WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014
1:43 a.m: motor vehicle violation, Thomas Street municipal parking lot, a patrol officer reports a routine check of parked vehicles revealed that a vehicle’s registration had been revoked, the plates were seized and the vehicle was towed;
4:03 a.m.: disturbance, Jefferson Street, a caller reports two men are fighting in the street, the responding officer reports he was told that a male resident returned home intoxicated and a verbal altercation became physical when he pushed his 19-year-old daughter, the officer was told that another man attempted to intervene and was punched whereupon he physically ejected the resident, Travis R. Lucia, 42, of 62 Jefferson St., was arrested for two counts of assault and battery in a domestic relationship;
7:31 a.m.: suspicious persons, Tow Path Lane, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
9:01 a.m.: disturbance, Powder Mill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports neighbors appear to be involved in a domestic disturbance, the responding officer reports that one of the participants was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Jimmy Cruz, 20, of 126 Union St., was arrested on the warrant;
2:37 p.m.: breaking and entering, Van Dussen Apartments, 42 Arnold St., a caller reports someone entered her apartment and stole property, the responding officer reports that the resident said that she believes that someone entered her apartment through a window and stole small electronic devices and cash;
3:13 p.m.: disturbance, Southampton Road, a caller reports a couple is involved in a disturbance at a Southampton Road restaurant, the responding officer reports the woman had left the site of the call but was found nearby, a routine check revealed her to be the subject of four outstanding warrants, Michelle Y. Slover, 49, of 122 Boundary St., Brockton, was arrested on the four warrants;
4:22 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a patrol officer requests a tow for a vehicle found to have registration revoked for lack of insurance, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
5:27 p.m.: accident, North Elm Street, an off duty officer reports an apparently intoxicated operator made contact with another vehicle at a liquor store but caused only minor damage, the responding officer reports the subject was found in the store’s parking lot and was obviously too intoxicated to care for himself, the man was placed in protective custody when nobody could be found to care for him;
6:23 p.m.: disturbance, Dubois Street, a distraught caller reports her husband is intoxicated and although she was reluctant to provide more information the dispatcher thought the man might have harmed her, the responding officer reports he was told the obviously intoxicated man had thrown his wife to the ground and the officer noticed signs of minor injuries on the woman’s face and person, the man resisted attempts to take him into custody, John Rekully, 34, of 26 Dubois St., was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship and for resisting arrest;
8:15 p.m.: assault, Washington Street, a resident came to the station to report she was assaulted by her sister, the responding officer reports the woman said that when she went to pick up her daughter who had been visiting her sister she found that the woman was upset because the girl had used her phone to call family members who she does not speak with and who she does not want to know her telephone number, a verbal altercation developed, the victim said that when she left her sister the other woman threw a plastic dish at her and a limited physical altercation ensued, the women were advised that they could seek criminal complaints against each other in Westfield District Court.
