Crime & Safety
Cops: Son Uses Dead Dad's Credit Card; Neighbor Sprays Truck
The following are excerpts from the Reading police log. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

Thursday, Aug. 14
At 1:22 a.m., police responded to a suspicious person, Summit Drive. A resident reported that someone was banging on the doorAt 1:51 a.m., a report of a suspicious MV was called in to the police. At 11:14 a.m., police respond to a report of a son using his deceased father’s credit card, Parkman Road At 11:26 a.m., a woman from Minot Street reports receiving harassing scam calls At 11:43 a.m., police respond to a report that a dark SUV pulled down the road and parked on Causeway RoadAt 11:50 a.m., police responded to a call of a missing white and tan Jack Russell At 12:20 p.m., a resident from Howard Street reported a possible sick fox in the front yard At 5:17 p.m., police respond to a dispute between neighbors on Mt. Vernon Street, where one is accusing the other of spraying inside a truck
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