WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2014
9:40 a.m.: animal complaint, Westfield Animal Shelter, 187 Apremont Way, a West Springfield animal control officer came to the shelter to surrender an intact male black Labrador retriever dog and an intact female Boston terrier and boxer dog mix;
11:37 a.m.: vandalism, St. Mary’s High School, 27 Bartlett St., a caller reports that graffiti was applied to the rear of the building in chalk, the caller said that the signed artwork was photographed before it was cleaned off the building, the caller does not require a formal report but wants the vandalism documented;
1:08 p.m.: larceny, Washington Street, a resident came to the station to report his bicycle was stolen, the responding officer reports that the man said that a lock securing his bike was cut to effect the theft;
1:57 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, East Mountain Road, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard;
4:39 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a woman came to the station to report her purse was stolen while she was at a Springfield Road retailer, the desk officer reports the woman called again a short time later to report that a person had returned her intact wallet to her home;
5:32 p.m.: breaking and entering into a motor vehicle, Princeton Street, a caller reports that his car was broken into overnight and that his GPS and radio face plate were stolen;
6:17 p.m.: officer wanted, St. Paul Street, a woman came to station to report an altercation at Chapman Playground, the responding officer determined that two teenagers, one of whom was the son of the reporting party, had been involved in an altercation, the mother of one of the boys had posted incendiary remarks on Facebook, the officer spoke with all parties, advised them to stay away from each other and advised one of the women to remove her inflammatory posting from the website;
7:35 p.m.: suspicious person, Kellogg Street, a community policing officer reports he queried a known man who gave him a false name, the officer reports that when he questioned the man’s subterfuge the man punched him repeatedly and fled, the man was taken into custody by backup officers and he was found to be the subject of four warrants issued in 2012 and 2013 by the Westfield and Springfield district courts, Daniel St. Jean, 52, of no fixed address in Springfield, was arrested for assault and battery on a police officer and on the warrants;
8:58 p.m.: burglary/breaking and entering, Lewis Street, caller reports she went to a relative’s home to care for a cat and found the door open, the lights on and that the interior had been disturbed, a check revealed that a considerable amount of cash was missing, the case was referred to the Detective Bureau;
9:06 p.m.: animal complaint, Lindbergh Boulevard, a caller reports that her boyfriend was walking their dog when a loose dog attacked their dog, the caller said that the suspect dog has been an ongoing problem when they walk their dog, the animal control officer was advised to investigate the situation, see 3:32 p.m. Thursday entry.
