WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Thursday, June 5, 2014
9:56 a.m. : fire, Highland View Street, a multiple callers report a utility pole is afire, response dispatched, the responding officer reports power was interrupted in the area as firefighters extinguished the fire and G&E workers repaired the failure, the fire was extinguished and control of the scene was handed over to the G&E at 10:39 a.m.:
10:14 a.m.: suspicious activity, Westfield Vocational-Technical High School, 33 Smith Avenue, a school resource officer reports that he was advised by a student that the youth had received a ransom demand, the SRO reports the issue appeared to be a common current scam and the person allegedly in danger was found to be safe;
2:16 p.m.: vandalism, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports two tires on her car are flat, the responding officer reports he observed multiple punctures in each flattened tire on the vehicle which had been parked at the apartment complex, the victim said she knows of nobody who bears animosity toward her;
3:41 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Henry’s Trailer Park, 868 Southampton Road, a caller reports her husband violated a protective order, the responding officer reports the complainant said that her husband called her from the county jail in violation of the ‘No contact’ clause of an active abuse protection order;
4:41 p.m.: breaking and entering, Southampton Road, a caller from a Southampton Road business reports that his business was broken into the night before, the responding officer reports the caller said that he arrived to find his work table had been disturbed and he investigated to find an open rear window, the man said that nothing appears to be missing and his review of his security video does not show the intruder removing anything, the officer reports the video will be reviewed by city detectives;
5:03 p.m.: narcotics violation, East Silver Street, a caller from a rehabilitation facility reports a client is in possession of a crack pipe which he refuses to surrender, the responding officer reports he arrived to find a wheelchair bound resident holding something in his hand which he surrendered to the officer who recognized it as a crack pipe, the officer also noted crystals of what appeared to be crack cocaine on the man’s lap, the man said that he had gone outside to smoke crack and had consumed his supply, the man said what the officer saw on his lap was merely residue, a search of the man revealed an additional rock of crack as well as additional paraphernalia, the man was transported by ambulance to an alternative facility and a criminal complaint was filed;
5:41 p.m.: breaking and entering, Meadow Street, a caller reports his home was broken into in the past few days, the responding officer reports the caller said that he recently found that a window in a rarely used room had been broken and someone had apparently entered his apartment, the caller said that the window was known to be intact May 30 and nothing appears to have been stolen;
6:26 p.m.: assist citizen, a patrol officer reports a resident asked for assistance removing property from an address where he is no longer welcome, the officer reports that the man was able to gather some of his possession and advised that ownership of the contentious items would have to be determined in civil court;
6:27 p.m.: suspicious activity, Apremont Way, a caller reports two teenaged youths in an empty lot with shovels and a wheelbarrow may be stealing soil, the responding officer reports the two young men said that they had the permission of the property owner to use soil from the lot to construct ramps for their bikes, the officer reports the boys could not name the owner, his address or contact information, the boys were told to leave the property until they can get verifiable permission from the owner and they complied;
7:41 p.m.: disturbance, Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Southampton Road, a State Police emergency dispatcher reports an open line 911 call in which yelling voices could be heard, the responding officer reports he found a highly distraught woman with red marks and swelling on her face and head who said she and her two young children had been visiting a friend when a man who had been her boyfriend until recently barged into the apartment and an argument ensued, the woman said that the man slapped and punched her face and head and searched for her cellphone which he destroyed when he found it, the man had left the area and Holyoke police were advised that he might return to his home in that city, criminal complaints were filed and the Department of Children and Families was notified of the incident the children had witnessed;
7:55 p.m.: accident, Park Square, a caller reports that a tractor-trailer unit knocked down some of the posts which encircle Park Square, the responding officer reports three posts were knocked over, the officer was unable to find the truck but the caller had made a note of the trailer’s registration number;
10:46 p.m.: burning complaint, High Street, a caller reports a neighbor has a fire in a fire pit, the responding firefighters report the resident was advised to extinguish the fire and complied;
11:09 p.m.: trespassing, municipal playground, Hubbard Street, a caller reports persons in the spray park are making excessive noise, the responding officer reports 6-7 high-school-aged youths were found playing frisbee in the park and were advised that city parks and playgrounds close at dusk so they were trespassing, the youths left the playground without incident.
