WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Monday, Oct. 20, 2014
7:25 a.m.: school investigation, Westfield High School, 177 Montgomery Road, a school resource officer reports he was advised of an extremely agitated pupil roaming the halls, the officer reports that several teachers left their classrooms to help find and calm the boy, the officer reports he encountered the boy who tried to walk away from him, the officer reports that the agitated boy had to be taken to the ground before he could be escorted to the office, the boy subsequently stormed out of the office and the school, the boy’s mother was advised, criminal complaints for disorderly conduct and disturbing a school were filed;
9:56 a.m.: fraud, East Main Street, a financial crimes unit detective reports he was advised by Holyoke police of a man who had passed counterfeit business checks in three communities including Westfield, the detective reports that he was able to document uttering of false checks in Westfield by a suspect he was able to identify, a criminal complaint was filed;
10:24 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a traffic bureau officer reports he observed a vehicle operating with an expired out-of-state inspection sticker and stopped it on Springfield Road, the officer reports the operator had no registration or insurance documents and said that he has lived in the Commonwealth for about three months, an inventory of the vehicle revealed a double edged knife under the operator’s seat, two boxes of ammunition in the trunk and drug paraphernalia in the car, the man surrendered a small amount of marijuana and said that he does not have a firearms identification card, a city ordinance violation citation was filed as were criminal complaints for possession of a dangerous weapon and possession of ammunition without a license;
12:57 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Roaghtd department store reports a shoplifter fled on a bicycle, the responding officer reports a store employee reports that a man seen concealing four MP3 players in his clothing was confronted when he attempted to leave without making payment, the man surrendered three MP3 players and headphone before he pushed away and fled on a bicycle;
1:10 p.m.: fraud, Heritage Park, 868 Southampton Road, a caller reports that she got a bill for cellular telephone service from a carrier she has no account with, the woman said that she investigated to find that an account was opened in her name without her knowledge, the woman said that she suspects a daughter she has not spoke with for some time is responsible;
2:33 p.m.: fraud, Malone Ave., a resident came to the station to complain of fraudulent activity on his bank account, the responding officer reports a statement showed unauthorized use of his debit card in North Carolina totaling more than $1,700;
9:56 p.m.: breaking and entering, Court Street, a caller reports he came home from a brief absence to find his television missing, the responding officer reports the man said that he went away on Friday and returned Sunday evening to find the TV gone from his apartment, the officer reports there is no sign of forcible entry and the resident said that the only person with a key to his apartment is a former girlfriend.
