WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
8:23 a.m.: vandalism, Franklin Avenue School, a custodian reports graffiti was applied to the school overnight, the responding officer reports love notes were written on a door and a window with a felt-tipped marker;
9:57 a.m.: robbery, Main Street, a resident came to the station to complain that a known party pushed him off his bicycle and stole it, the responding officer reports the man said that on Monday he was riding his bike on Main Street when a known man pushed him causing him to fall from his bike, the man said that his assailant demanded money he claims the complainant stole from him and then rode away on his bike, the officer reports the suspect denied he assaulted or threatened the complainant and said that the man had stolen $2,800 from him about a year ago so he took the bicycle as collateral, the man surrendered the bike and it was returned to its owner who said that he does not wish to pursue criminal charges;
1:48 p.m.: accident, Main Street, a caller reports a two-car crash, the responding officer reports there were no injuries in the rear-end accident but no record was found for one of the operators after she identified herself verbally, the officer reports that the woman repeatedly insisted that she was truthfully identifying herself when the officer challenged her but eventually produced a license she said belonged to her sister, the officer found that the woman pictured on the license appeared to be the operator and had the same tattoo on her neck, the license was found to have been suspended, when confronted with the information the woman fled on foot, the woman was run down by officers but struggled with them when she was caught and was taken to the ground, Stacey M. White, 19, of 17 Holmes Road, Hinsdale, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, being a motor vehicle operator who refuses to identify herself and for obstructing justice;
4:06 p.m.: animal complaint, Crescent Ridge Road, a caller reports that a very sick porcupine is staggering in her yard, the responding animal control officer reports she found that the porcupine had apparently been involved in a fight with another animal, the ACO reports there was a gaping hole in the animal’s head and a wound on its leg, the animal was dispatched and the carcass was transported to Twiss Street for disposal;
7:34 p.m.: rescue, Washington House, 16 Washington St., a caller reports persons are trapped inside an elevator, the responding firefighters report both elevators were stuck but the doors were eventually opened and one person who had been trapped exited, the maintenance worker for the building was notified and took charge of the problem;
7:51 p.m.: burning complaint, Sunbriar Drive, a caller reports a large amount of smoke coming from a source which may be on Sunbriar Drive, the responding firefighters report a small unattended campfire was found and extinguished with resident’s garden hose;
8:39 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a patrol officer reports he encountered a parked vehicle with registration revoked for lack of insurance, the plates were seized and a note was left for the owner;
9:07 p.m.: found property, Westfield Middle School South, 30 W. Silver St., a caller reports finding a small child’s bike in bushes behind the playing fields at the school, the bike was transported to the station for safe keeping;
10:39 p.m.: disturbance, South Maple Street, a caller reports a large bonfire at a residence where a couple is involved in a domestic disturbance, dual response dispatched, the responding officer reports a female party said that she had been involved in an argument with her boyfriend who had left the area, the responding fire captain reports that the fire was unattended while residents were speaking with police and firefighters extinguished the fire.
