Police Log: Vandal Breaks Killam Windows

The following information was supplied by the Reading police department. Where arrests or charges are mentioned, it does not indicate a conviction.

1:43 a.m. Officers responded to an alarm at the Killam Elementary School on Charles Street and performed a walkthrough of the building. The officer found two broken windows.

4:07 a.m. A Saugus cab driver reported that a Reading woman was unable to pay her cab fare in town. The woman’s mother paid the fare.

8:56 a.m. Officers responded to a report of a homeless man sleeping in the lobby at Haven Crossing at 2 Haven Street. An officer left the man at the train depot.

10:48 a.m. A Prescott Street resident reported finding a brown and black Shih Zu dog at her home.

11:13 a.m. The Reading Fire Department responded to an alarm at an Edgemont Avenue residence for a fire on the electrical service leading to the home. The Reading Municipal Light Department handled the problem.

11:24 a.m. A North Carolina resident reported that someone sprayed her vehicle with shaving cream while it was parked on South Street Friday night.

1:17 p.m. Reading Police and fire responded to the Barrows Elementary School where a 10-year-old youth had gotten stuck in an infant swing.

1:31 p.m. The fire department responded to a report of illegal burning at a Richards Road property.

2:16 p.m. A Wilmington resident reported that a driver in an older blue pickup truck struck her vehicle and then left the scene at the Home Depot on Walkers Brook Drive.

4:05 p.m. A Frank Tanner Drive resident reported seeing three to four youths playing with a dead squirrel near his home. An officer was unable to locate the youths.

4:10 p.m. The fire department responded to a report of an illegal burn pile near the intersection of Lowell Street and Grove Street. The firefighters extinguished the flames and informed the homeowner of the state law.

8:28 p.m. A Harrison Street resident responded to a report of an outside fire near the intersection of Charles Street and Main Street. Officers found a group of youths home unattended. Their parents shortly returned and the fire was extinguished.

10:04 p.m. An officer responded to a report of a large group of youths hanging around the Cumberland Farms on Salem Street. The officer sent them away.