Children accused of breaking into borough swimming pool

Someone called police about 9:52 p.m. May 26 to report seeing children swimming in the West Reading borough pool, at the corner of Sycamore and Museum roads. When police searched the area they couldn’t find any swimming scofflaws but wet cement and a wet slide indicated trespassers had gotten into the pool illegally.

In a separate (but still water-related) incident in the late afternoon of May 29, police found a group of children playing in the creek that runs through the West Reading Playground. The officer warned the kids to stay away from the river; they said they understood.