WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Monday, March 31, 2014
9:36 a.m.: larceny, Westfield High School, 177 Montgomery Road, a school resource officer reports a cellphone was reported to have been stolen from a student’s locker, the SRO reports the investigation is ongoing;
9:54 a.m.: vandalism, Arnold Street, a resident reports via the online reporting option that his vehicle was vandalized overnight, the complainant reported that he woke to find the driver’s side widow had been broken;
11:14 a.m.: animal complaint, Monroe Street, officers checked on the condition of a cat reportedly left alone in a house after the recent death of it’s owner, the community policing officer for the area reports the property manager said that he will continue to provide food and water for the cat until its owner’s next of kin takes custody of it;
11:19 a.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a caller from a supermarket reports her manager asked her to call police and was bringing somebody to the store’s office, the responding officer reports an identified person was seen leaving the store with several cases of energy drinks which had not been paid for and was detained, a ‘No trespassing’ order was served;
11:20 a.m.: larceny, East Silver Street, a caller from a supermarket reports a shoplifter without identification has been detained in the store, the responding officer reports a ‘No trespassing’ order was served;
11:51 a.m.: larceny, Main Street, a caller from a supermarket reports a shoplifter has been detained in the store, the responding officer reports the suspect was identified and merchandise valued at $253 was recovered, a criminal complaint for larceny of property valued more than $250 was filed;
12:33 p.m.: identity fraud, Taylor Avenue, a resident came to the station to report fraudulent accounts in her name, the respond officer reports the woman said that she believes her former boyfriend’s mother has opened accounts and filed a tax return using her personal information, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the Detective Bureau;
1:09 p.m.: found property, Amelia Park, a social security card found at Amelia Park was mailed to police, the owner could not be immediately contacted, the card was stored for safe keeping;
4:50 p.m.: assist resident, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., an officer reports he was asked to help a male party recover property from an apartment where he is no longer welcome, the officer reports the man gathered his possessions without incident and asked that the Samaritan Inn be asked if a bed was available for the man, a dispatcher reports that a bed was available at the inn;
9:05 p.m.: breaking and entering, Main Street, a caller reports an intoxicated woman had broken into his vehicle, the responding officer reports nothing was damaged and there was nothing missing from the unlocked vehicle, the woman was obviously highly intoxicated and was placed in protective custody, see next entry;
10:50 p.m.: found property, Broad Street, a call from the bar of a veteran’s organization reports a woman’s large purse was found in the parking lot, the responding officer reports that the purse was found to belong to a person in protective custody and it was stored with her other property.
