WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, July 18, 2014
2:43 a.m.: accident, Shepard Street, a caller reports a car struck a house, the responding officer reports that an operator failed to negotiate a curve, drove off the roadway and struck a house, the officer reports the operator was not injured but there was significant damage to the porch of the house, a criminal complaint was filed;
2:12 p.m.: assist citizen, Lincoln Street, an officer was detailed to assist as a male party gathered possessions at an address where he is not welcome, the officer reports the man collected his property without incident;
2:30 p.m.: assist citizen, Little River Road, a caller reports she has locked her keys in a car occupied by her four dogs, the responding firefighters report entry was gained;
2:30 p.m.: found property, Stanley Park, 400 Western Ave., a park employee came to the station to surrender a wallet found in the park, the duty officer reports that the wallet was stored for safekeeping after the owner could not be contacted;
2:40 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Street, an off-duty officer reports an overweight truck was violating the road restrictions on Springdale Road, the responding officer reports the truck was stopped and a routine check revealed the operator to be the subject of a warrant issued this year in Springfield District Court, Scott J. Gloser, 43, of Burford Ave., West Springfield, was arrested on the warrant;
4:41 p.m.: assault, Southwood Acres, 342 Southwick Road, a resident came to the station to complain that she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
6:59 p.m.: assist resident, Oakdale Avenue, a resident came to the station to report that she has been contacted by a person demanding remuneration for a check returned for insufficient funds in 1999, the responding officer reports that the woman said that she thought the call might be a scam but said that the putative collection agency had sent a photocopy of a check which had indeed bounced in 1999 but said that she had resolved that issue years ago, the officer was able to speak with police in the town the collection agency was allegedly located who said that it was unknown to them, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau;
10:33 p.m.: disturbance, Plantation Circle, a caller reports a male party is bleeding from a head wound, the responding officer reports he arrived to find a man with a bloody head holding a towel to an older man’s bleeding scalp, the officer reports that the residents told him that their son had arrived at their house after an altercation with his brother and was highly upset and intoxicated when he wanted to leave so they attempted to dissuade him, the younger man got into a physical altercation with his father in the driveway which resulted in his father’s injuries, Shawn P. Kelly, 27, of 50 Day Ave., was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship.
