Reading Police Log March 7-9, 2025

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

Friday, March 7, 2025

• 12:02am – Lift assist for a Cross Street resident.
• 12:33am – Lights at Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive stuck on flash.
• 2:19am – Exterior door alarm at Killam Elementary School.
• 3:52am – Alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
• 4:10am – Alarm at Coolidge Middle School.
• 4:29am – Alarm at Parker Middle School.
• 4:36am – Report that a port-a-potty is in the middle of the road on Lowell Street.
• 4:42am – Commercial alarm at Camp Curtis Guild.
• 4:47am – Alarm at RMHS.
• 5:03am – Commercial alarm at City Wine and Spirits on Main Street.
• 5:20am – All-night parking citations issued.
• 5:23am – Alarm at Wood End Elementary School.
• 5:30am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
• 6:45am – Commercial alarm at Reading Co-operative Bank.
• 7:58am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 8:12am – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
• 9:32am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
• 9:47am – Trespass letter received from the Burbank YMCA.
• 10:25am – Downed limb damaged a parked vehicle on Hanscom Avenue.
• 10:29am – Downed tree fell on a parked vehicle at the car wash on Main Street.
• 12:50pm – Tree limb down on the power lines on Pearl Street.
• 12:50pm – Traffic enforcement on Willow Street.
• 1:19pm – Tree down on the power lines on Brewer Lane.
• 1:54pm – Tree down with wires and a pole on Franklin Street.
• 1:57pm – Complaint regarding a parked, unoccupied vehicle blocking traffic on Main Street.
• 2:35pm – Directed patrol on Arcadia Avenue.
• 2:40pm – Tree down with wires on Libby Avenue.
• 3:32pm – Commercial alarm at DiBiase Development on Haven Street.
• 3:39pm – Duck Street resident reports a possible chimney scam.
• 4:18pm – Tree down on Lisa Lane.
• 4:41pm – Winslow Road resident reports ID theft.
• 5:12pm – Elderberry Lane resident has questions regarding medications.
• 5:37pm – All-night parking exception granted on Oakland Road.
• 5:48pm – Tree and wires down on Brewer Lane.
• 5:52pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 5:56pm – PD reports communications and power lines are down on Brewer Lane.
• 6:01pm – Report of a large broken branch stuck in a tree on Haven Street.
• 6:14pm – Indoor odor of smoke reported at Starbucks on Walkers Brook Drive.
• 6:40pm – All-night parking exception granted on Boyce Street.
• 7:48pm – Suspicious person is hiding behind a sign on Jacob Way.
• 8:16pm – All-night parking exception granted on Puritan Road.
• 8:27pm – Fire alarm received from Cumberland Farms on Salem Street.

Saturday, March 8, 2025

• 5:57am – All-night parking citations issued.
• 5:58am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
• 6:05am – Traffic enforcement on Bancroft Avenue.
• 8:33am – Report that a person is walking dogs in Laurel Hill Cemetery.
• 9:27am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
• 9:49am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
• 9:52am – Kitchen fire in a Summer Avenue residence.
• 9:55am – Deceased rabbit reported on Rustic Lane.
• 12:35pm – Gould Street resident reports attempted fraud.
• 1:03pm – All-night parking exception granted on Lincoln Street.
• 1:07pm – Pleasant Street resident seeks assistance.
• 3:12pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
• 3:17pm – Report of a downed pole on Willow Street.
• 3:27pm – Possible two-vehicle crash reported at Market Basket on General Way.
• 4:33pm – Bond Street resident reports Facebook Marketplace scam.
• 4:34pm – Stop sign is loose at Pleasant Street and Main Street.
• 4:37pm – Notice of a private tow on Walker’s Brook Drive.
• 5:39pm – Loss prevention at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive reports a past shoplifting case.
• 6:05pm – All-night parking exception granted on Puritan Road.
• 6:31pm – Follow-up visit with an Ash Street resident.
• 6:32pm – Disabled vehicle on Main Street.
• 6:42pm – Woburn PD has property belonging to a Haven Street resident.
• 10:20pm – CO detector activation on Grove Street.
• 10:35pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
• 10:41pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
• 11:03pm – Arrest of one suspect after a vehicle stop on Putnam Street.

Sunday, March 9, 2025

• 4:06am – Do Not Enter on Salem Street sign is snapped at the base.
• 5:51am – All-night parking citations issued.
• 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 6:07am – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
• 6:29am – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.
• 7:18am – Exterior door alarm at RMHS.
• 10:10am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
• 10:23am – Libby Avenue resident reports that a suspicious person is dumping brush in the woods.
• 10:54am – Officer out with a disabled vehicle on Glidden Way.
• 11:27am – Text-a-Tip report of construction on a Sunday.
• 1:17pm – Traffic enforcement on Susan Drive.
• 2:12pm – Complaint regarding a road rage incident on Park Avenue.
• 4:24pm – Commercial alarm at Market Basket on General Way.
• 6:27pm – Possible downed wires on Salem Street.
• 6:50pm – Suspicious person may have wanted to enter the Women’s Room at Market Basket on General Way.
• 7:18pm – Follow-up visit with an Ash Street resident.
• 7:49pm – All-night parking exception granted on Copeland Avenue.
• 8:04pm – All-night parking exception granted on Puritan Road.
• 8:29pm – Phone found on Haven Street.
• 9:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Middlesex Avenue.