Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, November 28, 2025
- 12:52 AM – Traffic enforcement at Franklin Street and Haverhill Street.
- 2:35 AM – Residential burglar alarm activated at South Street, involving a kitchen window.
- 6:06 AM – Traffic enforcement at High Street and Mineral Street.
- 6:43 AM – Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 8:04 AM – Follow-up telephone call with additional information for a prior case at Van Norden Road.
- 8:11 AM – Accidental 911 call at Main Street; unit confirmed.
- 8:23 AM – Residential alarm at Archstone Circle near the Community Center due to lobby and bathroom motion activation.
- 9:34 AM – Report of a possible sick coyote in the area of Timberneck Drive.
- 9:38 AM – Traffic backed up into the roadway near Main Street and Bagel World.
- 9:54 AM – Accidental 911 call near Franklin Street; unit confirmed.
- 10:16 AM – Officer standing by for DPW at Lowell Street and Intervale Terrace.
- 10:30 AM – Traffic enforcement at West Street and Catherine Avenue.
- 12:07 PM – Resident reported a minor past motor vehicle crash at Ash Street and Washington Street.
- 12:51 PM – Disabled vehicle in the roadway at Lowell Street and Grove Street.
- 1:32 PM – Traffic enforcement on Wakefield Street.
- 1:50 PM – Traffic enforcement at Green Street and John Street.
- 2:05 PM – Follow-up telephone call for a prior case at Walnut Street.
- 3:28 PM – Report of a red Mitsubishi speeding near Main Street and Percy Avenue in North Reading.
- 4:21 PM – Tree broken at Pinevale Avenue; unknown if on wires.
- 5:37 PM – Male reported he had been assaulted earlier in the day near Main Street and South Street.
- 6:27 PM – Unknown person banged on a glass window and ran off at Green Street.
- 8:34 PM – Approximately 15 youths reported banging on doors at Pearl Street.
- 9:22 PM – Accidental 911 cell call at Abigail Way.
- 9:40 PM – Male attempted to gain entry to an occupied motor vehicle at Belmont Street.
- 10:26 PM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Wakefield Street.
- 10:27 PM – Traffic enforcement at Catherine Avenue and West Street.
- 10:29 PM – Traffic enforcement at High Street and Middlesex Avenue.
- 10:59 PM – Traffic enforcement at John Street and Pleasant Street.
Saturday, November 29, 2025
- 6:00 AM — Traffic enforcement at South Street and Jacob Way.
- 6:02 AM — Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Green Street.
- 6:45 AM — Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Franklin Street.
- 7:29 AM — Uber driver reported lost with a confused elderly passenger at Dana Road and Colonial Drive.
- 8:38 AM — Commercial alarm activated at Pizza World at Main Street; front door alarm.
- 9:46 AM — Fire alarm activation at Salem Street; Fire Department notified.
- 11:08 AM — Hit-and-run reported at Planet Fitness at Salem Street; vehicle struck while parked.
- 11:09 AM — Found check turned in at the station at Haven Street.
- 12:31 PM — Brush fire reported on the side of the road at Salem Street and the Rotary.
- 2:02 PM — Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street and Temple Street.
- 3:12 PM — Gray 2019 Chevrolet Bolt reported blocking a driveway at Pleasant Street.
- 4:40 PM — Gray 2019 Chevrolet Bolt again reported blocking a driveway at Pleasant Street.
- 5:10 PM — Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 6:24 PM — White 2013 Mercedes GL450 reported blocking a driveway at Haven Street.
- 6:49 PM — Youths reported banging on a door and running away at Spruce Road and Marla Lane.
- 6:57 PM — Report of loud banging on a door; two males ran off at Johnston Circle.
- 7:06 PM — Carbon monoxide detector activation at Chapel Hill Drive.
- 7:12 PM — Accidental 911 call at Sanborn Street at Knights of Columbus; officer confirmed.
- 7:15 PM — Code enforcement inspection at Washington Street.
- 8:02 PM — Vehicle struck a pole in the lot at General Way at Market Basket.
- 10:16 PM — Traffic enforcement at Grove Street.
- 10:32 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Hopkins Street.
Sunday, November 30, 2025
- 12:57 AM — Traffic enforcement at Wakefield Street and Haverhill Street.
- 1:03 AM — Lift assist for an eighty-three-year-old male at Archstone Circle.
- 4:04 AM — Unknown person reportedly tried to open a front door at Willow Street.
- 5:08 AM — Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and Main Street.
- 6:21 AM — Traffic enforcement at John Street and Pleasant Street.
- 9:05 AM — Fire department received street box alarm at Woburn Street near the Unitarian Church.
- 9:44 AM — Motor vehicle struck a dog at Main Street and Cross Street.
- 11:07 AM — Report of an electric bicycle traveling at a high rate of speed on the sidewalk at Summer Avenue and Brook Street.
- 12:09 PM — Emergency services received an SOS notification from a Land Rover at Lakeview Avenue.
- 12:17 PM — Traffic enforcement at West Street and Prescott Street.
- 12:33 PM — Traffic enforcement at High Street and Lowell Street.
- 1:21 PM — Unfounded 911 open-line call at Willow Street; yelling reported in background.
- 1:44 PM — Verbal altercation reported in the parking lot at Walkers Brook Drive near Home Depot.
- 1:52 PM — Male concerned about his living situation at Main Street near Bear Mountain.
- 2:23 PM — Traffic enforcement at Pearl Street and Main Street.
- 3:22 PM — Keys turned in at the station from Main Street and Green Street.
- 4:15 PM — Fire alarm reported at Haystack Road.
- 5:13 PM — Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Franklin Street.
- 5:48 PM — Complaint application issued following a motor vehicle stop at Woburn Street and Sanborn Street.
- 7:45 PM — Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 8:42 PM — Unknown alarm reported at Chapin Avenue.
- 9:36 PM — Arrest: Vehicle with loud music reported at Ash Street and Washington Street.
- 9:36 PM — Additional UCR codes provided for a previous case.
- 11:21 PM — Lift assist for an eighty-three-year-old male at Frank Tanner Drive.
