WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, Aug. 15, 2014
2:33 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Court Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports that the operator’s license was expired both in the Commonwealth and Florida, a criminal complaint was filed and the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
9:31 a.m.: disturbance, Springdale Road, a detail officer reports a domestic disturbance, the responding officer reports he arrived to observe a male party swinging wildly and punching an older man, the officer reports the combatants were separated and he was told that the younger man had been involved in an altercation with his mother and assaulted his step-father when the older man intervened to protect his wife, Evan M. Cioffi, 19, of 308 Springdale Road, was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship;
12:31 p.m.: fraud, Murphy Circle, a resident and her daughter came to the station to report that an attempt was made to change her contact information with the social security administration, the responding officer reports the younger woman said that she contacted the appropriate agency when her mother’s social security deposit was not made on schedule and was advised that the account had been frozen because of an attempt which had been made to change the recipient’s address and phone number, no monies were at risk and the account has been reset;
12:44 p.m.: fraud, Warfield Drive, a resident came to the station to report that he was contacted by a Florida police officer who advised him that a person had been arrested there who had used the victim’s personal information to open a credit account, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau;
4:20 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springdale Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating with an expired inspection sticker and stopped the car, the operator said that his license was suspended and a routine check revealed him to be the subject of an outstanding warrant issued in 2009 by Holyoke District Court, Robert J. Larock, 54, of 21 Chester St., West Springfield, was arrested on the warrant;
8:52 p.m.: burning complaint, Western Avenue, a caller reports he can smell smoke and suspects somebody is burning illegally in the area, the responding fire captain reports an unauthorized fire was extinguished at a Western Avenue address;
10:02 p.m.: officer wanted, Noble Hospital Emergency Department, a caller reports a patient was treated for a BB wound, the responding officer reports hospital staff told him that a youth was struck in the forehead with a BB and said that he and his friends had been shooting BB guns at each other inside a residence, the incident was found to have occurred in Agawam;
10:38 p.m.: larceny, Westfield Fairgrounds, 137 Russellville Road, a detail officer reports he was advised by a Sandisfield resident that four tires and rims had been stolen from his pickup truck while it was parked at the fairgrounds, the wheels were reported to be worth about $2,000.
