Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, September 19, 2025
- 12:24 AM — Residential fire alarm, no smoke or fire, on Archstone Circle.
- 6:03 AM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 6:26 AM — Traffic enforcement at Salem Street and Harrison Street.
- 6:33 AM — Traffic enforcement at Ash Street.
- 7:15 AM — Two-car minor crash with no injuries on Haverhill Street.
- 7:30 AM — Commercial alarm (back door) at Anthony’s Roast Beef on Main Street.
- 7:43 AM — Road closure on Sanborn Street from Woburn Street to Haven Street.
- 10:26 AM — Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 10:29 AM — Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and Brook Street.
- 10:48 AM — Male soliciting in front of Walgreens, refused to leave, on Bolton Street.
- 11:30 AM — Male outside making customers uncomfortable at CVS on Main Street.
- 12:18 PM — Fire alarm status: Box 5511 is a street box only at Chili’s, Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:29 PM — Fire alarm status: Box 1742 back online as a master at Archstone Circle Community Center.
- 1:01 PM — Fire alarm status: Box 5511 back online as a master at Chili’s, Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:11 PM — Dog locked inside blue pickup truck at K & G Men’s Mart, General Way.
- 1:37 PM — Transmitted fire box #4412 on Pearl Street.
- 1:55 PM — Open line 911 call at car wash on Main Street.
- 2:10 PM — Two dachshunds loose on Ash Street at Avon Street.
- 2:22 PM — Sick raccoon reported on Bay State Road.
- 2:38 PM — Two-vehicle crash at Mandarin Reading on Salem Street.
- 3:12 PM — Traffic light malfunction at Franklin Street and Main Street.
- 3:39 PM — Sick coyote reported on Putnam Road.
- 3:50 PM — Traffic enforcement at Birch Meadow Drive and Oakland Road.
- 4:30 PM — Injured raccoon on Bay State Road at Haverhill Street.
- 5:33 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Summer Avenue.
- 5:35 PM — Emergency sewer line jet needed at Christopher’s Restaurant, Main Street.
- 5:56 PM — Traffic enforcement at Lowell Street and Barrows Road.
- 6:23 PM — Traffic enforcement at John Street and Pleasant Street.
- 7:44 PM — 911 accidental call by child, confirmed with caller, at Main Street.
- 8:04 PM — Vehicles reported racing on Main Street at Franklin Street.
- 8:59 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Mill Street.
- 10:08 PM — Minor road closure at Main Street, Washington Street, and Ash Street.
- 11:59 PM — Report of two males climbing railroad crossing lights at High Street and Vine Street.
Saturday, September 20, 2025
- 4:52 AM — Traffic lights remaining on flash, unable to reset, at Main Street and Washington Street.
- 6:09 AM — Traffic enforcement at Charles Street.
- 6:42 AM — Traffic enforcement at Green Street and Elliott Street.
- 6:56 AM — Traffic enforcement at Ash Street.
- 7:57 AM — 911 open line from cell phone at Burger King, Main Street.
- 8:33 AM — School building check at Wood End Elementary, Sunset Rock Lane.
- 8:43 AM — Commercial alarm, first and second floor elevator, at Reading Public Library, Middlesex Avenue.
- 10:30 AM — 911 accidental call, officer verified, at Salem Street.
- 11:03 AM — 911 misdial from cell phone at Northeast Cutlery, Ash Street.
- 11:22 AM — Letter of no trespass filed on Deering Street.
- 1:39 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 1:49 PM — Traffic enforcement at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 2:47 PM — School alarm, burglar alarm in multiple zones, at Reading Memorial High School, Oakland Road.
- 3:11 PM — Train gates stuck down on Willow Street.
- 4:24 PM — Mutual aid: Woburn requested assistance locating a domestic suspect on Johnson Woods Drive.
- 4:27 PM — Smoke detector alarm, basement, on Temple Street.
- 5:54 PM — Damage found on vehicle in parking lot at Reading Memorial High School, Oakland Road.
- 6:22 PM — Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street and West Street.
- 8:19 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 10:12 PM — Vehicle speeding and honking reported at Intervale Terrace and Lowell Street.
Sunday, September 21, 2025
- 12:23 AM — Audible fire alarm, no smoke or fire, at Willow Street.
- 5:47 AM — Building checks (Sectors 1, 2, and 3).
- 6:06 AM — Traffic enforcement at John Street and Pleasant Street.
- 6:06 AM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 6:43 AM — Traffic enforcement at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 7:28 AM — Residential alarm, basement door motion, at Johnson Woods Drive.
- 8:52 AM — Wires buzzing and humming in tree branches at Timberneck Drive.
- 9:26 AM — Elevator entrapment reported at Summit Drive, Building #4.
- 9:45 AM — Traffic enforcement at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 10:06 AM — Sick fox in yard at Melbourne Avenue.
- 12:22 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 2:29 PM — Traffic enforcement at Charles Street, Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 6:04 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 6:22 PM — Disabled motor vehicle at CVS, Main Street.
- 6:25 PM — 911 hangup, no answer on callback, at Market Basket, General Way.
- 7:37 PM — Traffic enforcement at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 7:37 PM — Suspicious van in lot, male smoking marijuana, at St. Athanasius Church, Haverhill Street.
- 7:42 PM — Male standing on corner holding onto pole at Main Street and Woburn Street.
- 8:08 PM — Residential alarm, garage door motion, at Grove Street.
- 8:29 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Haven Street.
