WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, Jan. 24, 2014
12:04 a.m.: disturbance, Washington Street, a caller reports that a male party punched out a window at a college housing building, the responding officer reports the suspect was found near the police station who said hat he had punched the window because he was angry, the young man agreed to make restitution and charges were held in abeyance pending his payment, the man was provided a courtesy transport to Westfield State University where a sober friend agreed to take custody of him;
5:17 a.m.: disturbance, Noble Hospital, Court Street, a caller from the hospital reports a patient is threatening staff, the responding officer reports the patient was located in another part of the hospital but was uncooperative, Westfield State University police responded and placed the patient in protective custody;
6:39 a.m.: fire, Kittredge Drive, a caller reports a chimney fire, the responding fire captain reports firefighters removed the bulk of the fuel from the stove and let the fire burn itself out, captain reports that the problem seems to be smoke which is seeping through cracks in the flue lining;
12:08 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Southampton Road at Woodside Terrace, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating with expired out-of-state registration plates and stopped the vehicle, the operator’s right to operate a motor vehicle in the Commonwealth was found to have been revoked, Andres Edilberto Sanchez, 28, of 106 Gilmore St., Springfield, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a license revoked as an habitual traffic offender, a representative of the Department of Homeland Security subsequently called to advise that under the name Andres Edilberto Sanchez Bartolow the man is an alien subject to a deportation order, the man has been detained;
2:46 p.m.: threat to commit a crime, Westfield Vocational Technical High School, 33 Smith Ave., a school resource officer reports he met with a pupil who showed him postings to his page on a social networking website which included messages from two contemporaries attempting to instigate fights with him, the SRO report he spoke with family members of each suspect and was assured that no problems will ensue;
5:03 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Elm Street, a patrol officer reports she observed a vehicle operating with an expired inspection sticker and stopped the vehicle, the officer reports a routine check revealed that the operator’s license had been suspended, Jerimie M. Hankins, 28, of 13 George Loomis Road, Southwick, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license and for operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker;
7:41 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Meadow Street, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating on Meadow Street cross the center line and travel about ten yards before returning to the proper lane, the vehicle was stopped and the operator verbally identified himself, the officer reports that no license data was found for the man, Juan Castro, 39, of 47 Russell Road, was arrested for unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle, operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker and a marked lanes violation;
9:56 p.m.: vandalism, Montgomery Street, a caller reports her home was struck by paint balls, the responding officer reports that the woman showed him 11 paint ball impacts and said that the paint balls crack the siding on her house, the woman said that she has a daughter attending the high school and the perpetrators may have targeted her, the woman said she had suffered two previous incidents of varied vandalism, similar reports of paintball vandalism were subsequently also received from residents on Reservoir and Pochassic roads;
10:49 p.m.: liquor law violation, Washington Street, a supervisory officer reports he observed two young male parties in the area of a college residence and saw that one had a crushed water bottle in a back pocket, the officer engaged the young men in conversation and asked what was in the bottle, the officer reports the youth initially attempted to dissemble but eventually admitted that the bottle contained liquor and that he was younger than the legal drinking age, a city ordinance violation citation was issued;
10:54 p.m.: liquor law violation, Church Street, a pair of patrol officers report observing two youths who dropped a backpack when they saw the officers, an officer reports that when queried one of the youths denied dropping the backpack and any knowledge of it, the backpack was found to contain a can of beer, both parties eventually claimed ownership of the beer and neither were older than the legal drinking age, city ordinance violation citations were issued;
11:11 p.m.: liquor law violation, Washington Street, a supervisory officer reports he issued a city ordinance violation citation to a minor found to be in possession of alcohol;
11:36 p.m.: suspicious person, Church Street at Washington Street, an officer working an alcohol enforcement detail reports he observed group of youths with containers of alcohol in their hands and when he approached one dropped a can of beer and fled, the officer gave chase and caught the youth, Dylan T. Porter, 18, of 49 Dundee Road, Quincy, was arrested for being a younger than the legal drinking age in possession of alcohol.
