WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, Jan. 17, 2013
8:28 a.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a resident came to the station to report the theft of tools from his pickup truck, the responding officer reports the complainant said that he had left his pickup truck parked in an East Main Street parking lot overnight and when he returned to it he found that power tools valued at about $1,000 he had left on the back seat had been stolen, the man said that he thought he had locked the vehicle but said there were no signs of forcible entry;
8:47 a.m.: assist citizen, a resident came to the station to surrender his firearms after the police chief revoked his license to carry firearms when the man became the defendant of a harassment order, the man surrendered 45 firearms, the man said that most of the weapons had belonged to his father who had been a wealthy gun collector;
12:10 p.m.: assist resident, Princeton Street, a caller requests assistance retrieving his keys from his locked vehicle, the responding deputy fire chief reports entry was made;
3:13 p.m.: accident, North Elm Street at Notre Dame Street, a caller reports a crash involving a pedestrian, the responding officer reports a bicyclist said that he was waiting to cross North Elm Street in a crosswalk when an operator waved him across, the man said that while he was riding his bike across the street a van appeared in the other lane and he was unable to avoid colliding with the side of the van, the bicyclist was transported to Noble Hospital;
4:14 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Sunnyside Road, a caller reports her former boyfriend violated the ‘No contact’ clause of a recently served protective order by sending her text messages while she was in the city visiting her mother, the officer reports the woman said that the man has also asked a friend to pass a message from him to her, a criminal complaint was filed and, at the woman’s mother’s request the officer explained how to serve the man a ‘No trespassing’ order via certified mail;
6:52 p.m.: well being check, Kane Brothers Circle, a caller requests that an officer check a complaint of no heat he received from one of his children who is at the home of his estranged wife where he is enjoined from visiting by a protective order, the officer reports that temperature at the home was comfortable and the children’s mother had made arrangements to have her heating oil tank filled, the woman said that the man had left her a message in violation of the ‘No contact’ clause of the protective order, the officer reports he met with the caller who admitted that he had left a message, Andrew T. Hartley, 44, of 65 Kane Brothers Circle, was arrested for violation of an abuse prevention order;
11:06 p.m.: false 911 call, Conner Avenue, a anonymous caller reports that it sounds as if neighbors are fighting, the responding officer reports that the bogus call was made in an effort to coerce a resident to pay a debt allegedly incurred by the resident, the suspect was advised that the issue of payment for a purchase is a civil matter which should be addressed in civil court, a criminal complaint for making a false police report was filed;
11:10 p.m.: disturbance, Frederick Street, a caller reports hearing a fight in a common area of her apartment house, the responding officer reports a resident came to the door of the indicated apartment while applying a bandage to a cut, the man said that he had injured his finger when an argument with a friend devolved into a physical altercation, the resident said that the dispute had been resolved;
11:47 p.m.: disturbance, Frederick Street, a caller reports the participants in a previous altercation had resumed a verbal dispute, the responding officer reports the resident said that she did not feel safe with a guest she has allowed to stay in her home for a few days because the man is intoxicated, the man acknowledged that he had consumed a quantity of alcohol, he told the officer that he had no place to go but requested a ride to the West Springfield border so he could walk to Springfield, the man was placed in protective custody.
