Reading Police Log October 14-15, 2024

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

Monday, October 14, 2024

  • 6:04am – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 6:06am – Traffic enforcement on South Street.
  • 6:24am – Assistance rendered to a person on Salem Street.
  • 6:26am – Verbal warning issued for a lights violation on Harnden Street.
  • 10:23am – Vehicle struck a gate at Perico Dentist Office on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 12:32pm – Complaint regarding a vehicle doing donuts in the parking lot of Hallmark Health on New Crossing Road.
  • 1:50pm – Vehicle lockout on Main Street.
  • 2:28pm – Ladder appears propped up on wires on Elliott Street.
  • 6:12pm – Vehicle parked in a Edgemont Avenue parking lot overnight.
  • 8:02pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 9:33pm – Caller reports online blackmail.
  • 9:40pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 9:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 9:59pm – Traffic enforcement on Hopkins Street.

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

  • 5:24am – Commercial alarm at Public Kitchen on Main Street.
  • 6:29am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
  • 8:08am – Complaint regarding a vehicle parked in a handicapped space with an expired placard at Planet Fitness on Salem Street.
  • 8:13am – Assistance rendered to a Gilmore Avenue resident.
  • 8:14am – Traffic enforcement on California Road.
  • 8:48am – Follow-up phone call with a Salem, NH, resident.
  • 11:38am – Report that a person is smoking marijuana in a vehicle parked on Harnden Street.
  • 12:19pm – Report that a child is not properly strapped into a vehicle on John Street.
  • 1:05pm – Follow-up visit at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 1:51pm – Smoke alarm at a Franklin Street residence.
  • 2:22pm – Marla Lane resident reports attempted fraud through email.
  • 2:29pm – Low hanging wire on Haven Street.
  • 2:32pm – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
  • 2:55pm – Verbal warning issued for a red light violation on Main Street.
  • 3:19pm – Immediate threat received via fax.
  • 3:54pm – Caller reports finding a bike in the bushes on Washington Street.
  • 4:39pm – Unit attempts to serve immediate threat paperwork to a Washington Street resident.
  • 4:52pm – Monroe Avenue resident found a hole from a BB in an air conditioning unit.
  • 5:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 5:29pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Grove Street.
  • 6:00pm – Community policing for RAD night at Coolidge Middle School.
  • 6:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive.
  • 6:16pm – Vehicle towed on Birch Meadow Drive as the result of a traffic stop.
  • 8:24pm – Lost dog reported by a Woburn Street resident.
  • 9:14pm – Verbal warning issued for a lights violation on Woburn Street.