Crime & Safety

Police: Dog Locked in Car; Windows Broken out of Bulldozer; Threats

The following are excerpts from the Reading police log. An arrest or charge does not indicate a conviction.

Monday, June 30 

  • At 12:35 a.m., police responded to a complaint about a car parked in front of a fire hydrant, Gazebo Circle 
  • At 1:04 a.m., police responded to calls about a suspicious person on Lowell Street 
  • At 5:20 a.m., residents on Westcroft Road complained of a street sweeper going up and down the street 
  • At 6:41 a.m., Covey Hill and Maria Lane were blocked due to paving 
  • At 9 a.m., ICE agents were in the area on surveillance, Grey Stone Way 
  • At 11:06 a.m., police responded to a report of vandalism where windows were broken out of a bulldozer on Strout Ave. 
  • At 12:09 p.m., police responded to a report of vandalism on Oakland Road, where a car was keyed while parked 
  • At 1:16 p.m., callers reported to police that a dog was locked in a gray jeep in the Home Depot lot 
  • At 1:17 p.m., police responded to a car crash on Salem Street
  • At 1:45 p.m., police responded to a call that involved threats being sent through a fiancé, Green Street  
  • At 1:54 p.m., police responded to a two-car crash on John Street 
  • At 3:10 p.m., police responded to a two-car crash on Main Street and Summer Ave. 
  • At 3:32 p.m., a social worker reported missing items from a room at Wingate at Reading 
  • At 5:32 p.m., police handled a complaint where someone said they asked for $15 in gas and the attendant filled the tank. 
  • At 7:57 p.m., police responded to a call about a missing dog (min pin) in the Walnut Street area 
  • At 8:18 p.m., police responded to calls about youths driving ATVs in the road without helmets 
  • At 8:38 p.m., police responded to a complaint that youths in a grey Honda CRV drove onto the school track, Willow Street 
  • At 9:03 p.m., a man reported that his ex-wife was parked outside the house Forest Street 
                   




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