WESTFIELD – A warrant application has been filed charging a West Springfield man after he allegedly threatened a city man with bodily harm.
Officer Michael Csekovsky reports that the city man came to the station Monday to complain of threatening messages he received on his phone.
The man told Csekovsky that he received about 20 calls after he was awarded custody of his daughter and the messages left included threats to assault him. The victim said that he recognized the caller’s voice and knew it to be that of his former girlfriend’s new boyfriend.
The man explained that he and the woman have a child in common and that he had been involved in a dispute with the woman over custody of the girl. He said that he was recently granted custody and, after that, he started to receive threatening messages from the mother’s new boyfriend.
He said that the man is believed to have access to a firearm and knows where he lives. He said that he is afraid the man may fire at his home and is concerned that other residents of the house may be injured.
The victim said that he had secured a harassment prevention order with the help of the West Springfield police but does not know if the order has been served.
Csekovsky reports that he found that the suspect is the subject of an outstanding warrant.
He applied for a new warrant charging the man with criminal harassment, intimidating a witness and threatening to commit a crime, assault and battery.
