WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013
10:16 a.m.: larceny, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a resident reports via the online reporting option that a tablet computer she had ordered online was reportedly delivered but has apparently been stolen, the woman wrote that she believes a neighbor has stolen mail previously;
12:23 p.m.: larceny, North Road, the pastor of a North Road church reports that two outside space heaters were stolen over the weekend, the responding officer reports the pastor showed him two of three exterior air conditioning units which had been ravaged and compressors and copper tubing had been stolen, the pastor estimated the cost of the larceny to be several thousand dollars;
12: 45 p.m.: disturbance, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a State Police dispatcher reports an abandoned 911 call, the responding officer reports the resident denied an altercation and no other adult was found in the apartment which was in obvious and severe disarray and was unsanitary, the Department of Children and Families was notified of the squalor the children of the household live in;
4:16 p.m.: arrest, Jefferson Street, a caller reports the location of the subject of three outstanding warrants, the responding officers report Angela Wheatley, 27, of 158 Bates Road, was arrested on three Westfield District Court warrants;
9:42 p.m.: officer wanted, Noble Hospital Emergency Department, a caller requests assistance with an intoxicated patient who is acting inappropriately, the responding officer reports hospital staff told him that the subject had punched and spat at a doctor who does not wish to pursue criminal charges, the officer reports that the suspect attempted to pull away from officers escorting him to a cruiser, Rey L. Augustine, 29, of 24 Bartlett St., was arrested for disorderly conduct, assault on medical personnel and resisting arrest;
9:55 p.m.: disturbance, Munger Hill Road, a caller reports a couple appears to be engaged in a heated verbal altercation in a vehicle parked near his residence, the responding officer reports he learned that the man had exited the vehicle and the female party had left prior to his arrival, the male party was located on Ridgecrest Drive and the female was found with the vehicle on Norwood Place, the man appeared to be intoxicated and the woman said that she cannot cope with him while he is drunk, the man was placed in protective custody;
Monday, Dec. 23, 2013
9:53 a.m.: arrest, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington St., a detective reports his investigation into a fraudulently cashed check showed that a caregiver had cashed the check in question, Tanya Aiesha Redick, 34, of 11 Knollwood Drive, was arrested for larceny from a person older than 65 years-of- age and for uttering a false check;
12:13 p.m.: lost property, East Main Street, a New Hampshire resident reports via the online reporting option that a diamond wedding ring was dropped in the East Main Street area;
12:15 p.m.: found property, North Elm Street, a caller reports finding a bicycle which does not belong to any of the employees at the location, the responding officer reports the bike was transported to the station for safekeeping;
2:23 p.m.: fraud, Alexander Place, a resident came to the station to report that his new checks were stolen while they were in the mail and have now been fraudulently used, the responding officer reports the complainant said that he checked his account and found two of the checks he did not receive have been fraudulently cashed;
8:09 p.m.: disturbance, West Silver Street, a caller reports her former boyfriend punched her face as she was trying to recover property at the address, the responding officer reports a friend gave her a ride to her former boyfriend’s residence where the man was outside when she arrived and saw her kiss her friend, the woman said that the man immediately attempted to attack her friend and struck her while trying to get at her friend, the officer reports he was unable to find the suspect, a criminal complaint was filed;
8:51 p.m.: breaking and entering, Columbus Apartments, 97 Elm Street, a caller reports his medication has been stolen, the responding officer reports that caller said that he had set up a week’s supply of his medication in a seven-day pillbox but the pillbox has been stolen, the officer reports he found no sign of forcible entry;
11:52 p.m.: suspicious vehicle, North Elm Street, a caller reports a vehicle is following her on North Elm Street, the responding officer reports he encountered the caller and the suspect vehicle at Elm and School streets and followed them to a nearby parking lot where he spoke with the suspect operator who displayed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication, the man failed a field sobriety test, a pre-tow inventory revealed 13 nip liquor bottles containing varying amounts of liquor, Thomas P. Padden, 42, of no fixed address, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor and for possession of a an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle.
