Crime & Safety

Scam Calls; Tree Down: Reading Police

Excerpts from the Reading Police Department log.

Wednesday, Feb. 3

At 7:29 a.m., there was a report of a dead skunk in the road on Lowell Street.

At 10:25 a.m., there was a report of six to eight boxes in the road on Main Street creating a hazard.

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At 2:48 p.m., there was a report of scam calls received on Woburn Street.

At 6:08 p.m., there was a report of a possible broken pipe on Franklin Street.

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At 10:11 p.m., there was a large tree across the road on Puritan Road.

At 11:08 p.m., there was a report of a Jeep with its tires slashed in a driveway on Hartshorn Road.

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