Crime & Safety

Police: Messing with a Mailbox; Stolen Package

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Monday, Jan. 4

At 8:34 a.m., there was a report of a dog left outside in the cold on Summer Avenue.

At 9:59 a.m., there was a complaint about a live-in trailer left parked by a conservation area.

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At 10:06 a.m., a wallet was found in a walkway on Highland Street.

At 10:21 a.m., there was a large pothole on Salem Street. The DPW was notified.

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At 3:33 p.m., there was a report of a group of four youths with a plastic baseball bat messing with a mailbox on Haven Street.

At 4:24 p.m., a package was reported stolen from in front of a house on Tennyson Circle.

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