Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Wednesday, September 30, 2026
- 12:09 AM – Vehicle parked on Rocky Road with its lights on.
- 5:38 AM – Trucks reported emptying dumpsters at an early hour at Calareso’s.
- 5:59 AM – Municipal lot all-night parking violations: 0.
- 6:00 AM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
- 6:07 AM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Charleslawn Cemetery.
- 6:14 AM – Traffic enforcement on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 7:20 AM – Box 115 transmitted for a report of a gas leak at High Street and Green Street.
- 8:51 AM – Box 1742 at Archstone Circle is a street box only.
- 9:01 AM – Gas can reported in the road at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 9:08 AM – Copeland Avenue closed at Prescott Street.
- 9:09 AM – Ash Street closed at Cross Street.
- 9:13 AM – Box 1742 back online as a master.
- 9:19 AM – Box 2131 received at Parker Middle School.
- 10:19 AM – Female reported lost ID and cards.
- 10:41 AM – Box 2131 received at Parker Middle School for a report of a blown transformer.
- 10:59 AM – Parked vehicle struck in a hit-and-run at Hanscom Avenue and Lowell Street.
- 11:28 AM – Hawk on the ground in front of a house on Charles Street, possibly injured.
- 2:50 PM – Traffic enforcement at Summer Avenue and Buckingham Drive.
- 3:07 PM – Traffic enforcement at West Street and Wentworth Road.
- 3:19 PM – Female reported a past hit-and-run.
- 3:23 PM – Propane tank inspection passed.
- 3:29 PM – Officer conducted a follow-up to a hit-and-run.
- 3:51 PM – Stray dog found; employees had it in the pro shop.
- 4:27 PM – Youths reported poking and kicking a deceased bird in the Coolidge Middle School parking lot.
- 5:45 PM – Erratic driver reported on Grove Street.
- 6:38 PM – Erratic driver reported swerving all over the road behind the reporting party on Haverhill Street.
- 7:03 PM – Investigation follow-up on a previous inspection.
- 7:27 PM – Male dressed in all black reported walking around the area of the lumber doors at Home Depot.
- 7:44 PM – Traffic enforcement at Middlesex Avenue and High Street.
- 8:57 PM – Box 2131 at Parker Middle School back online as a master box.
- 10:58 PM – Traffic enforcement at Charles Street and Pearl Street.
- 11:02 PM – Traffic enforcement at Main Street and Minot Street.
Thursday, October 1, 2026
- 5:04 AM – General burglar alarm activated at Spirit Halloween.
- 5:30 AM – Possible theft from a residential unit reported at Archstone Circle.
- 6:08 AM – Traffic enforcement at Buckingham Drive and Summer Avenue.
- 7:00 AM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Green Street.
- 9:55 AM – Female entered the lobby regarding her son being blackmailed online.
- 10:25 AM – Male reported yelling racial slurs at a passing female near Marathon Sports.
- 11:05 AM – Accidental 911 call; officer to confirm.
- 11:11 AM – Male entered the lobby reporting a past incident with a bus driver.
- 11:23 AM – Smoke/CO inspection.
- 11:49 AM – Officer came upon a disabled motor vehicle, a 2018 gray Audi Q5.
- 11:52 AM – Fire inspection.
- 1:29 PM – Report of a disabled motor vehicle, a 2012 Nissan Rogue.
- 2:25 PM – Unit covering the crossing post at Summer Avenue and King Street.
- 3:15 PM – Traffic enforcement at Ash Street and Green Street.
- 3:44 PM – Father requested a building check of the home.
- 3:44 PM – Direct call to Station 1 for a lift assist.
- 3:50 PM – Box 2131 received at Parker Middle School.
- 4:14 PM – Vehicle reported blocking half of the driveway entrance on Middle Street.
- 4:38 PM – Box 2131 received at Parker Middle School.
- 5:06 PM – Traffic lights at Main Street and Forest Street reported not cycling properly.
- 6:16 PM – Text-a-Tip report of an off-leash dog at Joshua Eaton Elementary School.
- 7:07 PM – 56-year-old male at Reading Health/Rehab reportedly about to fall out of bed and unable to reach staff for more than an hour.
- 10:04 PM – Female reported being followed in her vehicle near Johnson Woods.
