WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2018
2:01 a.m.: accident, 53 Elm St., a caller report a 21-year-old woman fell off the roof, the responding officer reports a group of friends had been on the roof of a single-story addition to an Elm Street building and one stepped into a narrow gap between the roof and the adjacent building and became lodged between the buildings, the woman was transported to Baystate Medical Center, an officer followed up by speaking with another of the young adults who had been on the roof and that witness said that he had been in contact with the victim who may have suffered broken ribs and a broken leg but was reported to be in good spirits, the man said he and his friends had gone on to the roof because “it looked like it might be fun,” the witness said that alcohol was not involved;
11:54: a.m.: larceny, WalMart, 141 Springfield Road, a loss prevention employee requests assistance identifying an alleged shoplifter in the store, the responding officer reports he assisted in the identification and the store management elected to deal with the issue internally;
1:46 p.m.: found property, King Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a wallet and phone found in an Uber vehicle. the responding officer reports the resident said that when his party exited the Uber vehicle the driver handed him a phone and wallet left in the car, the man said that when he discovered that the property did not belong to anyone in his party he brought the items to the station, the officer reports the owner was notified;
3:45 p.m.: larceny, Mechanic Street, a caller reports her phone was stolen while she was returning from Springfield in a taxi, the responding officer reports the complainant said that she had to stop at an ATM to pay the $80 fare for a taxi from Springfield and she and another passenger left their phones in the car while they were at the ATM, the woman told the officer that the phones were missing upon their return, the officer reports his investigations is incomplete;
6:47 p.m.: threat to commit a crime, East Main Street, a caller reports an altercation in a local home improvement store, the responding officer reports the complainant said that he had a verbal altercation in the store with a party who had done some work for him and the man made what could have been interpreted as a threat to do him harm;
10:32 p.m.: assist other police department, Russell Road, a patrol officer reports he spotted a vehicle which had been reported by State Police as having left the scene of a vehicular accident, the officer reports the vehicle was found in an apartment complex parking lot with the engine running and the operator appeared to have passed out, Carl J. Wright, 33, of 215 Huntington Road, Russell, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor, for operating under the influence of drugs and for negligent operation of a motor vehicle.
