Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – WEDNESDAY 05/06/26
- 2:04 AM – Officer checked the square for overnight parking violations at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 3:39 AM – Fire Department assisted an elderly male who had fallen with no injuries reported on Howard Street.
- 5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at West Street and Willow Street.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Town Hall on Lowell Street.
- 6:17 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Charles Street and Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 7:07 AM – Road closed with no access between John Street and Haven Street on Village Street.
- 7:22 AM – Fire alarm street box placed in testing mode on Main Street.
- 7:57 AM – Officer covered crossing post at Birch Meadow Elementary School on Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 7:59 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Bancroft Avenue and Highland Street.
- 8:10 AM – Road closed with limited access at Gould Street and Haven Street.
- 8:12 AM – Officer conducted follow-up check for belongings near Austin Prep on Willow Street.
- 8:23 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at West Street and Catherine Avenue.
- 8:31 AM – Road closed with limited access at Grove Street and Forest Street.
- 9:31 AM – Caller reported a missing license plate on Sturges Road.
- 9:55 AM – Fire Department assisted a female resident with a lift assist at Elderberry Lane.
- 10:34 AM – Fire Department assisted an elderly female with a lift assist on Eastway.
- 11:44 AM – Fire alarm street box returned online on Main Street.
- 12:55 PM – Fire Department assisted with a home lockout on Pleasant Street.
- 12:58 PM – Accidental 911 call reported at Austin Prep on Willow Street.
- 1:16 PM – DPW notified after a highway sign was knocked down near Old South Church on Salem Street.
- 1:20 PM – RMLD notified of a tree branch hanging above wires on Van Norden Road.
- 2:27 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Bancroft Avenue and Highland Street.
- 3:23 PM – Fire alarm street box received at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road.
- 4:09 PM – Solicitors reportedly violating posted no solicitation signs on Linden Street.
- 5:12 PM – Commercial panic alarm reported at Salem Five on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:24 PM – Hit-and-run involving a parked vehicle reported at Chipotle on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 6:17 PM – Money found in a parking lot turned in at Dandi’s Ice Cream on Main Street.
- 7:32 PM – Verbal warning issued for a stop sign violation at Green Street and John Street.
- 7:34 PM – Accidental 911 call reported on Joy Lane.
- 8:19 PM – Accidental 911 call confirmed with caller on Haverhill Street.
- 8:20 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 9:11 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Pleasant Street.
- 9:25 PM – Traffic enforcement conducted on John Carver Road.
- 9:40 PM – Resident on Crocus Lane reported concern after receiving a call from their own phone number in an attempted fraud incident.
POLICE LOG SUMMARY – THURSDAY 05/07/26
- 2:25 AM – Officer checked the square for overnight parking violations at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 3:39 AM – Fire Department responded to a smoke detector activation on Forest Street.
- 6:07 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Charles Street and Main Street.
- 6:12 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and South Street.
- 7:13 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 7:51 AM – DPW notified regarding access to the water tower on Auburn Street.
- 8:00 AM – Village Street closed between Haven Street and Green Street with access via Green Street.
- 8:22 AM – Road closed with limited access at Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 8:44 AM – Residential alarm reported on Sanborn Lane.
- 10:30 AM – Smoke inspection passed on Bolton Street.
- 10:32 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Birch Meadow Drive and John Carver Road.
- 10:37 AM – Smoke inspection passed on Prospect Street.
- 10:44 AM – Parking complaint received for a vehicle left in a private lot on Main Street.
- 10:58 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection failed on Main Street.
- 11:10 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed on South Street.
- 11:25 AM – Smoke detector inspection failed on Federal Street.
- 11:35 AM – Minor two-car crash reported in the Home Depot parking lot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 11:38 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed on Zachary Lane.
- 11:45 AM – Traffic enforcement conducted at Charles Street and Charles Lawn Cemetery.
- 11:48 AM – Smoke and carbon monoxide inspection passed on Washington Street.
- 12:14 PM – Hit-and-run crash reported at Benton Circle and Lowell Street.
- 12:18 PM – Officer came upon a minor two-car crash at Main Street and Green Street.
- 12:20 PM – Resident reported identity theft on High Street.
- 1:33 PM – Fire alarm box returned online at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 1:58 PM – Fire alarm sounding investigated with no smoke or fire found on Wakefield Street.
- 2:09 PM – Accidental 911 call reported at Barrows School on Edgemont Avenue.
- 2:19 PM – Officers assisted with the Barrows School Fun Run on Edgemont Avenue.
- 2:34 PM – Propane inspection conducted on Annette Lane.
- 2:45 PM – Officer covered crossing post near Castine Field on Birch Meadow Drive.
- 2:54 PM – Tow company requested assistance with a motor vehicle repossession on Deering Street.
- 3:19 PM – Fire alarm box returned online at Stop & Shop on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:33 PM – Accidental 911 call from a motor vehicle confirmed with caller on Haverhill Street.
- 4:00 PM – Past hit-and-run crash reported at Parkman Road and Lowell Street.
- 5:14 PM – Report received of an unlicensed ice cream truck operating near the tennis courts at Bancroft Avenue.
- 5:20 PM – Resident sought report information for an insurance claim at Wood End Elementary School on Sunset Rock Lane.
- 5:33 PM – Open 911 line received from a deactivated phone on Lothrop Road.
- 6:55 PM – Accidental 911 call reported on Grove Street.
- 10:08 PM – Caller reported being charged twice at a gas station on Main Street.
