Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Monday, December 29, 2025
- 5:54 AM – Traffic enforcement at Brook Street and Summer Avenue.
- 6:15 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Washington Street.
- 6:29 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street.
- 8:04 AM – Fire alarm box taken offline for testing at Walkers Brook Drive and Stop and Shop.
- 10:41 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Washington Street.
- 10:46 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Charleslawn Cemetery.
- 11:12 AM – Fire department responded to a supervisory fire panel alarm for property protection at Main Street near Rise 475.
- 11:23 AM – Report of a phone scam at Colburn Road.
- 1:28 PM – Accidental 911 call from a cellphone at General Way and Market Basket.
- 1:36 PM – Report of a stolen package at John Street.
- 3:49 PM – Motor vehicle complaint regarding a car parked on the street with no license plates at Haven Street.
- 6:45 PM – Report of juveniles banging on doors and running away at Riverside Drive.
- 7:14 PM – Traffic enforcement at Birch Meadow Drive and John Carver Road.
- 7:35 PM – Fire department responded to a fire and duress alarm activation reported by Vivint at West Street.
- 7:51 PM – Fire department assisted Armstrong Ambulance with a bariatric patient at Main Street at Bear Mountain.
- 8:14 PM – Two-vehicle motor vehicle crash with no injuries at Walkers Brook Drive and the Honda dealer.
- 9:18 PM – 911 call reporting itching determined to be non-emergency by nursing staff at Main Street at Bear Mountain.
- 9:46 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 9:49 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Washington Street.
Tuesday, December 30, 2025
- 1:07 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Main Street.
- 3:42 AM – Burglar alarm activation at Joshua Eaton Elementary School on Summer Avenue.
- 3:49 AM – Burglar alarm activation at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 3:51 AM – Burglar alarm activation at Coolidge Middle School on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 3:52 AM – Report of a tree down in the roadway at Clover Circle and Haverhill Street.
- 4:45 AM – Burglar alarm activation at Birch Meadow Elementary School on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 5:51 AM – Report of a tree down in the roadway at Maple Ridge Road; no wires involved.
- 6:36 AM – Traffic enforcement at Woburn Street and Temple Street.
- 6:42 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 7:06 AM – Report of possible water main issue and flooding at Colonial Drive and Linnea Lane.
- 8:42 AM – Fire department responded to a low-hanging wire from a pole to a house at Belmont Street.
- 9:34 AM – Traffic enforcement at Forest Street and Bethune Avenue.
- 10:00 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection at Glen Road.
- 10:15 AM – Report of fraud involving an unauthorized Verizon Wireless account at Charles Street.
- 10:19 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection at Bancroft Avenue.
- 11:06 AM – Traffic enforcement at Brook Street.
- 11:34 AM – Report of a large branch blocking the sidewalk at Haverhill Street.
- 12:09 PM – DPW notified after a right-turn-only sign was knocked over at Main Street and Green Street.
- 12:25 PM – DPW notified regarding a cone repeatedly knocked over by wind covering a pothole at Old Farm Road and Haystack Road.
- 12:48 PM – Officer responded to a minor motor vehicle crash with no injuries near the Wakefield side of the rotary.
- 1:15 PM – Fire department responded to a possible water line break inside a vacant house at Franklin Street.
- 2:08 PM – Assistance rendered to a male retrieving property from Grays Towing at Minot Street.
- 2:45 PM – Report of harassing acts related to an issue with a dealership at Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:13 PM – Report of a boulder in the roadway at South Street and Hopkins Street.
- 3:52 PM – Report of a Christmas tree in the roadway at Willow Street and West Street.
- 4:15 PM – Burglar alarm activation at Birch Meadow Elementary School on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 5:16 PM – Apple watch crash alert reported at Hopkins Street.
- 7:11 PM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street.
- 7:46 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Washington Street.
- 10:31 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
