Reading Police Log April 4-6, 2025

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

Friday, April 4, 2025

  • 6:05am – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
  • 6:08am – Traffic enforcement on Prescott Street.
  • 6:14am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 6:38am – Commercial alarm at Family Dental on Main Street.
  • 7:15am – CO detector activation in the garage at Post Mark Square on Sanborn Street.
  • 9:31am – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
  • 10:08am – Report of a past hit and run in the Town Hall parking lot.
  • 11:46am – Report that money was stolen from a vehicle at Market Basket on General Way.
  • 1:10pm – Report that youths are throwing food around the McDonald’s parking lot on Main Street.
  • 1:13pm – Erratic vehicle operation reported on Washington Street.
  • 1:48pm – Verbal warning issued for a wrong way violation on Haven Street.
  • 1:53pm – Pennsylvania Avenue resident found a small dog with no collar.
  • 2:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Park Avenue.
  • 3:30pm – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
  • 3:43pm – Store manager at CVS looking to file a no trespass order on a group of teens.
  • 4:02pm – Tree fire reported on Tennyson Road.
  • 4:08pm – Investigation of a minor two-vehicle crash on Lowell Street.
  • 4:21pm – Commercial alarm at Camp Curtis Guild on Haverhill Street.
  • 4:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 5:42pm – Report of recurring issue between neighbors on Haverhill Street.
  • 6:24pm – Car vs. moped on General Way.
  • 7:33pm – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
  • 7:39pm – Gas leak detection and multiple CO alarms on Franklin Street.
  • 7:43pm – Report that youths may have a potato cannon behind Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
  • 8:32pm – Parent reports that their child is being bullied at school.
  • 8:33pm – Possible deceased dog on West Street.
  • 11:56pm – Chapel Hill Drive resident reports that a suspicious person is outside their home with a flashlight.

Saturday, April 5, 2025

  • 2:24am – Lift assist for a Gateway Circle resident.
  • 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on Washington Street.
  • 6:02am – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street.
  • 6:04am – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 7:33am – Field House door alarm at RMHS.
  • 8:50am – Spruce Road resident found a pet rabbit in the backyard.
  • 9:32am – Possible sinkhole forming on Woburn Street.
  • 11:45am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
  • 1:04pm – Traffic enforcement on Benton Circle.
  • 1:04pm – Traffic enforcement on West Street.
  • 1:18pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Salem Street.
  • 1:49pm – Report that a vehicle was struck and damaged in the Market Basket parking lot on General Way.
  • 3:15pm – Virginia Circle resident reports a past road rage incident.
  • 4:33pm – Disabled vehicle on Woburn Street.
  • 5:35pm – Frank Tanner Drive resident reports fraud.
  • 5:47pm – Truck dropped a tree in the road on Salem Street.
  • 7:05pm – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
  • 8:17pm – Caller reports that suspicious people are talking in the Bank of America parking lot on Main Street.
  • 8:58pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 9:44pm – Traffic enforcement on South Street.

Sunday, April 6, 2025

  • 12:13am – School alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
  • 6:01am – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street.
  • 6:05am – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
  • 7:03am – Commercial alarm at Mobil on the Run on Main Street.
  • 7:44am – School alarm at. Coolidge Middle School.
  • 10:45am – Traffic enforcement on Countryside Lane.
  • 12:58pm – Investigation of a two-vehicle crash on Main Street.
  • 2:04pm – Main Street resident reports hearing yelling outside.
  • 2:25pm – Garage CO detector activation at Postmark Square on Sanborn Street.
  • 2:52pm – Wallet found at CVS turned in at RPD.
  • 4:24pm – Lift assist for a Bay State Road resident.
  • 6:19pm – Traffic enforcement on Pearl Street.
  • 6:48pm – Traffic enforcement on Scotland Road.
  • 7:30pm – Alarm at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
  • 10:40pm – Traffic enforcement on Salem Street.
  • 11:30pm – Inside odor of gas reported in a West Street residence.