WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Thursday, Jan. 16, 2014
6:44 a.m.: vandalism, Cardinal Lane, a caller reports the tires on his vehicle were slashed overnight while it was parked in his driveway, the responding officer reports both tires on the left side of the vehicle had been punctured;
7:32 a.m.: vandalism, Meeting House Commons, 138 Main St., a caller reports his tires have been flattened;
10:32 a.m.: larceny, West Silver Street, a caller from a city supermarket reports unusual use of a credit card, the responding detective reports the owner of the card said he was not aware it was missing or being used without his knowledge, the case remains under investigation;
11:37 a.m.: vandalism, Plantation Circle, a resident came to the station to complain that the tires on her son’s vehicle were slashed overnight;
1:13 p.m.: vandalism, Westfield High School, 177 Southampton Road, Plantation Circle, a resident came to the station to complain that the tires on his vehicle were slashed, the responding officer reports the victim said that he had parked his car at the high school about 3 p.m. and when he returned about 9 p.m. he found two tires had been slashed;
1:18 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Bates Road, officer assisted as city officials investigated code violations both inside and outside a Bates Road residence, an animal control officer seized four dogs and city inspectors will take further actions;
2:00 p.m.: vandalism, Russellville Road, a caller reports his mailbox was damaged on Halloween and has again been slashed, the complainant does not require a formal report but wants the damage documented;
7:48 p.m.: assault, Arnold Street, a caller reports a male party was assaulted in a bar parking lot, the responding officer reports that he spoke with the suspect who said that he tried to walk away from a person in the parking lot but the other man grabbed his shoulder, the man said that he turned around and punched the man in self defense to disengage with him, no charges were filed;
8:12 p.m.: disturbance, Shepard Street, a caller reports a teenaged girl at her house refuses to go home and stay there, the responding officer reports that he spoke with the girl’s mother who said that after she picked her daughter up at the caller’s house the girl attempted to jump form her moving vehicle and was subsequently able to exit the car and returned to the caller’s home, the officer transported the girl to the station where she contacted her father who agreed to take custody of her;
8:20 p.m.: larceny, North Elm Street, a resident came to the station to report that his cell phone was stolen and he has found that it has been used;
9:39 p.m.: vandalism, Barrister Circle, a caller reports his tires were slashed overnight, the responding officer reports two tires were slashed.
