Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
- 12:02 AM – Requesting building check due to recent ding-dong ditching on Charles Street.
- 1:30 AM – Medical alert activation on Archstone Circle; no contact made.
- 6:04 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and South Street.
- 6:15 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 6:23 AM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street and Town Hall.
- 7:15 AM – Caller requesting to speak to officer for issue with neighbor on Shackford Road.
- 8:58 AM – Set of keys with key fob found and turned in to station on Charles Street.
- 10:17 AM – Received Box 3813 on Main Street at Reading Health/Rehab.
- 10:36 AM – German Shepherd running loose in the area of Tamarack Road and Timberneck Drive.
- 10:53 AM – Transmitting Box 1232; fire alarm and odor of smoke on Washington Street.
- 11:00 AM – 2015 black Chevy Traverse parked on street on Harrison Street.
- 11:04 AM – Verbal warning for red light violation on Lowell Street at Town Hall.
- 11:23 AM – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street and Main Street.
- 12:20 PM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street and Bancroft Avenue.
- 12:59 PM – Fire Department quarterly inspection on Whitehall Lane.
- 1:18 PM – Fire Department quarterly inspection on Vine Street at Riverside Group Home.
- 1:35 PM – Fire Department quarterly inspection on Bancroft Avenue.
- 1:37 PM – Loose dog in area, no collar on black doodle, on Grove Street.
- 1:52 PM – Panic alarm received, main office motion, at Birch Meadow Elementary School.
- 2:07 PM – Fire Department quarterly inspection on Main Street at group home.
- 2:25 PM – Fire Department quarterly inspection on Grove Street at group home.
- 2:26 PM – Fire Department quarterly inspection on Village Street at group home.
- 2:29 PM – Fire Department inspection on Franklin Street.
- 2:41 PM – Quarterly inspection; no one home on Main Street.
- 3:08 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Arthur B. Lord Drive.
- 3:37 PM – Report of a loose small white dog, no collar, on Forest Glen Road and Main Street.
- 4:01 PM – Follow-up phone call for stolen bike at Coolidge Middle School; reference case 837122.
- 4:25 PM – Two-car motor vehicle crash, no injuries, on Main Street at McDonald’s.
- 4:45 PM – DPW notified for a hose that is running on Edgemont Avenue at Barrows Field.
- 5:34 PM – Report of a chain-link fence leaning into roadway on Salem Street and Main Street.
- 5:41 PM – Manager reporting an irate customer yelling at employees at The Paper Store on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:56 PM – Accidental 911 call; unit sent to confirm on Vine Street.
- 7:29 PM – Caller reporting a motor vehicle blocking her driveway on Ash Street.
- 7:57 PM – North Reading reporting male unable to get in touch with staff at Reading Health/Rehab on Main Street.
- 9:10 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Summer Avenue.
- 9:27 PM – Accidental 911 call; unit to confirm on Morgan Parkway.
Thursday, September 24, 2026
- 12:21 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and Minot Street.
- 5:25 AM – Accidental 911 call; unit to confirm on Autumn Lane.
- 6:00 AM – Fire alarm activation on Summer Avenue; no smoke or fire.
- 6:11 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 7:39 AM – Electronic crash notification; on callback, two-car motor vehicle crash, no personal injuries, on Salem Street at Cumberland Farms.
- 8:22 AM – Box 5531 offline for sprinkler work at Trader Joe’s on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 8:42 AM – Tree company working without detail in a dangerous spot on Grove Street and Lowell Street.
- 9:14 AM – Dog or coyote struck by motor vehicle on Main Street and Birch Meadow Drive.
- 9:25 AM – Fire drill conducted at Austin Preparatory School on Willow Street.
- 9:46 AM – Lawn care truck parked in a “No Parking” zone on High Street.
- 10:30 AM – Community event with residents on Pearl Street.
- 10:32 AM – Loose German Shepherd in the area of Charles Street and Dana Road.
- 10:48 AM – Three bags of belongings left in front of residence on Bay State Road.
- 11:21 AM – Event board on Common defaced with purple marker on Main Street and Woburn Street.
- 12:16 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street.
- 12:37 PM – 911 test call; officer to confirm at Archstone Circle Community Center.
- 2:14 PM – Manager reporting a large group causing a disturbance at Starbucks on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 2:15 PM – 2021 Nissan Rogue partially blocking driveway on Green Street.
- 2:26 PM – Traffic enforcement on Oak Street and Summer Avenue.
- 2:56 PM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street and Bancroft Avenue.
- 3:18 PM – Female reporting that she was hacked, no monetary loss, on Bancroft Avenue.
- 3:20 PM – Box 5531 back online at Trader Joe’s on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 3:44 PM – Program manager reporting male group home resident missing on Main Street.
- 3:45 PM – Female reporting traffic lights are not cycling properly on West Street and South Street.
- 3:45 PM – Assisting occupant with trouble in fire panel on Haven Street.
- 4:12 PM – Accidental 911 call; unit to confirm on Prospect Street.
- 4:27 PM – Three females out walking appeared to be photographing houses on Franklin Street and Blueberry Lane.
- 5:18 PM – Accidental 911 call; unit sent to confirm at Douglass Funeral Service on Sanborn Street.
- 5:23 PM – iPhone found by postal worker and turned over to officer on Dana Road and Colonial Drive.
- 5:51 PM – Residential alarm, Zone 2 front door, on Haverhill Street.
- 6:55 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street and South Street.
- 8:31 PM – Salem Street closed from John Street to Wilson Street; detour in place.
- 8:47 PM – Traffic enforcement on Lowell Street at Town Hall.
- 8:53 PM – Traffic enforcement on Birch Meadow Drive and Main Street.
- 9:13 PM – North Reading reported a motor vehicle crash near town line on Main Street.
