Crime & Safety

Punching a Car; Irate Customer: Reading Police

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Thursday, Feb. 18

At 10:56 a.m., there was a report of a poodle running loose through a caller’s yard on Main Street.

At 12 p.m., there were reports of vehicles backed up on the roadway on Main Street.

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At 12:36 p.m., there was an irate customer refusing to leave a business on Lincoln Street.

At 4:10 p.m., there was a report of a man who punched a company’s car on Walkers Brook Drive, leaving a dent.

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At 6:24 p.m., an employee of a liquor store on Main Street reported that four youths were trying to use fake IDs.

At 9:12 p.m., a woman on Mt. Vernon Street reported receiving threats.

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