Crime & Safety
Police: Lights Are On But No One Is Home
Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Sunday, Jan. 24
At 12:34 a.m., there was a report of a man entering the basement of a house on Roma Lane.
At 12:40 p.m., the metal plate to a plow was left at the DPW gate.
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At 6:28 p.m., there was a report of a dog left in a van on Main Street.
At 6:53 p.m., there was a report of a brown Cadillac being operated erratically on Walkers Brook Drive.
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At 8:42 p.m., there was a report of threats being made on Green Street.
At 10:42 p.m., police received a Text-a-Tip about a vacant house on Winter Street with the lights on in the basement and on the porch.
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