WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013
1:18 a.m.: suspicious activity, Southampton Road at North Road, a patrol officer reports he encountered a tractor trailer unit parked at a gas station under construction with the door open, the lights on and the keys in the ignition, the officer reports the operator was found at a nearby establishment getting take-out food, the operator was advised to secure his vehicle before leaving it;
8:37 a.m.: city ordinance violation, police responded to reports of uncleared sidewalks at two locations on Southampton Road and single complaints on Franklin Street and Brookline Avenue;
10:31 p.m.: larceny, Pleasant Street, a representative of a convenience store reports that several counterfeit checks have been passed at the store, the responding officer reports the complainant said that two men have been in the store six times and have paid for their purchases with checks which have been found to be fraudulent, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau where a detective reports that initial indications suggest that the checks were not fraudulent but were drawn on insufficient funds;
1:28 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store requests assistance identifying two shoplifters detained in the store, the responding officer reports the two persons were identified and escorted from the property;
3:09 p.m.: vandalism, Woodsong Road, a caller reports vandalism to a city pumping station, the responding officer reports obscene graphics and words were spray painted on the side of the building, the DPW was notified to cover the graffiti;
3:40 p.m.: larceny, West Road, a caller reports money was withdrawn from her bank account without authorization, the responding officer reports the woman explained that two men had called and advised her that her computer had a virus and they would remove it for a $120 fee which would only be charged once the virus was removed, the woman told the officer that she provided her debit card information and subsequently found a fraudulent $1,200 withdrawal;
3:57 p.m.: suspicious item, Franklin Street, a resident came to the station to complain that a foreign object was found in a bag of candy, see story in the Monday edition of The Westfield News;
4:24 p.m.: suspicious interaction, Montgomery Street, a resident came to the station to report that while searching online for an apartment she discovered what appears to be a fraudulent listing for a Smith Avenue address, the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau was advised;
5:14 p.m.: accident, Russell Road, multiple callers report a multi vehicle crash, see story in the Friday edition of The Westfield News;
5:45 p.m.: disturbance, Orange Street, an officer responding to an abandoned 911 call reports he arrived to hear a woman and a teenaged girl yelling at each other, an eight-year-old girl said that she had been arguing with her 15-year-old sister and her mother slapped her when she intervened, the officer reports the woman said that she slapped her elder daughter after the girl bit her and showed the officer a bite mark on her arm, the officer reports he notified the Department of Children and Families and learned that the agency is already working with the family;
9:48 p.m.: vandalism, Washington Street, a resident reports via the online reporting system that his roommate kicked in his bedroom door and also damaged another door at the residence, the complainant also reported that the suspect threatened him when he learned that the complainant was taking legal action to hold him responsible for the damage;
11:19 p.m.: accident, Elm Street, a caller reports a parked car was struck, the responding officer reports the operator was not injured but exhibited the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication, the officer found the man outside the vehicle and did not witness him operating the vehicle, the man was deemed to be too intoxicated to care for himself and was placed in protective custody.
