WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Monday, Oct. 29, 2018
7:48 a.m.: accident, Springdale Road, a caller reports a vehicle operated by a person who apparently suffered a seizure left the roadway and struck her house, the responding officer reports the operator was transported to Baystate Noble Hospital and the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard, the officer notes that the car struck the concrete steps of the residence;
9:17 a.m.: found property, Miller Street, a resident came to the station to surrender a Massachusetts ID card he found, the responding officer reports he was unable to immediately contact the owner, the card was stored for safe keeping;
4:56 p.m.: vandalism, Russell Road, a caller reports that he was driving on Russell Road when an object struck his vehicle, the responding officer reports that the truck was dented by an object apparently thrown into the roadway, an area search failed to yield a suspect;
7:31 p.m.: fraud, Bates Road, a caller reports that she was contacted by a person claiming to be a representative of a cable company and she agreed to purchase additional equipment, the woman said she purchased three i-Tunes gift cards and sent the authorization codes on the cards to the person who called her before she suspected she had been scammed, the responding officer reports that an incident report was filed;
8:21 p.m.: breaking and entering, Neck Road, a caller from an alarm company reports a commercial burglar alarm, the responding officer reports that the front door was found to be smashed and entry had been gained but nothing was reported to have been stolen, the officer reports a suspect was identified and the case remains under investigation.
