WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
12:13 a.m: larceny, Sibley Avenue, a caller reports his apartment was broken into and his laptop computer was stolen, the responding officer reports he hosted a backyard gathering and most of his guests were persons he did not know, the man said that after the gathering broke up he went out and when he returned home he found his door slightly ajar, the man said when he checked he found his computer and a video game system to be missing;
2:51 a.m.: fire, Turnpike Industrial Road, an automatic alarm was received from a manufacturing facility and before arrival firefighters were notified that the fire was in a compactor outside the building, the responding officer reports flames were showing from two compactors and a sprinkler which had activated was keeping the fire from involving the building, the fire was extinguished and the compactors were moved away from the structure;
5:56 a.m.: attempted breaking and entering, Apremont Way, a caller reports alarms have been received at a commercial building, the responding officer reports pry marks were found on a door but no entry appeared to have been made;
8:35 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, State Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports that the vehicle’s insurance had been cancelled and a vehicle carried out-of-state registration plates despite the fact that the owner and operator lives in the Commonwealth, a criminal complaint was filed and the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
11:20 a.m.: arrest, Maple Street, an anonymous caller reports the location of a person who is the subject of outstanding warrants, the responding officers report the suspect’s mother allowed them entry and allowed them to search the house but said that she did not know where her son was, the suspect’s sister also said he was not in the house but officers found him hiding in the basement, Zachariah David Irwin, 23, of 3 Stuart Circle, was arrested on warrants issued in 2011, 2012 and 2014 by the Westfield, Southern Berkshire and Holyoke district courts;
12:43 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Elm Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and non-renewable, the pickup truck was towed to the police impound yard;
12:52 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Joseph Avenue at Paper Mill Road, a code enforcement officer reports he removed a sign which had been illegally attached to a utility pole, the officer reports that he subsequently removed illegal signs at Elizabeth Avenue and Paper Mill Road and at the intersection of Day Avenue and Court Street;
1:19 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Oak Street, a code enforcement officer reports he responded to a complaint of a truck which is frequently running, the officer reports that he discovered two vehicles which were not registered in the proper class of vehicles;
2:15 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Oak Street, a code enforcement officer reports he responded to a report of unregistered vehicle and found three which were not registered, the complaint was referred to the building department;
3:19 p.m.: larceny, George Street, a caller reports jewelry was stolen from his home, the responding officer reports that the incident remains under investigation;
4:18 p.m.: fire, Laro Road, a caller reports a brush fire in a tobacco field, the responding fire captain reports a small fire was extinguished;
6:57 p.m.: animal complaint, Old Montgomery Road, a patrol officer reports he took custody of a stray dog, the dog was transported to the station where it was surrendered to the animal control officer.
