WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Monday, May 5, 2014
9:29 a.m.: found property, Mechanic Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a credit card she found, the responding officer reports the owner was contacted who asked that the card be destroyed as she has already reported it lost, the card was shredded;
10:51 a.m.: larceny, Westfield High School, 177 Montgomery Road, a resident reports via the online reporting option that a cellphone was stolen at the high school, the complainant states that the phone was left at school on April 9 and when the pupil’s mother called the phone a person answered, the woman said that the person who answered appeared to be cooperative but plans to recover the phone have repeatedly fallen through;
1:27 p.m.: assist citizen, Court Street, a caller requests assistance re-entering her car after she locked her keys inside with her dog, the responding deputy fire chief reports entry was gained;
2:10 p.m.: fraud, Christopher Drive, a resident came to the station to complain that his home, which is listed for sale, has been advertised for rent on a website, the responding officer reports the resident said that a couple who had seen the home advertised for rent on the website came to his home, the man said that his real estate agent had the listing removed from the site;
2:58 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Elm Street, a patrol officer reports a traffic stop, the operator’s license was found to be suspended and the vehicle’s registration was expired, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
3:10 p.m.: animal complaint, Buck Pond Road, a caller reports taking custody of a stray dog, the responding animal control officer reports the reddish female Papillon dog was transported to the municipal animal shelter;
4:22 p.m.: disturbance, Southampton Road, multiple callers reports a couple is engaged in a domestic disturbance, the male involved party also called and said that he had been threatened by a passerby, another caller said that the suspect had arrived in a vehicle and was involved in a fight, the responding officer reports he was told the male party had spat at the female party who responded by punching him, Jamie J. Chevalier-Koske, 22, of 149 Feeding Hills Road, was arrested for assault and battery in domestic relationship;
5:09 p.m.: animal complaint, Cottage Avenue, Southampton, a caller reports his wife was bitten by a dog, the responding officer reports the caller lives across the town line in Southampton but the offending dog lives in Westfield, the case was referred to the animal control officer;
5:30 p.m.: larceny, Furrowtown Road, a resident came to the station to report that his front registration plate was stolen, the responding officer reports the victim does not know where or when the plate was stolen;
7:01 p.m.: assist citizen, Orange Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a pistol, the responding officer report the man said that the gun belongs to his brother and he wants to relieve himself of the responsibility of keeping it, the gun was tagged and stored for safekeeping;
7:30 p.m.: larceny, Congress Street, a caller reports the theft of her motor vehicle, the responding officer reports the owner said that she believes her former boyfriend took her car;
7:50 p.m.: harassment, McKinley Terrace, a resident came to the station to report that a person he has been enjoined from contacting has sent him a threatening text message, the responding officer reports the man said that his wife got a text message he found to be threatening from a party with whom he is involved in a dispute and has been ordered to stay away from, the officer reports the man asked that the incident be documented for possible future use;
10:11 p.m.: accident, Sackett Street, a caller reports a vehicle struck multiple parked vehicles on Sackett Street and left the area, the responding officer reports the suspect vehicle was found in the area of Orange and Shepard streets, the officer reports that he immediately observed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication about the operator who was unable to make coherent answers to his questions, the woman denied she had been drinking alcohol but the officer reports that a series of field sobriety tests was abandoned after the woman was unable to understand the fifth iteration of his instructions, Jenni A. Keefe, 21, of 28 Taylor St., was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle, possession of an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and two counts of leaving the scene of a property damage accident;
10:39 p.m.: suspicious persons, Stanley Park, 400 Western Avenue, a caller report a large number of college students have a fire near the tennis backboard, see story in the Wednesday edition of The Westfield News.
