Crime & Safety

Police: Goats on the Loose; Men and Women Yelling

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Thursday, Oct. 8

At 1:01 a.m., an officer found an open door in an alley on Main Street.

At 1:31 a.m., the lights were still on at the football field at Birch Meadow Drive.

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At 4:44 a.m., two outdoor tables were reported stolen on Haven Street.

At 7:58 a.m., there was a small fire in the back of a pickup truck on Hanscom Avenue.

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At 12:53 p.m., four goats were chewing up a lawn on Avon Street. The goats had reportedly wandered away from a landscaping company they were working for.

At 1:32 p.m., there was a report of a man yelling on High Street.

At 5:15 p.m., there was a large hole in the road from construction on Dana Street.

At 8:28 p.m., there was a report of a woman who had been yelling out her window on Haven Street for the past half hour.

At 10:33 p.m., there was a dead turkey on the side of Woburn Street.

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