WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Saturday, June 7, 2014
12:14 a.m.: trespass, Half Mile Falls Park, about 10 person were observed at the park, the responding officer advised persons found there that city parks and playgrounds close at dusk, the persons left the park without issue;
1:53 a.m.: disturbance, Arnold Street, a caller reports persons are fighting, the responding officer reports two persons were found who were too intoxicated to care for themselves and were placed in protective custody;
1:55 a.m.: larceny, Montgomery Road, a caller reports his pickup truck was stolen, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
8:36 a.m.: fire, Ridgecrest Circle, a person came to a fire substation to report a brush fire, the responding fire captain reports that a resident burning brush was advised of the pertinent regulation and agreed to extinguish the fire, firefighters responded again after an 11 a.m. call and stood by while the resident extinguished the fire;
11:06 a.m.: animal complaint, Pumpkin Lane, a caller reports a deer has been trapped for three days in a fenced area, the environmental police were notified;
11:08 a.m.: animal complaint, Sgt. T.M. Dion Way, a caller reports finding the remains of a deer he believes may have been poached, the environmental police were notified;
11:45 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Elizabeth Avenue a caller reports a neighbor’s sprinklers are active, the responding officer reports he spoke with a resident who was unaware that outside water use is banned between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., the resident immediately shut down the sprinklers;
2:01 p.m.: vandalism, Glenwood Drive, a caller reports a golf ball struck her house, the responding officer reports a window was found to be broken and a golf ball was seized as evidence;
3:16 p.m.: parking violation, East Main Street, a patrol officer reports he investigated a vehicle parked atop the legend ‘Fire Lane’ at the Westfield Shops, the operator returned and said that he had parked while he went inside his workplace “for a second”, the officer noted a surfeit of parking spaces nearby and a violation citation was issued;
5:35 p.m.: officer wanted, Main Street, a caller reports a male party ingesting cocaine outside, the responding officer reports the suspect was not found but he encountered two inebriated persons, one was sent to her group home but the other could contact nobody to care for him and was placed in protective custody;
7:51 p.m.: vandalism, Smith Avenue, a resident came to the station to complain that a tire on his vehicle was slashed the night before while it was parked on Smith Avenue during the high school graduation;
8:53 p.m.: incapacitated person, North Elm Street, a caller reports a stumbling male party who is vomiting and has bloody knees is in the area of the Great River Bridges, the responding officer reports finding a obviously highly intoxicated man who was paced in protective custody;
11:11 p.m.: burning complaint, Lozier Avenue, a caller reports a party with a large bonfire, the responding fire captain advised the resident to extinguish the fire.
