Reading, MA — Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
- 4:29am – Eastaway resident reports hearing a noise and a TV in their home.
- 5:54am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 6:06am – Traffic enforcement on Causeway Road.
- 6:23am – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
- 7:22am – Commercial alarm at Market Basket on General Way.
- 7:46am – Caller reports multiple parking violations on Willow Street.
- 8:14am – Complaint regarding a contractor working without a police detail on Main Street.
- 8:44am – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
- 8:49am – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Hartshorn Street.
- 8:54am – Traffic enforcement on Main Street.
- 10:38am – Report that a dozen vehicles are parked illegally on Main Street.
- 11:52am – PD requests FD assistance with a person who has scratches.
- 1:56pm – Suspicious person possibly looking into vehicles on Summit Drive.
- 3:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
- 4:57pm – Hit and run reported at Market Basket on General Way.
- 5:22pm – Gazebo Circle resident reports that a mercury light tube broke in their home.
- 8:25pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 9:57pm – Traffic enforcement on Minot Street.
Thursday, April 3, 2025
- 4:12am – Lift assist for a Cross Street resident.
- 6:02am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
- 8:29am – Oil in the road reported on Vine Street.
- 8:52am – Investigation of a minor vehicle crash on Main Street.
- 11:46am – Contractor reports overnight theft of copper from a Main Street site.
- 12:03pm – Public assistance on Augustus Court.
- 1:17pm – Public assistance on Augustus Court.
- 1:57pm – Asset protection at Stop and Shop on Walkers Brook Drive reports shoplifting.
- 2:20pm – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
- 2:22pm – Traffic enforcement on Prospect Street.
- 2:36pm – Suspicious package left in an Orchard Park Drive driveway.
- 3:29pm – Reading Co-operative Bank on Haven Street reports the smell of burning wires in their basement.
- 4:47pm – Report that a car alarm has been going off for hours at City Wine and Spirits on Main Street.
- 7:18pm – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street.
- 8:45pm – Report that a group of youths entered a vacant house on Taylor Drive.
- 9:12pm – Main Street resident reports that their tub is flooding.
- 9:49pm – Commercial alarm at Golf Galaxy on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 9:59pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
- 10:46pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
