WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Wednesday, June 11, 2014
6:38 a.m.: arrest, Springdale Road, officers detailed to seek the subject of an outstanding probation warrant report, he was found at his last known address, Evan M. Cioffi, 19, of 308 Springdale Road, was arrested on the warrant;
8:49 a.m.: abandoned vehicle, North Elm Street, an officer investigated a pervious reports of an abandoned vehicle and reports that the last known owner of the car, a Springfield woman, was cited for abandoning it;
9:23 a.m.: found property, Court Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a set of keys she found hanging from her mailbox, the responding officer reports a store discount card attached to the keys allowed him to identify the owner, the officer was not able to immediately contact the owner but was able to leave a message for him;
11:33 a.m.: larceny, Main Street, an employee of a Main Street drug store reports a customer failed to pay for merchandise, the responding officer reports a clerk said that she observed a customer check out without paying for items that were concealed under the woman’s large purse in a shopping cart, the employee said that when she verbally attempted to stop the woman she was ignored and when the woman saw the clerk following her out of the store she quickly entered a described vehicle and left the parking lot;
12:01 p.m.: assist citizen, West School Street, a caller reports his father and step-brother are at his residence seeking to collect property and asks that an officer assist to keep the peace, services rendered;
12:44 p.m.: found property, Shaker Road at Falley Drive, a person came to the station to surrender a purple iPhone reportedly found at the intersection, the responding officer reports that the phone is locked and he cannot determine the owner, the phone was stored for safekeeping;
2:00 p.m.: animal complaint, Westfield Animal Shelter, a person came to the shelter and surrendered a female dachshund dog;
2:23 p.m.: animal complaint, Farnham Lane at Northwest Road, a detail officer reports a dog which been returned to its home previously is loose again, the animal control officer responded to transport the dog to the municipal animal shelter;
2:40 p.m.: animal complaint, Patterson Street, a caller reports a deer has been trapped in a neighbor’s fenced yard for hours, the responding animal control officer reports the deer has been freed and left the area;
5:30 p.m.: found property, Church Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a wallet she found on Church Street, the responding officer reports he was unable to immediately contact the Springfield man who apparently owns the wallet and it was stored for safe keeping;
8:04 p.m.: well-being check, a call from the Windsor Locks (Connecticut) police department reports a resident was told by a caller that his father was being held at gunpoint after a vehicular accident and demanded money, the resident was unable to immediately reach his father and called police, the responding officer pointed out that the scenario described has been used frequently lately in an attempt to defraud residents, the office made contact with victim’s father who said that he is fine and will call his son;
9:36 p.m.: noise complaint, municipal playground, Hubbard Street, an officer advised persons at the playground that city parks close at dusk, the officer noted that the users may have been attracted because there are lights illuminating the basketball courts, see next entry;
10:00 p.m.: noise complaint, municipal playground, Hubbard Street, a caller complains about persons on the swings and the basketball court at the playground, the responding officer advised the caller that the playground is open until the lights go off and advised her to speak with the Parks and Recreation Department, the caller said that her objection is to the “screaming and yelling going on”, the persons at the playground were advised to be quiet and leave when the lights go out;
10:04 p.m.: suspicious activity, Fairway Condos, 549 Russell Road, a caller reports neighbors are smoking marijuana, the responding officer reports he spoke with the indicated neighbors who allowed him entry into their condo, the couple said that they do not smoke marijuana and attributed any odor to a skunk outside, the officer noted no odor in their residence nor any other indications of marijuana use;
11:15 p.m.: trespassing, municipal playground, Hubbard Street, an officer noted that the lights at the playground have not automatically extinguished and skateboarders are using the playground, the officer advised them that the playground is closed and they left the area;
11:34 p.m.: noise complaint, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller complains of a high school aged party creating excessive noise, the responding officer reports that the participants agreed to be more quiet and the father of one person younger than the legal drinking age came to the party to take custody of his son.
