WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
12:41 a.m.: assist citizen, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington St., a Springfield resident came to the station to report that his phone was stolen two weeks earlier in Springfield and the tracking feature indicates that it is at a St. Paul Street address, the desk officer reports the complainant was advised that police would not be knocking on doors in the middle of the night searching for the phone but will assist her at a reasonable hour, the officer reports Internet research indicates that the phone might well be at a St. Paul Street address and officers will attempt to locate it in the morning, see 6:45 a.m. entry;
5:45 a.m.: assist other police department, Union Street, a caller reports he was involved in a rollover accident on Russell State Road when he swerved to avoid a deer but was able to drive to his workplace, State Police were notified and report a trooper was already investigating the crash and will complete it;
6:45 a.m.: assist citizen, St. Paul Street, an officer was dispatched to the location indicated by an application utilized to track a stolen cell phone and the officer was shown a phone which was not the phone sought, see 8:27 p.m.: entry;
7:04 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Avenue, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without a valid inspection sticker and stopped the compact SUV, the operator’s license was found to have been suspended, Kyle A. Philleson, 30, of 37 Tannery Road, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license (a subsequent offense) and for operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker;
7:28 a.m.: school investigation, Westfield High School, 177 Montgomery Road, a school resource officer reports a theft of cash athe school, the SRO reports a suspect was identified who apologized for stealing the money and promised reimbursement, a criminal complaint was filed;
12:08 p.m.: vandalism, Morris Street, a resident came to the station to complain that her vehicle was vandalized, the responding officer reports that the caller said that a window of her vehicle was shattered by a softball, the officer reports no softball or other projectile was found;
12:48 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road business requests an officer relative to an employee who was caught stealing, the responding officer reports that the caller said that an employee had been suspected of stealing cash from the company over a long period of time and a situation was set up that might tempt the employee, the man told the officer that the woman was caught stealing a small amount of cash, a criminal complaint was filed;
1:09 p.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller from a Main Street supermarket requests an officer for a shoplifter in the store, the responding officer reports he was directed to a female party who admitted having merchandise in her backpack and said that she would return the items and pay for the things she really wanted, the store manager declined to sell her any merchandise and she was served with a ‘No trespassing’ order;
1:18 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports a known person made several false returns and shoplifted items before leaving the area, the caller said that the store management said that the store would forgo criminal charges but wants the merchandise returned and the suspect served with a ‘No trespassing’ order, the officer reports the suspect was found at her home and surrendered the merchandise, the order was served;
1:44 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Kane Brothers Circle, a resident came to the station to complain that her husband has violated an abuse prevention order, the responding officer reports the woman said that her husband sent her text messages in violation of the ‘No contact’ clause of the order, the officer reports a warrant application was filed;
3:30 p.m.: larceny, Leaview Drive, a resident reports via the online reporting option that a city owned rubbish barrel was stolen;
3:53 p.m.: disturbance, Sackett Street, a caller reports a physical altercation between persons heading toward the dike, the responding officer reports a routine check of the persons found revealed that a woman was the subject of an warrant issued in 2013 by Chicopee District Court, Desray B. King, 19, of 7 Jefferson St., was arrested on the warrant;
4:13 p.m.: suspicious deposit, George Street, a resident came to the station to report a suspected scam, the responding officer reports the woman said that a man she met online and has never met in person made a deposit to her bank account and asked her to send him the proceeds, the woman said that a $9,000 deposit was made to her account, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau;
4:17 p.m.: assault, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports his nephew was involved in a playground scuffle and an adult encouraged another boy to assault his nephew, the responding officer reports a five-year-old boy scuffled with a similarly aged girl who was struck in the face, the officer found that the girl’s father remonstrated with her nine-year-old brother and told him he should protect his sister whereupon the bigger boy punched the five-year-old, the officer reports the Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident;
4:36 p.m.: fire, Pequot Point Road, a caller reports a lawn mower near a structure is on fire, the responding deputy fire chief reports a person said that while operating a lawn tractor she realized it was afire, the tractor was within a foot of the building and both leaves and the structure ignited, the firefighters report the fire was extinguished and the building was checked for extensions, firefighters found support members had been charred;
8:27 p.m.: assist citizen, St. Paul Street, the owner of a stolen cellphone returned to the station to pursue her efforts to recover her phone which a tracking application indicates is at a St. Paul Street address, the responding detective reports that he went to the indicted address and was able to identify the phone in question, the resident surrendered the phone, the detective’s investigation remains ongoing;
9:59 p.m.: disturbance, Shaker Road, a caller reports she was assaulted by her boyfriend, the responding officer reports the woman said that the man intentionally struck her face with his elbow during an argument, the officer reports the man said that he didn’t know what she was talking about, Christopher M. Roberts, 35, of 67 Shaker Road, was arrested for assault and battery in a domestic relationship;
11:53 p.m.: vandalism, Morris Avenue, a caller reports a vehicle drove up to a neighbor’s house and an occupant threw something at a window which broke it, the responding officer reports the victim said that he heard breaking glass and ran to the window in time to see a known person fleeing, a criminal complaint was filed.
