WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015
1:38 a.m.: disturbance, Bartlett Street, a caller reports her son was assaulted in her front yard, the responding officer reports a neighbor came to his driveway yelling and poured beer on his head, the victim said that he man held the bottle over his head as if he was going to strike with it and then grabbed the victim ripping his clothing the man reportedly smashed the beer bottle on the driveway as he left, the officer reports the suspect was extremely uncooperative when he spoke with him and spat at the officer and two assisting officers, the man was found to not be a neighbor but was in fact visiting his girlfriend who is a neighbor, Rey L. Augustine, 30, of 32 Lee Road, South Deerfield, was arrested for three charges of assault and battery on a police officer, assault with a dangerous weapon and resisting arrest;
8:27 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Foch Avenue at Prospect Street, a caller reports a dangerously icy street and sidewalk, the responding officer reports that the area is the city’s responsibility and the DPW was notified;
8:40 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Union Street, a code enforcement officer reports he received a complaint of an icy sidewalk at a Union Street, address, a notice was left with a tenant who agreed to advise his landlord, the officer reports he addressed similar issues at three other Union Street addresses;
9:34 a.m.: animal complaint, Prospect Street, a caller reports a sick or injured coyote is in the area, the first responding officer reports the coyote was spotted on Lawton Avenue but eventually the three patrol officers and the animal control officer involved in the search lost contact with the animal, the officer reports that the coyote seems to be staying away from people;
10:55 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Pochassic Road, a caller reports a resident’s sump pump is dumping water in the roadway creating a dangerous situation, the DPW was notified and agreed to send a bucket loader to scrape ice from the street, a DPW representative also delivered to the resident a copy of the relevant city ordinance violation;
11:17 a.m.: larceny, a caller reports an older woman stole a bottle of hair product, the responding officer reports “the elderly female was able to elude me using her walking cane”, the caller said that the suspect is a regular customer, the caller was advised to call police the next time the suspect comes to the store;
11:58 a.m.: well-being check, Hampden Street, a person came to the station to request a well-being check for a client, the responding officer reports the highly intoxicated woman was found lying in her own excrement, an animal control officer was notified to take custody of a resident cat who would have been left alone when the woman was taken to hospital, the woman was transported to Noble Hospital and the cat was taken to the municipal animal shelter;
6:26 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller reports a shoplifter has been caught in the store, the responding officer reports that merchandise was recovered but he store does not wish to pursue criminal charges, the suspect was served with a ‘No trespassing’ order.
