Emergency Response and Crime Report
Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014
1:03 a.m.: domestic disturbance, Conner Avenue, a caller reports a couple is fighting, the responding officers report they met a female resident outside who downplayed the incident calling it “high school drama” but when they went inside they found a highly upset woman who said that she had been at the apartment with her former boyfriend and another man when she realized that two packs of cigarettes and $20 was missing from her bag, the woman said that she found the cigarettes in her former boyfriend’s bag and asked the other man to check him for the missing money but the man only pretended to check, she said that he then picked her up and carried her out the door and when he dropped her she fell down the flight of stairs, the female resident said that the victim had tripped and fallen down the stairs, the male parties had left the area, at the victim’s request the officer applied for a warrant in reference to the assault but not for the larceny;
9:51 a.m.: parking violation, Church Street, a community policing officer reports a parking violation, as the snowfall continued officers reported additional snow parking ban violations on Franklin Street, Chapel Street, Notre Dame Street, Monroe Street, Jefferson Street, Linden Avenue, Avery Street, Ethan Avenue and Summer Street:
10:23 a.m.: disabled vehicle, Main Street at Meadow Street, patrol officers reports he stopped to assist the operator of PVTA bus which became hung up on a snowbank while attempting to turn on to Main Street, a heavy duty tow truck was summoned but was unable to help when it too became stuck, a tow truck from a towing company in the city was passing and stopped to assist, the bus was extricated and continued on its route;
5:07 p.m.: larceny, Cherry Street, a caller reports some of her jewelry was stolen, the responding officer reports his investigation revealed that the items had been pawned, the property was recovered and the victim said that she does not wish to pursue criminal charges;
5:25 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Darwin Drive, a caller reports a vehicle is pulling neighborhood children in a tube, the responding officer reports he spoke with a 15-year-old boy who admitted towing children with his ATV, the youth was advised of the dangers and consequences of such activity, the boy’s father was advised and reports that the ATV will be parked;
8:20 p.m.: narcotics violation, Conner Avenue, a caller reports he observed two men with drugs in an apartment which is supposed to be vacant, the responding officer reports he identified and spoke with two men who claimed to have permission from a health department employee to clean out the residence, the men were asked to leave and advised to ask the employee to relay his permission to police before they return;
11:58 p.m.: recovered motor vehicle, Thomas Street, a patrol officer reports he encountered a commercial van on Thomas Street which had been reported to have been stolen in Connecticut, the officer reports the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard were workers were advised not to touch the interior of the vehicle as a crime scene investigator will be dispatched from the Connecticut department to process it.
