Reading Police Log August 12-13, 2024

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

Monday, August 12, 2024

  • 1:25am – Suspicious person spotted outside a Berkeley Street residence.
  • 3:53am – Lift assist for a Main Street resident.
  • 4:04am – Commercial alarm at Bunratty Tavern on Main Street.
  • 4:08am – Audible fire alarm at Bunratty Tavern on Main Street.
  • 6:20am – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
  • 8:25am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 8:31am – Loose dog reported on Brewer Lane.
  • 9:50am – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 10:31am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 11:00am – Property manager on Johnson Woods Drive reports paranoid behavior.
  • 11:25am – Report of an injured duck on Lowell Street.
  • 1:50pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 2:24pm – Road rage reported on Woburn Street.
  • 3:00pm – Augustus Court resident reports bank fraud.
  • 6:02pm – Report that a tractor trailer hit a light pole on Salem Street then left the area.
  • 6:09pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in a no parking zone.
  • 8:15pm – Commercial alarm at Perfecto’s Caffe on Main Street.
  • 9:29pm – Report that a large group of teens are walking and being loud on Hopkins Street 
  • 10:56pm – Traffic lights flashing yellow and red at Walkers Brook Drive and New Crossing Road.

Tuesday, August 13, 2024

  • 12:11am – Commercial alarm at Fusilli’s Cucina on Main Street.
  • 5:48am – Commercial alarm at Meadow Brook Golf Club.
  • 6:10am – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 6:22am – Traffic enforcement on Franklin Street.
  • 7:30am – Officers participate in Touch-a-Truck at Reading Public Library.
  • 7:31am – Officer standing by for DPW on Salem Street.
  • 7:36am – Arbor service working without a detail on Walnut Street.
  • 8:06am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 8:06am – Clover Street resident reports receiving harassing phone calls.
  • 8:10am – Verbal warning issued for failure to obey a DPW sign on Main Street.
  • 8:14am – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Grove Street.
  • 8:24am – Fire alarm activation at a Springvale Road residence.
  • 8:41am – Possible injured rabbit reported on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 9:11am – Forest Street resident reports fraudulent activity.
  • 9:33am – Fire alarm at a Forest Street resident.
  • 10:42am – Officer standing by for DPW on Audubon Road.
  • 11:06am – Bartlett Circle resident reports possible medicare fraud.
  • 11:24am – Passerby reports a possible disabled vehicle on Lowell Street.
  • 11:29am – Complaint regarding a tree company working in the road causing a traffic issue on Walnut Street.
  • 11:40am – Fire alarm activation at Marathon Sports on Main Street.
  • 12:53pm – General fire activation at Sullivan Tire on Main Street.
  • 1:33pm – High Street resident reports that a dog is barking in the area.
  • 2:07pm – General fire alarm activation at Sullivan Tire on Main Street.
  • 3:11pm – Main Street resident reports being bullied by a coworker.
  • 4:01pm – Report that a dog was left in a vehicle at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 4:14pm – Fire alarm activation at Dollar Tree on Harnden Street.
  • 4:38pm – Report that the red light at Main Street and Haven Street is out.
  • 4:53pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Franklin Street.
  • 5:07pm – Report of a two vehicle crash on Main Street.
  • 5:41pm – Salem Street resident reports a deceased cat in their yard.
  • 6:07pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 6:51pm – Lift assist for a Haven Street resident.
  • 7:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
  • 8:05pm – House lockout on Haven Street.
  • 8:24pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 9:33pm – Complaint regarding a speeding truck on West Street.
  • 10:50pm – Verbal warning issued for failure to illuminate on New Crossing Road.