WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Saturday, July 19, 2014
5:26 a.m.: vandalism, North Elm Street, a caller from the Marine Corps League reports that a beer bottle was thrown through a window, the responding officer reports the caller said that he opened up the League building and found a beer bottle had been thrown through a window of the side door;
6:36 a.m.: incapacitated person, Southwick Road at Grenier Drive, a caller reports a unknown male party in lying on a neighbor’s yard, the responding officer reports the man was found to be unresponsive but was eventually roused, the man had no identification, could not remember where he lived and was deemed to be unable to care for himself, the man was placed in protective custody;
7:07 a.m.: vandalism, Rachael Terrace, a caller reports her mailbox was smashed again overnight, the responding officer reports that the caller said that the mailbox valued at $30 was totally destroyed and is the third mailbox recently vandalized;
7:17 a.m.: animal complaint, East Mountain Road at Sadie Lane, a caller reports two horses are loose on the roadway, the responding officer reports that the horses were returned to their corral by 7:45 a.m.;
8:32 a.m.: North Elm Street, a caller reports a bicycle was abandoned at a North Elm Street donut shop, the responding officer reports the bike was placed in plain sight after is was discovered at the shop on Friday but the owner has not reclaimed it, the bike was transported to the station and stored for safekeeping;
8:44 a.m.: breaking and entering, Court Street, a resident came to the station to complain that his unlocked van was entered, the responding officer reports the complainant said vehicle was parked at 5 p.m. and at 9 a.m. he returned and found the van which he usually locks was not locked, the man said that he may have forgotten to lock it and he opened the door to find the contents had been ransacked, a GPS device was the only thing immediately found to be missing;
11:21 a.m.: larceny, Cabot Road, a caller from a lumber company reports a hydraulic pump valued at $10,000 is missing and apparently stolen, the responding officer reports the caller said that the pump is believed to have been stolen in the past two weeks, the caller could not identify a suspect;
11:41 a.m.: arrest, Southwick Road, a caller reports her boyfriend returned to their apartment in violation of a protective order, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
1:29 p.m.: assist citizen, Birch Bluffs Drive, a caller reports he is having civil issues with his former girlfriend and requests an officer to keep the peace as he gathers property from his garage, the responding officer reports the man collected his tools without incident;
1:50 p.m.: larceny, Zephyr Drive, a caller reports his three guns are missing, the responding officer reports the man said that he had moved the firearms to a safe place and now cannot find them, the man said that he may simply have forgotten where he put them but he thinks they have been stolen;
4:27 p.m.: found property, Crown Street, a caller reports finding a bag of pills in front of his residence, the responding officer reports the prescription pills were identified but the owner could not be determined, the pills were stored for safekeeping;
8:40 p.m.: animal complaint, Russell Road, a caller reports a dog bit a 10-year-old child, the responding officer reports the child was transported to hospital, the officer reports that the dog owner said that the girl spooked the 150-pound Great Dane dog prompting the bite which was bleeding, the owner was advised to quarantine the dog pending contact with the animal control officer, the officer reports the dog was calm and did not appear to be a danger to persons;
9:01p.m.: suspicious activity, Union Street, a patrol officer reports he observed a person filling buckets of sand in the area of the salt piles, the officer advised the man that the sand is not free-for-the-taking, the man left the area;
9:06 p.m.: disturbance, Bush Street, a caller reports inordinate noise from persons gathered at a bonfire may be the sounds of a fight or simply a raucous party, the responding officer reports that three persons were found at the fire and one had sprayed the others with water to create an outburst of noise, the responding fire captain reports the resident was advised to extinguish the fire;
11:02 p.m.: larceny, Elm Street, a resident came to the station to complain that her boyfriend took her vehicle without authority, the shift supervisor reports that shortly after listing the vehicle as stolen a Springfield officer called to advise that the vehicle had been recovered and towed during the day shift, the complainant was notified.
