WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Friday, Sept. 19, 2014
12:34 a.m.: found property, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington Street, a resident came to the station to surrender an out-of-state license he said a friend had found, no further information was provided, the license was stored for safekeeping;
9:00 a.m.: animal complaint, Southampton Road, a caller reports seeing a brown dog running loose, the dispatcher noted that a resident had reported Thursday that his chocolate Labrador retriever dog had strayed but was unable to contact that resident, the responding animal control officer reports she was able to locate the dog’s sitter who stated she had lost control of the dog while attempting to leash him, the dog was returned to his dog sitter;
9:40 a.m.: animal complaint, Western Avenue at Spruce Street, a caller reports she has taken custody of a stray dog wearing a tag indicating that its home is in Russell, the responding officer reports that she took custody of the gelded male Labrador retriever dog and and transported him to the municipal animal shelter;
10:48 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Sunbriar Drive, the code enforcement officer reports that he responded to a complaint of unregistered vehicles and found four unregistered vehicles, an unregistered trailer, tires and assorted vehicle parts on the property when he inspected it in the company of the building and health inspectors, the case was referred to the building department;
11:52 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Montgomery Road, the code enforcement officer reports that he responded to a request for assistance from the building and health inspectors, see story in the Monday edition of The Westfield News;
12:13 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, an assistant manager of a Springfield Road department store reports merchandise valued at several hundred dollars was recovered from a shoplifter, the responding officer reports the suspect was escorted from the property;
1:04 p.m.: larceny, Southampton Road, a caller reports the registration plates were stolen from his vehicle, the responding officer reports the owner of a Southampton Road business said that a personal vehicle had been stored at his business pending sale for about three weeks and the registration plates have been found to be missing from the unregistered vehicle;
1:11 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Wyben Road, the code enforcement officer reports that he followed up a previous inspection and found an unregistered vehicle to be still present after more than 30 days, a city ordinance violation citation was issued;
1:22 p.m.: found property, Main Street, a caller from a Main Street restaurant reports finding an unmarked bottle of pills, the responding officer accepted the pills for proper disposal;
3:10 p.m.: vandalism, Neck Road, a manager of a salvage yard reports he has detained four persons who vandalized a car, the responding officer reports he found the caller in the company of four young men one of who admitted that he had picked up a drive shaft at the yard and used it to smash the windshield of a car at the salvage yard, the officer reports a criminal complaint for malicious destruction of a motor vehicle will be filed and a verbal “no trespassing’ order was issued;
6:12 p.m.: vandalism, Western Avenue, a caller reports two vehicles were vandalized by BB impacts, the responding officer reports that the victims showed him two vehicles which they said they had recently been parking in the street instead of in their driveway, they also said that there have been previous BB incidents but they know of no suspects;
7:40 p.m.: disturbance, Broad Street Apartments, a caller reports he awoke to find his guests and his tablet computer gone, the responding officer reports the man said that he had guests at his apartment when he fell asleep about 2 a.m. and when he woke his guests had left and he found his tablet computer and charger missing, the man said that he contacted the guests he knew who both denied knowledge of the tablet, the man also said that while he was asleep his door had been unlocked and anybody who had access to the apartment building could have entered;
10:29 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Green Avenue, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without illuminated headlights and stopped the SUV, a routine check revealed the operator’s license had been revoked as an habitual traffic offender, Bryan M. Thomas, 25, of 48 Jefferson St., was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a license revoked as an habitual traffic offender;
11:18 p.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a caller from an East Main Street fast food restaurant reports that customers left in a described vehicle with restaurant property, the responding officer reports that the vehicle was located and a small paper pumpkin decoration was recovered and returned to the restaurant, the manager said that she was satisfied with the return of the item and no charges were filed;
11:32 p.m.: liquor law violation, Mechanic Street at Birge Avenue, patrol officers report they encountered a liquor law violation, a city ordinance violation citation for possession of an open container of alcohol in public was filed.
