WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Sunday, March 23, 2014
12:10 a.m.: liquor law violation, Church Street, a community policing officer reports he observed a male party who appeared to be younger than the legal drinking age drinking from a beer can while walking along Church Street, the officer spoke with the man who was found to be 20 years old and said that he was aware of the prohibition of drinking alcohol in public because he has previously been cited for the same offense, the young man emptied his beer can and disposed of it in a nearby receptacle, a city ordinance violation citation was filed;
12:12 a.m.: disturbance, Mechanic Street, a caller reports a loud party, three officers responded and advised the tenants to disperse their guests as they were unable to keep the peace, officers counted about 150 persons leaving, one officer noted a male party leaving with a can of beer who looked to be 18 or 19-years-old, the young man was queried and found to be 19 years-of-age, a city ordinance violation citation was filed;
2:14 a.m.: breaking and entering, Hampden Street, a caller reports his car was broken into and his backpack and the laptop computer inside were stolen, the responding officer reports the victim said that the unlocked car was entered since 2 p.m. and the backpack was stolen;
11:49 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Southampton Road at Meadow Brook Lane, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard;
1:29 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Franklin Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be revoked for lack of insurance, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
2:57 p.m.: larceny, East Main Street, the manager of an East Main Street video game store came to the station to report that someone came to his store to claim six stolen video games which had sold to the store, the responding officer reports that he was told that the theft of the video games had been reported to Westfield State University police who were investigating the crime;
5:14 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports three known shoplifters are stealing in the store, the responding officer reports he was told that employees had recognized the three parties as persons who had previously stolen from the store and had monitored the trio during the three hours they were in the store, the employee said that the suspects’ method is to conceal items on their persons and then go to the bathroom where the product is removed from its packaging, the three suspects were detained and 21 items with a total value of $175.68 were recovered, the three juvenile suspects were each arrested for being delinquent by reason of shoplifting by asportation;
5:54 p.m.: found property, Hampden Street, a resident surrendered a black backpack he found near his home, the item was stored for safekeeping;
7:54 p.m.: assist citizen, East Silver Street, a resident came to the station to report finding heroin packets in his daughter’s bedroom, the responding officer reports the packets were empty, the man said that he believes his daughter was supplied with the heroin by a male party she associates with;
8:31 p.m.: disturbance, Hayre Street, a caller reports his wife has become highly upset upon receiving bad news and tried to access their gun cabinet before she left the house without shoes or appropriate clothing, the officer reports that the woman was found nearby and transported to Noble Hospital to speak with a counselor;
Monday, March 24, 2014
9:29 a.m.: found property, King Street, a resident came to the station with a bicycle which was left in her yard in January, the responding officer reports the woman said that she had left the bike in her yard thinking somebody would come to claim it but nobody did, the bike was stored for safekeeping;
10:00 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Cycle Street, a traffic enforcement officer reports he observed a vehicle operating without a valid inspection sticker and stopped it, the operator said that his license was suspended and a check revealed him to be the subject of two outstanding warrants, Gerardo Martinez, 46, of 36 Oak Grove Ave., Springfield, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, a subsequent offense, operating a motor vehicle without a valid inspection sticker, on a 1997 warrant issued by Boston Municipal Court and a 2014 warrant issued by Chicopee District Court;
12:36 p.m.: vandalism, Bartlett Street, the pastor of a Russian church on Bartlett Street came to the station to report the building has been vandalized with paint, the man asked that the incident be documented, the community policing officer for the area was notified;
3:13 p.m.: assist citizen, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington Street, the evidence officer reports a person whose license to carry firearms has been suspended came to the station to surrender two firearms pending transfer to a third party;
4:21 p.m.: violation of a protective order, Granville Road, the domestic violence advocate reports the plaintiff of a protective order has reported that the defendant has been following her on a social networking website, the case was referred to the Detective Bureau where it remains under investigation;
6:15 p.m.: larceny, Elm Street, a caller reports his bicycle was stolen, the responding officer reports the man said that the bike had been in his backyard before it was stolen;
7:16 p.m.: larceny, Franklin Street, a resident came to the station to complain that her vehicle was stolen and has reportedly been seen at Colonial Pine Acres, the responding officer reports the vehicle was found parked at the apartment complex, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard and the person in control of it came out and claimed to have purchased it for $150, the man had no paperwork to document his purchase , the vehicle was found to be owned by a third party and the complainant was advised to have the owner contact police;
10:17 p.m.: fire, Elm Street, multiple callers reports a fire, see story in the Wednesday edition of The Westfield News;
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
7:05 a.m.: Notre Dame Apartments, 27 Collins St., a human services worker reports the defendant of a ‘no trespassing’ order is sleeping in a common hallway near the apartment of her client who is the plaintiff of the order, the responding officer reports the subject was served with a ‘no trespassing’ for the area;
8:25 a.m.: vandalism, Court Street, a resident came to the station to report his truck was vandalized, the responding officer reports the caller said that a tire on his truck is leaking and a person was seen near the truck earlier, the man said that he believes he knows who was near his truck and believes he damaged the tire but he is not able to make a positive identification;
10:31 a.m.: arrest, Powder Mil Village, 126 Union St., a patrol officer reports that routine checks of parked vehicles revealed that the owner of one of the vehicles was the subject of an outstanding warrant and he sought the man at his registered address, Jason Allan Lafleur, 37, of 126 Union St., was arrested on a 2013 warrant;
11:37 p.m.: harassment, Court Street, a resident came to the station to report she has been harassed, the responding officer reports the woman said that she has discovered that a former boyfriend has posted indiscreet photos of herself on a social networking site, the woman said that when she remonstrated with man via text message he apologized and agreed to remove the pictures, the woman was advised of her protective order options and the case was referred to the Detective Bureau;
12:36 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Holyoke Road, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and it was towed to the police impound yard;
1:35 p.m.: larceny, Dubois Street, a caller reports her medications were stolen by her boyfriend, the responding officer reports that the woman said that her boyfriend was unsupervised in her bedroom as he packed up his possessions when they broke up March 19 and she subsequently found her medications missing from the safe she keeps in her bedroom, the woman said that the man knows where the key to the safe is kept;
2:52 p.m.: suspicious person, Montgomery Road, a caller reports a couple in a field near the high school is engaged in amorous activity, the responding officer reports the participants were identified and advised to find a better place for their activity;
7:35 p.m.: incapacitated person, Gold Street, a caller reports two intoxicated male parties are on the ground in her driveway, the responding officer requests an ambulance to transport one of the men to Noble Hospital for evaluation, the second man was placed in protective custody;
8:17 p.m.: disturbance, Murray Avenue, a caller reports her 15-year-old son struck her arm and pushed her into a closet, the responding officer reports the boy was found and arrested for being delinquent by reason of assault and battery in a domestic relationship.
