WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014
12:24 a.m.: assist citizen, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington St., a resident whose license to carry firearms has been revoked came to the station to surrender his weapons, services rendered;
4:14 a.m.: breaking and entering, Noble Avenue at Court Street, a caller reports a male party walking in the area seems to be looking into parked vehicles, the responding officer reports an unlocked vehicle parked in a driveway was found to have been entered and a small amount of cash had been stolen, the officer’s investigation revealed numerous similar incidences of breaking and entering and a suspect was taken into custody, Brian M. Harriman, 25, of St. James Avenue, Springfield was arrested for six counts of breaking and entering a vehicle in the nighttime with intent to commit a felony and two counts of larceny of property valued less than $250, see 6:12 a.m., 3:56 p.m. and 5:52 p.m. entries;
4:49 a.m.: disturbance, Franklin Street, a caller reports that his former girlfriend is intoxicated at his residence and trying to fight with him, the responding officer reports he was flagged down as he arrived and immediately heard screaming from the caller’s location, the officer found a visibly upset woman who declined to calm, the caller said that the woman had damaged his television and when he ejected her she keyed his car, the officer reports that the woman continued to scream obscenities and make threats when he took her into custody, Jeanne M. Axenroth, 28, of 87 Franklin St., was arrested for malicious damage to a motor vehicle malicious destruction of property valued more than $250, and disturbing the peace, see 11:05 a.m. entry;
6:12 a.m.: larceny, Squawfield Road, a resident came to the station to report her purse was stolen from her vehicle, the responding officer reports that the incident appears to be related to other similar complaints which resulted in an arrest;
7:34 a.m.: animal complaint, Twiss Street landfill, the animal control officer was dispatched to assist a raccoon trapped in a refuse container, the responding ACO reports the raccoon was rescued;
10:20 a.m.: found property, Main Street at Mechanic Street, a person came to the station to surrender a purse found on Main Street, the desk officer reports that the owner of the purse could not be immediately contacted and it was stored for safe keeping;
11:05 a.m.: vandalism, Franklin Street, a woman came to the station and said that when she returned to her apartment after she was released from court her estranged boyfriend told her that he had signed the title to her car over to himself and mailed the document to the Registry of Motor Vehicles, the woman said that the man then said that since the vehicle now belongs to him he scratched the door because he could, the responding officer reports the male party denied the woman’s allegations and said that she had mailed the title and damaged the car to get him in trouble, the two parties were advised to contact he RMV to clear up any issues with the title;
2:26 p.m.: annoying phone calls, White Street, a resident came to the station to complain of annoying calls, the responding officer reports the woman said that she and her husband are separated pending divorce and she has received calls from a woman claiming to be a divorce mediator although she knows of no mediator involved in her divorce, the woman said that the caller has also called family member to ask them to urge her to speak with the caller, the officer reports the woman was advised of the protocol to record annoying calls;
3:06 p.m.: disturbance, Sackett Street, a caller reports her son assaulted her and the mother of his unborn child, the responding officer reports that the caller said that the man had pushed her and also pushed the three-months-pregnant woman to the ground and punched her head, the woman was transported to Noble Hospital, see 6:20 p.m. entry;
3:56 p.m.: breaking and entering, Squawfield Road, a resident came to the station to report that his vehicle was broken into overnight and a backpack was stolen, the shift supervisor reports that the stolen backpack was found to be among the property of a man in custody for similar offenses;
4:10 p.m.: burning complaint, Knollwood Drive at Sunrise Terrace, a caller reports a fire in a resident’s yard, the responding fire captain reports the resident was advised to extinguish the fire;
5:24 p.m.: disturbance, Mechanic Street, a caller reports two women are fighting, a supervisory officer reports that the responding officer’s investigation found that a known woman who has a significant history of anti-social actions allegedly assaulted another woman with whom she had a minor interaction;
5:52 p.m.: found property, South Maple Street, a caller reports a woman’s purse is on the ground, the responding officer reports the purse appears to have been one of a number of items stolen in a series of car breaks the night before, the purse and its contents were collected and returned to the owner;
6:20 p.m.: assist resident, Sackett Street, an officer detailed to assist the victim of an alleged domestic assault gather property at the address she shares with the suspect reports that he man was found in the apartment, Alex G. Kellogg, 26, of 5 Sackett St., was arrested for two counts of assault and battery in a domestic relationship and for assault and battery on a pregnant woman;
10:54 p.m.: officer wanted, Westfield Shops, East Main Street, a caller reports a car is driving in the parking lot towing a skateboarder holding on to the vehicle, the responding officer reports that he spoke with the teenaged skateboarders and advised them to stop their risky behavior.
