Crime & Safety

Police: Harassing Texts; Resident Can't Shut Off Water; Sons Fighting

The following are excerpts from the Reading police log. An arrest or charge does not indicate a conviction.

Sunday, June 29 

  • At 4:25 a.m., police respond to Minot Street, where a resident is unable to shut off the water in the kitchen 
  • At 9:04 a.m., police respond to a sudden death of a female at Bay State Road residence
  • At 9:27 a.m., police responded to a call about a dead raccoon in a yard on Pratt Street 
  • At 10:15 a.m., police provide a follow-up visit regarding a vandalized mailbox
  • At 10:15 a.m., a skateboard is found, and returned
  • at 12:39 p.m., police responded to a report of harassing text messages 
  • At 4:31 p.m., police dealt with people arguing in a parking lot on Union Street 
  • At 6:09 p.m., police responded to a complaint that a man was urinating outside an RV on Causeway Road 
  • At 8:29 p.m., a father called to report that his two sons were fighting, Line Road 
  • At 9:14 p.m., a resident from Frank Tanner Drive called to say he was having problems with a light fixture 
  • At 10:04 p.m., police responded to a call about a deer that was struck by a car on Haverhill Street 
  • At 10:05 p.m., a person called to complain that a person was driving a gray sedan on the field near Barrows School 




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