Reading Police Log October 25-27, 2024

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

Friday, October 25, 2024

  • 1:34am – Extra check of a Martin Road residence.
  • 5:55am – Extra check of a Martin Road residence.
  • 6:25am – Traffic enforcement on Catherine Avenue.
  • 6:34am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:40am – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
  • 8:02am – Disabled vehicle on King Street.
  • 8:22am – Report that an employee and a customer are arguing at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
  • 10:13am – Complaint regarding a flatbed trailer parked on Grove Street.
  • 11:19am – DPW reports a possible brush fire in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
  • 11:44am – Concern regarding a suspicious person on Prescott Street.
  • 11:59am – Hillside Road resident reports that a suspicious person was going through the recycling bin.
  • 12:14pm – Benton Circle resident requires assistance.
  • 12:41pm – Asset protection at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive seeks advice.
  • 12:45am – Enos Circle resident has a bylaw question.
  • 2:38pm – Traffic lights not cycling properly at Main Street and Franklin Street.
  • 2:46pm – Dumpster bag left in the road on Bear Hill Road.
  • 3:21pm – Lafayette Road residents report that a neighbor’s fence pieces are falling onto their property.
  • 4:01pm – Suspicious vehicle with its hazard lights on reported on Haverhill Street.
  • 4:10pm – Traffic lights not cycling properly at Main Street and Franklin Street.
  • 4:12pm – Lift assisting for an Ivy Lane resident.
  • 5:22pm – South Street resident reports that money was stolen from a bank account.
  • 5:55pm – Bancroft Road resident reports ID theft.
  • 6:40pm – Report of a suspicious vehicle parked on Intervale Avenue.
  • 8:29pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 9:27pm – Franklin Street residents report that youths are on their property and are ringing their doorbell.
  • 10:40pm – Extra check of a Martin Road residence.
  • 10:45am – Verbal warning issued for failure to dim high beams on Bancroft Avenue.

Saturday, October 26, 2024

  • 1:37am – Extra check of a Martin Road residence.
  • 6:05am – Traffic enforcement on Woburn Street.
  • 6:17am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
  • 6:29am – Traffic enforcement on Symonds Way.
  • 10:46am – Brook Street resident complaint that someone is blowing leaves into the wetlands.
  • 10:48am – Report of a hit and run on South Street.
  • 12:22pm – Forest Glen Road resident reports that a political sign was taken from the yard.
  • 2:29pm – Pearl Street resident reports a fire in the front yard.
  • 2:57pm – Complaint regarding several illegally parked vehicles on Grove Street.
  • 3:00pm – Venetian Moon on Main Street reports that the alleyway is blocked.
  • 3:06pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Lowell Street.
  • 4:04pm – Complaint regarding parking on Willow Street.
  • 4:55pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 5:21pm – Traffic enforcement on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
  • 6:03pm – Verbal warning issued for lack of registration and inspection on Intervale Terrace.
  • 6:22pm – Traffic enforcement on Grove Street.
  • 6:29pm – Bag and wallet found at Dollar Tree on Harnden Street.
  • 6:41pm – Complaint regarding a resident burning leaves on Chapin Avenue.
  • 8:12pm – Pleasant Street resident complaint regarding loud music.
  • 8:42pm – Request for a check of an Evergreen Road residence.
  • 9:02pm – Report of a post hit and run on South Street.

Sunday, October 27, 2024

  • 6:23am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 6:25am – Traffic enforcement on Summer Avenue.
  • 8:16am – Walnut Street resident reports that a vehicle was entered and another was taken from their driveway.
  • 9:22am – Report that inappropriate comments were made to a group of teens on Ashley Place.
  • 10:01am – Loose dog reported on Tennyson Road.
  • 11:17am – Information forwarded to the Animal Control Officer.
  • 12:17pm – Alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
  • 1:34pm – Officers working trunk or treat at Killam Elementary School.
  • 2:15pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Salem Street.
  • 3:02pm – Vehicle struck while in the RMHS parking lot.
  • 4:54pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Lincoln Street.
  • 5:07pm – Traffic enforcement on Batchelder Road.
  • 6:31pm – Traffic enforcement on Shelby Road.
  • 10:04pm – Commercial alarm at Spirit of Halloween on General Way.
  • 10:56pm – Caller reports that emergency lights are flashing at Camp Curtis Guild.