Crime & Safety

Woman Reports Wolf Sighting, Car Crashes Into Building

A sampling of calls handled by Reading Police Department in recent days.

The following information was compiled based on reports from the Reading Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Featured Incidents

Tuesday, Dec. 31

  • At 11:04 a.m. a motor vehicle on General Way slid on the ice and into the rear of a building in the area.
  • At 12:05 p.m. a motor vehicle crash occurred on Route 95 on the off ramp at Route 28 North.
  • At 4:15 p.m. a resident on Longwood Road said she keeps seeing a wolf.
  • At 4:35 p.m. a woman reported that her house was trashed following an argument on Dunbar Road.
  • At 6:30 p.m. on Causeway Road a 24-year-old man was choking.
  • At 9:59 p.m. a complainant reported that he was assaulted by his brother on Pearl Street. 

Wednesday, January 1

  • At 1:14 a.m. a resident on Haverhill Street reported that there were three or four men at the end of his driveway.
  • At 8:45 a.m. a building at the Briarwood Condos was damaged by a motor vehicle.
  • At 10:17 a.m. a man on Linden Street reportedly took an unknown amount of pills.
  • At 11:38 a.m. a neighbor on Tennyson Circle reported a motor vehicle going after an eight-year-old boy.

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