WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Wednesday, March 26, 2014
1:22 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Southampton Road, a supervisory officer reports a traffic stop, the officer reports that the vehicle’s registration was found to be expired and the car was towed to the police impound yard, a pre-tow inventory of the vehicle revealed a hypodermic syringe and ten packets of heroin, Joshua A. Light, 27, of 211 S. Branch Parkway, Springfield, was arrested for possession of a Class A drug;
9:49 a.m.: officer wanted, Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Southampton Road, a caller reports he has a video recording showing his neighbor throwing food on to his porch, the responding officer reports he viewed the video which shows a woman exit the next-door apartment and throw food scraps near the caller’s back door, the issue was referred to the community policing officer for the area and the Westfield Housing Authority, the caller was asked to provided a copy of his video;
10:45 a.m.: assist citizen, Mechanic Street, a caller reports she has locked herself out of her running vehicle, the responding deputy fire chief reports entry was made;
12:37 p.m.: fire, Patterson Street, a caller reports a chimney fire, the responding firefighters report they used a brush and chains to remove creosote and reduce the blockage found in the chimney, a dry chemical was used to extinguish the fire in the chimney, the resident was advised to have the woodstove and chimney cleaned before it is again used;
1:41 p.m.: animal complaint, Fowler Road, a detail officer reports a horse is loose and was last seen on Whitaker Road, the responding officer reports the horse was next seen in a field on Fowler Road, the responding animal control officer reports she found the gate to a horse yard on Loomis Street was wide open, efforts were made to contact the residents and a note was left describing the last known location of the stray horse;
3:20 p.m.: fire, Southampton Road, a deputy fire chief reports he observed smoke coming from the side marker light of a tractor-trailer unit, the deputy flagged down the operator and summoned police, flames were seen but the fire either burned itself out or died when electrical power was interrupted, the responding fire engine was recalled, an officer escorted the tractor-trailer unit back to its terminal for repair;
4:17 p.m.: assist citizen, East Main Street, a caller reports she has locked herself out of her running pickup truck, the responding firefighters report entry was made;
9:02 p.m.: missing person, Westfield Pole Department, 15 Washington St., a male party came to the station and stated that he had run away for a group home in Holyoke, a program representative was contacted and asked that the party be returned, an officer transported the subject to the Hampden Ponds Plaza to deliver the person to a staffer of the program;
10:51 p.m.: accident, North Road at Southampton Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a southbound vehicle with sparks coming from the undercarriage, the officer stopped the vehicle and found the operator to be highly intoxicated, the vehicle was found to be dragging two mailboxes and there was damage to suggest the car had been involved in a crash, Michele A. Leader, 46, of 28 Montgomery St., was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle, the car was towed to the police impound yard;
11:45 p.m.: assault, Meadow Street, a call reports he was assaulted by a described man, the responding officer reports firefighters treated a bleeding laceration and minor injuries but the man declined to be transported to hospital, the man said that he had been at a gathering and during an argument with another person the man suddenly struck his face, the suspect was identified but when the officer went to his home said that he had been in bed since 9 p.m. and the officer noted that he appeared to have been asleep prior to his arrival.
