WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Friday, June 29, 2018
1:59 a.m.: accident, East Mountain Road, a caller reports a single vehicle crash, the responding officer reports a car was found to have struck a tree and a woman outside the vehicle denied being the operator although nobody else was present, the Holyoke woman was found to be too intoxicated to care for herself but nobody could be found to care for her, the woman was placed in protective custody and the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
2:07 a.m.: disturbance, Main Street, a caller from a convenience store reports several persons in the parking lot are involved in an altercation which is mostly verbal but includes shoving, the responding officer reports several persons were involved in an altercation and one went to his car and started to remove something from under a seat, one of the other participants yelled “gun” and the man got into his car and left, officers found and stopped the car, the operator did not have a gun but did have a tire iron;
5:12 a.m.: breaking and entering, Hubbard Street, a caller reports his brother may have entered his home, the responding officer reports the caller said that numerous beer cans were strewn over his yard and his front door key was among the cans, the man said his front door was found to be ajar;
8:53 a.m.: larceny, Hancock Street, a resident came to the station to complain that he was scammed, the responding officer reports he learned that the complainant had sent a money order to a scammer in New York but the postal inspectors there were already investigating the scammer and the money order was intercepted, the victim suffered no financial loss;
4:57 p.m.: larceny, Southampton Road, a worker from a fast food restaurant reports her wallet was stolen, the responding officer reports the wallet was stolen form an area accessible only to employees, the theft is under investigation;
5:30 p.m.: larceny, Baystate Noble Hospital, 115 W. Silver St., a caller reports her cell phone was not returned to her when she was discharged from the hospital, the responding officer reports the complainant was encouraged to discuss the issue with hospital authorities;
9:44 p.m.: accident, Montgomery Road at North Road, multiple callers report a crash with at least one injury, the responding officer reports a car left the roadway and struck a tree at the treeline, the operator was transported to Baystate Noble Hospital and the car was towed to the police impound yard.
