WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, Jan. 10, 2014
7:12 a.m.: assist citizen, Bartlett Street, a caller reports a parked vehicle has been running for more than an hour, the responding officer reports the operator’s keys were locked inside the running vehicle and the fire department was contacted for assistance, the responding deputy fire chief reports entry was gained;
10:37 a.m.: vandalism, Putnam Drive, a caller reports her mailbox was destroyed Thursday, the caller does not require a formal report but wants the damage documented;
11:50 a.m.: larceny, West Silver Street, a detective reports a review of jewelry purchased by an Elm Street merchant revealed that a known heroin addict had sold gold items with inscriptions that were inappropriate for her name and age, the detective reports he was able to identify the owner of one of the items who had not been aware that the ring was missing but said that the woman who sold it is a friend of his son and said both had been staying at his home, the detective reports that attempts will be made to identify the owner of another item sold by the woman;
5:39 p.m.: larceny, Woronoco Avenue, a caller reports a video game system was stolen from his residence in the past few days, the responding officer reports that the caller’s wife had sold the joint property and no crime had occurred;
10:43 p.m.: disturbance, Verona Street, a caller reports multiple persons are fighting with “sticks, stones and bottles”, the responding officer reports he arrived to find six persons yelling at each other and some had blood on their persons, the officer was told that a homeowner had objected when a guest was picking on her son and when she attempted to intervene she was slapped and thrown to the ground, the woman’s husband then became engaged in a physical altercation with her assailant, the office noted a laceration on the man’s forearm and a laceration above the eye of one of the guests but received conflicting accounts about what had transpired, one person was transported to Noble Hospital where he was treated and released, the participants were advised that any of them could seek a criminal complaint at Westfield District Court if they chose to;
10:48 p.m.: disturbance, Southampton Road, an employee of a Southampton Road bar reports that a couple in a parked car appears to have been involved in a verbal dispute for more than an hour, the responding officer reports that a routine check revealed the female party to be the subject of an outstanding warrant issued by Palmer District Court, Michelle M. Carter, 30, of 35 Spence St., Springfield, was arrested on the warrant.
