WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Saturday, June 21, 2014
9:09 a.m.: accident, Granville Road at Gillette Road, dual response dispatched, the responding officer reports a single-vehicle collision with a utility pole was the result of a domestic disturbance, the officer reports that the operator said that she had been arguing with the male party and the man punched her and took her cellphone before she drove him to work, the woman said that the argument continued in the car and the man grabbed the steering wheel which caused the SUV to crash into a pole, David M. Lazarz, 29, of 45 Honey Pot Road, was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship and reckless assault and battery in a domestic relationship;
11:42 a.m.: accident, North Road at Root Road, multiple callers report a vehicle stuck a utility pole, the responding officer reports a male party was found outside a crashed vehicle who appeared to be highly intoxicated but the man was not in possession of the key for the vehicle and he had not been seen to be operating it, the man was placed in protective custody;
1:08 p.m.: assist resident, Main Street, a caller reports a customer’s keys are locked inside her running vehicle, the responding deputy fire chief reports entry was gained;
2:34 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Hampton Ponds State Park, 1048 North Road, an environmental police officer reports he stopped a vehicle with an unregistered trailer at the boat launch area, the responding officer reports that the trailer was towed;
3:15 p.m.: assist resident, Summer Street, a caller requests an officer to keep the peace as she gathers belongings at an apartment where she is no longer welcome, the responding officer reports the woman collected her property without incident;
6:29 p.m.: vandalism, Money Pot Road, a caller reports damage to her fence, the responding officer reports that the caller showed him about 75 clips at the top of the fence which had been cut for no reason the caller could imagine;
7:44 p.m.: incapacitated person, Pochassic Road, a caller reports a male party is lying atop a minivan, the responding officer reports a male party found lying on the hood of a van was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Edwin Davila Jr., 35, of 55 Pomona St., Springfield, was arrested on the warrant, the man was found to be in possession of a small amount of marijuana and a city ordinance violation citation was issued;
8:20 p.m.: burning complaint, Mechanic Street, a caller reports a neighbor is illegally burning in his backyard, the responding fire captain reports the fire was extinguished;
8:44 p.m.: fire, Stephen Lane, a caller reports a ceiling fan caught fire and she is concerned it may have extending to the ceiling, the responding firefighters report no extensions were found but firefighters stayed at the scene until an electrician arrived;
9:19 p.m.: burning complaint, Wild Flower Circle, a caller reports smelling smoke from her neighbor’s house, the responding fire captain reports the fire was extinguished;
9:41 p.m.: liquor law violation, Maple Street at Franklin Street, a patrol officer reports he observed a young man set down a plastic cup on edge of a parking lot and retrieve it after a stop at a pizza shop, the officer approached and when asked the man said that the cup contained tea fortified with alcohol, the man apologized for carrying an open container of alcohol, a city ordinance violation citation was issued;
10:25 p.m.: suspicious person, St. Paul Street, a patrol officer reports he and a colleague observed a vehicle in the Chapman Playground parking lot, the officer reports he spoke with the occupants and observed a box with a liquor logo in the car and the operator, who said he was 17-years-old, claimed ownership of it and the liquor it contained, the youth was issued a city ordinance violation citation and his mother, the registered owner of the car, came to retrieve it, the boy was surrendered to his father’s custody;
10:52 p.m.: disturbance, Grandview Drive, a caller reports that her husband is overly intoxicated and she wants him and his firearms removed from the house, the responding officer reports that the man had not threatened anybody with the guns and he remained in his home, the officer reports he took custody of two long guns pending their return to the man on Monday;
11:05 p.m.: noise complaint, Day Avenue, a caller reports neighbors with a bonfire are excessively loud, the responding officer reports hearing music and voices from a small family gathering as they approached, the participants were cooperative and the fire was extinguished.
