WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, April 25, 2014
12:09 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Mechanic Street at Bartlett Street, a patrol officer reports a person was seen to be drinking from a can of beer while walking on Church Street, the man was found to have three additional cans of beer in his pockets, a city ordinance violation citation was issued;
12:59 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Elm Street, a plainclothes officer reports that he and two colleagues observed three college-aged male parties walk to the side of the road and begin to urinate in public, each party was issued a city ordinance violation citation;
7:05 a.m.: found property, Broad Street at Yale Street, a person came to the station to surrender a credit card he reported finding on Broad Street, the responding officer reports the card was found to be owned by a resident of a distant state who could not be immediately contacted, the card was stored for safekeeping;
11:03 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Elm Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard;
1:37 p.m.: fire, Springdale Street, a caller reports a structure fire, see story in the Saturday edition of The Westfield News;
2:26 p.m.: found property, Broad Street, a caller reports finding a hypodermic needle in the front yard, the responding officer reports the needle was safely disposed of at the hospital;
3:57 p.m.: fire, Montgomery Road, a caller reports a brush fire and multiple callers report seeing smoke in the area, the fire department brush truck responded to deal with the brush fire;
7:12 p.m.: violation of a protective order, West Glen Drive, a caller reports that the defendant of a protective order had entered their home in violation of the order, Charles L. Curtin, 59, of 20 W. Glen Drive, was arrested for violation of an abuse prevention order;
9:10 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Meadow Street, a community policing officer reports he observed three persons drinking something that was found to be beer on the property of a closed business, the CP officer reports that the parties were identified and the beer was poured out, a city ordinance violation citation was issued to each offender;
11:17 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Church Street, a community policing supervisor reports he observed two male parties walking on Washington Street while drinking from longnecked bottles, the officer found that the two men were drinking beer, the beer was poured out and the containers disposed of properly, city ordinance violation citations were issued;
11:49 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Mechanic Street at Church Street, a community policing supervisor reports he observed a group of persons and one male party was holding an open can of beer which he attempted to conceal when the officer identified himself, the man was found to be younger than the legal drinking age and in possession of a second unopened can of beer, both cans were emptied and properly disposed of, city ordinance violation citations were issued.
