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Police: Animal Kingdom; Vandalism

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Sunday, August 23

At 1:38 a.m., there was a report of two suspicious motor vehicles by the field at Reading High School.

At 1:40 a.m., police found a chalk drawing on a brick wall at the Coolidge Middle School.

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At 3:48 a.m., there was a report of two youths smashing car headlights with a baseball bat on Hillcrest Avenue.

At 7:51 a.m., there was a report of a dead raccoon in the road on Main Street.

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At 9:04 a.m., there was a dead hawk in a white bag on the side of Field Pond Drive.

At 9:53 a.m., there was a report of a neighbor trapping rabbits on West Street.

At 10:45 a.m., the MBTA called to report an unruly passenger on a train.

At 3:16 p.m., three boys were reportedly throwing eggs at a home on Intervale Terrace.

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