Verbal warning issued for a marked lanes violation on Washington Street.
  • 4:31pm – Elm Street resident reports ID theft.
  • 5:29pm – Officer to speak with asset protection at Home Depot regarding shoplifting.
  • 6:04pm – Commercial alarm at Meadow Brook Golf Club.
  • 7:36pm – Two ice cream helmet “citations” issued on Dudley Street.
  • 9:01pm – Cafeteria elevator alarm at RMHS.
  • 9:09pm – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
  • 9:26pm – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation on Franklin Street.
  • 9:34pm – Text-a-Tip report regarding a suspicious vehicle on Minot Street.
  • 9:42pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
  • 9:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 9:58pm – Lift assist for an Augustus Court resident.

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

  • 3:49am – Commercial alarm at a High Street business.
  • 4:17am – Lift assist for an Augustus Court resident.
  • 4:39am – Commercial alarm at Dunkin’ Donuts on Main Street.
  • 5:56am – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 6:07am – Traffic enforcement on Knollwood Road.
  • 6:08am – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street.
  • 7:38am – N. Reading PD seeking contact with a Village Street resident.
  • 9:16am – Follow-up visit with a Dana Road resident.
  • 10:14am – Text-a-Tip report of contractors speeding on Richards Road.
  • 10:53am – Past hit and run reported on Highland Street.
  • 11:10am – DPW notified of an overflowing trash barrel on Main Street.
  • 12:22pm – Fire alarm activation at a Fairchild Drive residence.
  • 12:24pm – Disabled vehicle on Salem Street.
  • 1:05pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Salem Street.
  • 1:11pm – Traffic enforcement on Minot Street.
  • 1:56pm – Traffic enforcement on John Street.
  • 2:19pm – N.Reading PD requests extra checks of a Village Street residence.
  • 2:22pm – Complaint regarding landscaping trucks blocking the road on Haverhill Street.
  • 2:55pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
  • 3:43pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 4:31pm – SOS button pushed in vehicle on Timberneck Drive.
  • 4:55pm – Mt. Vernon Street resident reports fraudulent credit card charges.
  • 5:01pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 5:03pm – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
  • 5:14pm – Arrest of a suspect for making intoxicated threats to a patron at Chili’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 6:15pm – Complaint regarding trash being thrown out of a vehicle window on West Street.
  • 6:37pm – Disabled vehicle on Gazebo Circle.
  • 6:54pm -Report of a package theft from a Dividence Road residence.
  • 7:05pm – Caller reports stopping a vehicle without an operator on Whitehall Lane.
  • 7:25pm – Complaint regarding vehicles speeding on Main Street.
  • 9:36pm – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 10:38pm – Smoke detectors sounding in a Red Gate Lane residence.
  • 11:48pm – Gardner Road resident reports a smell of smoke.

Arrest Log:

One suspect was arrested for an abuse prevention order violation.