WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Saturday, Jan. 11, 2014
2:33 a.m.: breaking and entering, King Street, a caller reports she returned home to find her front door wide open and her jewelry, television and other electronic devices missing, the responding detective reports that entry appears to have been gained via the front door;
2:41 a.m.: accident, Shaker Road, a caller reports a head-on crash with airbag deployment, the responding office reports an operator who had been southbound on Shaker Road reports that he lost control of his vehicle on the icy roadway and crossed the center line to enter the path of an opposing vehicle, a passenger in one of the cars was transported to Noble Hospital where she was treated and released, both vehicles were towed to the police impound yard;
7:08 a.m.: vandalism, Elm Street, a caller reports the tires of his vehicle were slashed while it was parked in an Elm Street parking lot;
7:12 a.m.: larceny, The Willows Apartments, 19 Lockhouse Road, a resident came to the station to report that a registration plate was stolen from her vehicle some time after noon Friday;
11:37 a.m.: breaking and entering, Mechanic Street, caller reports that he and his college roommates have been away since shortly before Christmas and he returned to find the door to their residence had been forced open and was ajar, the responding officer reports he inspected the residence with the caller and found that bedroom doors had been kicked in, a space heater and a video game system with games were found to have been stolen but since not all the residents had returned a complete list of stolen property could not be immediately generated, the resident said that the occupants had taken most of their valuables with them when they left for vacation;
3:07 p.m.: assault, Mill Street a call reports her 7-year-old son was assaulted by a 14-year-old girl at a commercial play facility, the responding officer reports the woman said that the girl grabbed her son’s arm, the officer reports he was able to speak with the girl and her mother, the girl said that the boy and other children were kicking her and she grabbed his arm when he did not stop after she asked him to;
6:55 p.m.: building check, Main Street, a patrol supervisor reports he observed a screen door for a sliding glass doorway was out of place, the officer checked and found no sign of forcible entry;
9:25 p.m.: assist motorist, Montgomery Road, a patrol officer reports he stood by while the occupants of a vehicle changed a tire which had been flattened when it struck a pothole on Notre Dame Street;
Sunday, Jan. 12, 2014
1:00 a.m.: building check, Jefferson Street, a patrol officer reports that his check of a vacant commercial building revealed that measures to secure the building have been compromised and he found a male party sleeping inside, the man admitted that he had been told previously to stay out of the building, Sean M. Pirnie, 36, of no fixed address, was arrested for trespass;
4:06 a.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a loss prevention employee from a Springfield Road department store reports that a shoplifter has been detained in the store, the responding officer reports an employee said that he had observed a suspect place items with a total value of about $75 in her purse and accosted the woman when she attempted to leave the store without making payment, the employee asked that police assist as he serves the suspect a ‘No trespassing’ order, the officer witnessed the service of the order and transported file copies to the police station;
8:17 a.m.: animal complaint, Pearl Street, a caller reports taking custody of a stray dog, a check of the dog’s tags did not determine its home, an animal control officer responded to take custody of the pet;
12:18 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a resident came to the station to complain that he inadvertently left money in a self checkout lane at a Main Street supermarket and found it gone when he returned, the responding officer reports the man said that he had used his debit card in the self checkout line at the supermarket and in his haste to move on forgot to take the $40 ‘cash back’ from the dispenser, the money was gone upon his return, the caller said, and had not been surrendered in the store;
2:17 p.m.: assault, East Mountain Road, a resident came to the station to complain that a known person used a vehicle to assault her, the responding officer reports the complainant said that she had been using her best friend’s SUV when she observed her friend’s former boyfriend was following and tailgating her, the woman said that she knew that the man is the defendant of an abuse prevention order vis-a-vis the owner of the vehicle and tried to speed up to avoid hm but he followed and bumped the SUV with his vehicle nearly causing her to lose control and causing her back and neck pain, the woman said that she stopped and confronted the man when he also stopped, the woman said that man was obviously surprised that she had been operating the SUV instead of his former girlfriend and fled, the officer reports that he applied for a warrant on charges of violation of a protective order, assault and battery and leaving the scene of a personal injury accident, in addition the officer requested that the Registry of Motor Vehicles revoke the man’s license as an immediate threat to the safety of motorists;
7:06 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Elm Street, a patrol officer reports a routine check of a vehicle seen operating on North Elm Street revealed that the plates on the vehicle had been issued for an different car, that the owner’s license had been revoked and that the owner was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Amanda L. Eicher, 26, of 5 Chapman St., Southwick, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a revoked license, operating an uninsured motor vehicle, operating motor vehicle with suspended registration, operating a motor vehicle without a license in her possession, a number plate violation to conceal identification and on the warrant;
8:53 p.m.: larceny, Samaritan Inn, 7 Free Street, a caller reports cash was stolen from his bed at the shelter, the responding officer reports that the man said that he has been saving money in a box he keeps in his bed at the shelter and when he returned to the shelter after supper Sunday he found that the cash, almost $600, had been stolen, the man suggested a specified fellow shelter resident is responsible but did not have any evidence to support his suspicion.
