WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
2:40 a.m.: accident, Mill Street, a caller reports a vehicle stuck a guardrail and left the area, the responding office reports a witness said that he saw a vehicle which had been operating at a high rate of speed stuck the curb, hit a guard rail and then went over a bank before coming to rest in a parking lot, the witness said that the vehicle then left the parking lot and turned right on Southwick Road, Southwick police were notified, Southwick police subsequently reported that the vehicle had been found parked behind a Southwick bar, the officer reports he spoke with the operator who displayed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication and acknowledged that he had been drinking alcohol, the man said that he did not remember an accident and declined to attempt a field sobriety test, criminal complaints for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and leaving the scene of an accident were filed;
6:11 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Summit Lock Road, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports that the operator’s license was found to have been suspended and was non-renewable, a criminal complaint was filed and the vehicle was towed from the scene;
9:16 a.m.: breaking and entering, Montgomery Road, a caller reports her house was broken into and copper was stolen, the responding officer reports the complainant said that her tenants moved out on Sunday and sometime since then two doors were damaged to gain access to the house and copper piping was stolen;
11:25 a.m.: found property, Michael Drive, a resident came to the station to surrender a wallet found in his yard, the desk officer reports he was unable to immediately contact the owner and the wallet was stored for safekeeping;
12:19 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Sherman Street, a resident came to the station to complain that the defendant of an abuse prevention order violated the ‘No contact’ clause of the order by sending her a text message, the responding officer reports that a warrant application was filed;
12:59 p.m.: suspicious package, Main Street, a caller reports a briefcase has been found locked to a shopping cart, see story in the Thursday edition of The Westfield News;
6:46 p.m.: larceny, Rogers Avenue, a resident came to the station to report his debit card was stolen and fraudulently used, the responding officer reports that the card was stolen from his home and misused for almost $1,000, the man said that he suspects a family member is responsible, the officer reports he spoke with the suspect who said that the man had used the card on Sunday at specific stores and denied taking the card, the case was referred to the Detective Bureau;
8:19 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller from a Main Street convenience store reports that a customer stole a pack of cigarettes from his hand, see story in the Wednesday edition of The Westfield News;
8:21 p.m.: larceny, Ellsworth Street, a caller reports her son’s scooter was stolen, the responding officer reports the caller said that she had been away from home for a few hours earlier in the afternoon and when she returned home she found that her son’s scooter had been taken from her porch and a razor scooter had been left behind, the woman said that she had canvassed her neighborhood but could not find anyone who knew of the swap.
