Crime & Safety

Police: Not Very Neighborly; Stolen Pickup Cover

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Tuesday, Sept. 15

At 1:52 a.m., there was an unoccupied green Ford Explorer with no plates found on Main Street.

At 8:48 a.m., there was a report of nails in the road on Walkers Brook Drive.

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At 8:53 a.m., there was a minor motor vehicle accident on Main Street.

At 10:56 a.m., the cover for the back of a pickup truck was stolen on Sanborn Lane.

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At 12:19 p.m., the DPW was notified of a stolen street sign on Covey Hill Road.

At 1:30 p.m., there was a report of a man blowing leaves onto his dead neighbor’s yard on Scotland Road.

At 3:23 p.m., a Willow Street resident reported that there was a man on his property cutting brush.

At 10:38 p.m., there was a report of a black SUV speeding past a house on Glen Road.

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