WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Thursday, June 26, 2014
12:56 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports the operator’s license was found to have been suspended, a criminal complaint was filed and the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
5:53 a.m.: a caller reports a tree fell on his vehicle overnight, the responding officer reports he could not immediately determine if the tree was on public or private property;
8:50 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Springfield Road, a code enforcement officer reports two illegal signs were removed from utility poles, the officer reports additional illegal signs were removed on North Road, Southampton Road, Long Pond Road, Holyoke Road, Grandview Drive, East Main Street and East Mountain Road, ;
9:13 a.m.: suspicious person, Westfield Athenaeum, 6 Elm St., a caller reports that a person of interest relative to a previously reported stolen wallet has returned to the library, the responding officer reports the person was identified and the larceny report was amended;
9:53 a.m.: fraud, Main Street, a Huntington resident reports fraudulent activity on her bank account, the responding officer report the victim said that a $2,500 wire transfer deposit was made to her bank account by a person she met online and she sent $2,200 back to North Africa, the woman said that she was subsequently advised that the wire transfer was fraudulent and the original $2,500 has been deducted from her account;
11:29 a.m.: found property, Old Farm Road, a resident came to the station to surrender two containers of marijuana for disposal;
11:36 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Buck Pond Road, a code enforcement officer reports two unregistered motor vehicles were found at a Buck Pond Road address, the owners were advised to register their vehicles;
2:10 p.m.: city ordinance violation, Country Club Drive, the assistant building inspector requests assistance, the responding code enforcement officer reports that two unregistered and partially disassembled cars were found at a County Club Drive address and the resident was advised of the pertinent city ordinance;
6:19 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports the registration plate on the vehicle had been issued to a different car and the operator’s license was found to have been suspended, criminal complaints were filed;
7:45 p.m.: suspicious person, Granville Road, a caller reports she had stopped to talk on her phone when a naked and wet man walked up to her vehicle and stuck his head into her car while ranting and raving, a second caller reported the man was in her backyard after he was coaxed out of the river and she has provided him with a towel and shorts, the responding officer reports the man was found near a small pond and was covered with a towel and numerous scratches which he could not explain, the man also could not say where he was or what month it was, the residents said that he appeared out of nowhere and jumped into the small pond on their property, the man was transported to Noble Hospital, the officer reports the man is apparently a Southwick resident but is the subject of a warrant issued by Vermont authorities, the D.A.’s office was asked to consider extradition options;
8:24 p.m.: suspicious person, Court Street at Elm Street, an auxiliary officer at a Park Square concert reports a male party was seen urinating in the middle of the street, Douglas A. McCollaum, 56, of 59 Artisan St., Chicopee, was arrested for indecent exposure;
11:16 p.m.: disturbance, Main Street, a caller reports a male party screaming in the area of the Lindbergh Boulevard and Main Street intersection, the responding officer reports he found residents who were involved in an argument and a routine check revealed that one was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Leo J. Poprovo III, 44, of 145 Main Street, was arrested on a warrant used by Westfield District Court in 2013.
