Reading, MA – Excerpts from the Reading Police and Fire log:
Friday, October 16, 2026
- 5:48 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Minot Street.
- 5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement on Haverhill Street at Wakefield Street.
- 6:01 AM – No municipal parking lot violations reported at Main Street and Salem Street.
- 8:35 AM – Prospect Street at Woburn Street closed with detours in place; access possible.
- 8:48 AM – Tree company blocking the entire lane at West Street and Louanis Drive.
- 8:50 AM – Grove Street closed; access possible.
- 12:50 PM – Accidental 911 call on Lisa Lane; unit to confirm.
- 2:17 PM – Female on Mount Vernon Street reported being owed money by HomeServe.
- 3:29 PM – Group of youths causing a disturbance inside Starbucks on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:13 PM – Female reported her home had been egged on Shackford Road.
- 5:50 PM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street at Pearl Street.
- 6:01 PM – Two suspicious teens reported in the area of Summer Avenue.
- 6:28 PM – Person reported lying in his garage on West Street.
- 8:40 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 8:53 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Woburn Street.
- 9:20 PM – Smoke detector activation on Lowell Street; no signs of smoke or fire.
- 10:13 PM – Car reported speeding up and down Arrow Circle, throwing trash, and operating erratically.
- 10:21 PM – Fire alarm boxes 5521 and 5522 at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive operating on street box only.
- 10:34 PM – Group of youths reported throwing things at passing cars near HomeGoods on Main Street.
- 11:15 PM – Newly installed pedestrian lights flashing at Salem Street and Memorial Park.
- 11:37 PM – Carbon monoxide detector activation reported by a resident on Middle Street.
Saturday, October 17, 2026
- 5:46 AM – Fire alarm boxes 5521 and 5522 back online at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 5:58 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 6:01 AM – Traffic enforcement on Ash Street at Green Street.
- 6:01 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 6:19 AM – Tree down in a yard and protruding into the road at Riverside Avenue and Sunnyside Avenue; DPW notified.
- 11:19 AM – Female reported a missing black Hyundai Santa Fe from the Hallmark Health parking lot on New Crossing Road.
- 2:25 PM – Accidental 911 misdial from an Apple Watch on Fairmount Road.
- 2:45 PM – Vehicle damaged in the car wash on Main Street; staff reported as uncooperative.
- 3:13 PM – Multiple motor vehicles parked in a way that impeded intersection traffic at Wakefield Street and Charles Street.
- 3:35 PM – 911 caller requested help regarding a possible employee dispute at East Coast Gas on Main Street.
- 3:39 PM – Female reported vandalism to a gravesite at Wood End Cemetery on Franklin Street.
- 4:33 PM – Smoke alarm activation on Condor Road; no smoke or fire.
- 5:06 PM – Black smoke reported coming from a chimney on Main Street.
- 5:18 PM – Residential alarm activation on Bancroft Avenue; front motion detected.
- 6:10 PM – Motor vehicle traveling extremely slowly and crossing the center line at Salem Street and John Street; arrest reported.
- 6:10 PM – Additional UCR codes entered for case 838363.
- 6:22 PM – Disabled motor vehicle reported on Lowell Street following a 911 call.
- 7:18 PM – Smoke and carbon monoxide alarm activation at a residence on Gazebo Circle; no smoke or fire.
- 9:16 PM – Direct call to Station 1 regarding a furnace tank issue on Avalon Road.
- 11:29 PM – Caller wanted to report a past assault at Oye’s Restaurant on Walkers Brook Drive.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
- 6:02 AM – Traffic enforcement on High Street at Green Street.
- 6:03 AM – Traffic enforcement on Charles Street at Pearl Street.
- 6:13 AM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at South Street.
- 8:18 AM – Package found in the road while walking near Sturges Park on Pine Ridge Road.
- 9:30 AM – Complaint about construction being performed on Sunday near Franklin Street and Van Norden Road.
- 10:24 AM – Unruly male acting strangely inside Burbank Ice Arena on Symonds Way.
- 11:50 AM – Commercial fire door alarm activation at Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.
- 12:29 PM – Traffic enforcement at the Square and Main Street.
- 12:49 PM – Dispute between an Amazon driver and a customer on Dana Road.
- 1:36 PM – Fire alarm activation on Whitehall Lane.
- 2:21 PM – Youths reported speeding on dirt bikes in the area of Pearl Street.
- 3:15 PM – Resident reported finding a lost dog with tags on Rocky Road.
- 5:59 PM – School alarm activation in the second-floor/lower stairwell at Reading Memorial High School on Oakland Road; no keyholder available.
- 6:29 PM – Staff member reported being stuck in an elevator at Reading Health and Rehabilitation on Main Street.
- 6:49 PM – Elevator entrapment reported at Reading Health and Rehabilitation on Main Street.
- 8:35 PM – Traffic enforcement on Main Street at Charles Street.
- 9:30 PM – Water bottle found on the handicap ramp at the train station on Lincoln Street.
- 10:48 PM – 911 hang-up at an apartment on Washington Street; no answer on callback, and we were unable to leave a message.
- 10:57 PM – Possible attempted break-in reported after a damaged door was found at an apartment on Bay State Road.
