Crime & Safety

Police: Suspicious Man With iPad; Rotary Accident

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Wednesday, Sept. 9

At 9:57 a.m., there was a three-car accident at the rotary on Salem Street with no injuries.

At 12:17 p.m., there was a report of a suspicious man walking up to a neighbor’s door with an iPad on Franklin Street.

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At 1:11 p.m., there was a report of a refrigerator with its door closed on the sidewalk on Bearhill Road.

At 1:24 p.m., there was a report of water being stolen from the Senior Center.

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At 3:24 p.m., a man was asking people for money outside a store on Main Street.

At 6:05 p.m., several boxes fell out of the back of a truck on Main Street.

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