WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Monday, Sept. 3, 2018
1:02 a.m.: disturbance, School Street, an officer reports a large gathering of college aged persons outside, about 35 persons were dispersed;
6:33 a.m.: vandalism, a caller reports his flowers and a lawn sign were damaged overnight, the responding officer reports the caller showed him flowers which had been uprooted and a lawn sign which had been moved;
11:31 a.m.: breaking and entering, Otis Street, a resident came to the station to complain that his vehicle was broken into overnight and property was stolen, the responding officer reports the victim said that two tablet computers and a laptop computer were stolen from the unlocked vehicle, a review of video of the theft did not identify a suspect;
4:46 p.m.: fire, Delancy Street, a police officer reports a person burning a stump, the responding firefighters required that the illegal burning be extinguished and the person in control of the site used a small excavator to smother the fire with soil.
