Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
- 5:40 AM – Sector 3 building checks.
- 5:43 AM – Sector 2 building checks.
- 5:48 AM – Sector 1 building checks.
- 5:57 AM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue and High Street.
- 6:04 AM – Traffic enforcement at Franklin Street.
- 6:10 AM – Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and Robin Road.
- 6:55 AM – Construction crew setting up without detail at John Street.
- 7:16 AM – Report of man striking dog at Birch Meadow Drive and Coolidge Middle School.
- 7:38 AM – iPhone crash notification at John Carver Road and Woodland Street.
- 8:24 AM – Landscaping truck causing traffic issue at Mineral Street and High Street.
- 8:30 AM – Road closure with limited access at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 8:39 AM – Two-car motor vehicle crash, no injuries at South Street and Main Street.
- 8:42 AM – Follow-up investigation related to earlier animal complaint at Tennyson Road.
- 9:20 AM – Fire inspection at Pearl Street.
- 9:24 AM – Disabled motor vehicle at Main Street.
- 11:53 AM – Traffic enforcement at High Street and Mineral Street.
- 12:18 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Summer Avenue.
- 12:55 PM – Fraud reported at Prospect Street.
- 12:55 PM – Fire inspection at Main Street and Dunkin’.
- 1:05 PM – Fire alarm activation at Main Street and Rise building.
- 1:55 PM – Residential alarm sounding in area at Line Road.
- 3:00 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and South Street.
- 3:03 PM – Parking complaint blocking traffic at Oakland Road and Reading Memorial High School.
- 3:20 PM – Tractor-trailer with blown tire at Salem Street and Lowell Street.
- 3:27 PM – Traffic enforcement at Pearl Street and Wakefield Street.
- 3:29 PM – Report of children kicking geese at Salem Street and Memorial Park.
- 4:06 PM – Traffic enforcement at John Street and Green Street.
- 4:14 PM – Two-car motor vehicle crash, no injuries at Main Street.
- 6:39 PM – Accidental 911 call confirmed at Avon Street.
- 8:15 PM – Traffic enforcement at West Street and Woburn Street.
- 9:12 PM – Lost cat reported at Lowell Street.
Thursday, April 16, 2026
- 12:35 AM – Disturbance involving male at Walkers Brook Drive and Oye’s Restaurant.
- 12:40 AM – Traffic enforcement at West Street and Palmer Hill Avenue.
- 6:13 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Belmont Street.
- 6:25 AM – Traffic enforcement at Green Street and Elliott Street.
- 7:39 AM – Road closure at School Street between Middlesex Avenue and Dudley Street.
- 8:01 AM – Fire inspection at Knollwood Road.
- 8:25 AM – Fire alarm box offline at Middlesex Avenue and Library Street.
- 8:35 AM – Road closure, no access at Grove Street between Lowell Street and Forest Street.
- 9:31 AM – Report of downed power line at Lincoln Street and Prescott Street.
- 10:08 AM – Oil burner inspection at West Street.
- 10:22 AM – Fire inspection passed at Forest Street.
- 10:26 AM – Oil burner inspection passed at West Street.
- 10:30 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed at Lothrop Road.
- 10:43 AM – Fire drill at Sunset Rock Lane and Wood End Elementary School.
- 10:49 AM – Residential alarm activation at Chapel Hill Drive.
- 10:50 AM – Fire alarm box offline at Walkers Brook Drive and Stop & Shop.
- 10:57 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection failed at Taylor Drive.
- 11:07 AM – Fire alarm box offline for testing at New Crossing Road and DPW.
- 11:08 AM – Smoke inspection passed at Wakefield Street and Bainbridge Road.
- 11:09 AM – Fire alarm box restored at Middlesex Avenue and Library Street.
- 11:14 AM – Fire alarm box restored at Walkers Brook Drive and Stop & Shop.
- 11:31 AM – Smoke detector inspection failed at Sanborn Lane.
- 1:06 PM – Medical lift assist for elderly female at Bay State Road.
- 1:14 PM – Solicitors distributing flyers at Lynn Village Way and Roma Lane.
- 1:28 PM – Fire drill at Charles Street and Killam School.
- 2:28 PM – Report of youths cutting through yard at Selfridge Road.
- 2:52 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Fairchild Drive.
- 2:57 PM – Fire alarm activation at James Road.
- 3:05 PM – Suspicious male reported entering backyard at Main Street.
- 3:15 PM – Trash truck fire at Pearl Street and Putnam Road.
- 3:35 PM – Motor vehicle crash in parking lot at Walkers Brook Drive and Honda dealer.
- 3:57 PM – Abandoned 911 call at John Carver Road.
- 4:13 PM – Group of youths causing disturbance at Main Street and McDonald’s.
- 6:12 PM – Traffic enforcement at Haverhill Street and Charles Street.
- 7:09 PM – Traffic enforcement at Wakefield Street and Pearl Street.
- 7:45 PM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue and High Street.
- 7:49 PM – Medical lift assist at Salem Street.
