WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, April 4, 2014
12:49 a.m.: fraud, Springfield Road, a caller requests an officer in regards to a fraudulent transaction in progress, the responding officer reports he was informed that a suspect had removed a computer from the store’s display and had taken it to the service desk where he claimed to have purchased it and “returned’ it, the man was give a store gift card for the “return” and was detained when he left the store, the man was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Dustyn Kagan Lifgren, 20, of 67 Mayflower Ave., Chicopee, was arrested for larceny of property valued more than $250 and on a 2013 warrant;
7:05 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Elm Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the car’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard;
11:26 a.m.: larceny, Oaks Trailer Park, 404 Southwick Road, a resident came to the station to complain that a known person stole his credit card, see story in the Monday edition of The Westfield News;
1:35 p.m.: burning complaint, Oak Avenue, the Highland Elementary School reports smoke from a burn pile is blowing directly toward the school and bothering students, the responding fire captain reports he spoke with the relevant resident who agreed to extinguish the fire;
3:10 p.m.: assist resident, Armbrook Village, 551 North Road, a caller requests assistance getting into her vehicle after locking the keys inside, the responding firefighters report entry was gained;
3:42 p.m.: officer wanted, Chapman Playground, St. Paul Street, a caller reports five girls are playing on the roof the restroom building at the playground, the responding officer reports he spoke with four youths who were climbing on the roof of the building and they descended without incident, the children were advised not to climb on the building;
3:43 p.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a caller from an East Main Street gas station reports a “gas and go” incident;
5:27 p.m.: larceny, Pearl Street, a caller reports that a visiting friend hugged her and she believes he stole her smartphone while doing so, the responding officer reports the woman said that she had the phone in her back pocket and noticed it missing as soon as the man left her home after hugging her ostensibly to comfort her after the death of a relative, the officer reports he found the man who denied taking the phone and offered to allow officers to search his apartment, officers did so with the consent also of the leaseholder but the phone was not found, the reporting officer reports that after the officers left the apartment a person who had been present called them back and surrendered the phone in question saying that it had been in the suspect’s possession the whole time, Jonathan Savard, 21, of 9 Ashley St., was arrested for larceny from a person;
9:13 p.m.: assist citizen, Southampton Road, a caller reports he is locked out of his pickup truck, services rendered.
