WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, May 23, 2014
1:39 a.m.: suspicious activity, Charles Street, a caller reports somebody is trying to open his front door, the responded officer reports he found a male party with blood on his head and neck, the man declined to explain how he had been injured and declined the medical assistance which was summoned, the man’s injuries were documented and he was provided a courtesy transport to a King Street address;
2:22 a.m.: alarm, Westfield High School, 177 Montgomery Road, an alarm company reports motion detected in the school, see story in the Saturday edition of The Westfield News;
10:55 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Main Street, a patrol officer requests a tow for a vehicle found to have expired registration, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
12:07 p.m.: assault, St. Dennis Street, a caller reports a pregnant woman was assaulted, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
2:49 p.m.: found property, Lozier Avenue, a caller reports that while digging in her garden she encountered two very rusty guns, the responding officer reports the rusty relics were found to be toy guns and were safely disposed of;
3:47 p.m.: suspicious vehicle, Elm Street, a caller from an Elm Street bank reports that a male party in a vehicle which has been parked in front of the bank for about an hour appears to have been watching the bank, the responding officer reports he observed the car in front of the bank and saw two persons run to it and get in whereupon the vehicle started to leave, the officer reports he stopped the car and the operator said that he had been waiting for his children while they were at the library, the children who had run to the car had materials from the library, the operator was found to be unlicensed and a criminal complaint was filed;
6:08 p.m.: arrest, Clark Street, a patrol officer reports he was approached by a woman who said that she is concerned about the safety of a friend who is addicted to heroin, the woman said that she believes her friend, who was the subject of an outstanding warrant, would be safer in custody where she would not be able feed her addiction, the officer reports the suspect was found at the indicated address and acknowledged that she was aware of the warrant, Jessica N. Smith, 26, of 15 Clark St., was arrested on the warrant, during the booking process she was found to be in possession of three bags of heroin and was also charged with possession a Class A drug;
7:01 p.m.: fire, East Silver at Broad Street, a caller reports a book is on fire, the responding officer reports he found a partially burned book leaning against a traffic sign, the fire had been extinguished by recent rain.
