Crime & Safety
Cops: Sick Animal at School; Threats; Harassing Calls; Firecrackers Thrown from Car
The following are excerpts from the Reading police log. An arrest or charge does not indicate a conviction.
Monday, July 14
- At 6:22 a.m., police received an AT&T cell phone that was returned to the owner
- At 12:10 p.m., police responded to a call about a disturbance where a man was upstairs banging on the ceiling, Frank Tanner Drive
- At 12:29 p.m., a wallet was returned to the owner
- At 1:18 p.m., police investigated a crash that happened on Walkers Brook Drive
- At 3:45 p.m., police responded to a sick animal at the Joshua Elementary School's front door
- At 4:03 p.m., a suspicious Blue Dodge Caravan with two men in it was reported on Dunbar Road
- At 4:18 p.m., police responded to a fraud call in which several credit cards were opened and used
- At 6:29 p.m., police responded to a hit and run on Oak Street, where a Honda was struck from behind and the other driver left the scene
- At 7:19 p.m., police responded to a report of men throwing firecrackers from a vehicle in the Gleason Road and Pine Ridge Road
- At 7:48 p.m., a call about possible fireworks in the area of Hemlock Road and Maple Ridge Road came in
- At 8:12 p.m., police responded to a call from a woman who said her estranged ex-boyfriend was making threats, Union Street
- At 9:21 p.m., a woman called about receiving harassing calls from an unknown person, Main Street
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