WESTFIELD
Emergency Response and Crime Report
Friday, Nov. 29, 2013
8:45 a.m.: public service, Amelia Park Children’s Museum, 29 S. Broad Street, two officers were detailed to assist with the helicopter arrival of Santa Claus;
9:38 a.m.: larceny, North Elm Street, a caller reports that a review of his business credit card account revealed seven unauthorized charges totaling more than $125, the case was referred to the financial crimes unit of the detective bureau;
10:09 a.m.: animal complaint, East Mountain Road, a caller reports striking a cat which ran into the path of her vehicle, the responding officer reports the black cat is deceased and was moved out of the roadway, the animal control officer was notified to remove the cat;
10:36 a.m.: assist citizen, Bates Road, an attorney called police to request an officer to keep the peace as a client who holds power of attorney for a resident changes the locks at her home, the responding officer reports he arrived to find a neighbor on the scene who was concerned that her friend’s personal property was being removed while she is in a nursing facility, the officer reports that the neighbor was advised that her friend’s representative was acting within his rights to safeguard her property by changing the locks;
6:11 p.m.: animal complaint, Montgomery Road, a caller reports he struck a deer with his vehicle and it is still alive, the responding officer reports the deer was seriously injured and was dispatched, the carcass was removed;
6:47 p.m.: assist citizen, Dubois Street, a woman came to the station to request an officer to keep the peace while she retrieves property from her former boyfriend’s residence, the officer reports he spoke with the resident by phone who said that he would not be present but allowed the woman to gather her possessions in his absence, the officer reports the resident’s roommate was present but also made no objections;
11:27 p.m.: vandalism, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports someone “popped” her tires, the responding officer reports the caller indentified a male party who she said had been involved in an argument with her friend and may have let the air out of her tires, the officer advised the caller to call back if she finds that actual damage was done to the tires, the woman called back at 1:31 a.m. to report that a tire had been punctured and an incident report was filed;
Saturday, Nov. 30, 2013
12:19 a.m.: city ordinance violation, Half Mile Falls Park, North Elm Street, a dispatcher reports five people are loitering in the park after dark, the responding officer reports they were advised that city parks close at dusk and they left the area;
1:19 a.m.: assault, Arnold Street, a caller from an Arnold Street bar reports a male party “sucker punched” another customer and fled the bar in a described vehicle, the responding officer reports the vehicle was found and stopped but the operator denied a disturbance, the officer noted that his right hand was dripping blood and the man changed his story, the suspect said that he had punched a man in the bar who said during an argument that he likes to beat up women, another officer spoke with the other party and a bar employee, the officer was told that the man who had left the bar had instigated the altercation, a criminal complaint for assault and battery was filed;
4:07 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Union Street, a patrol officer requests a tow for a vehicle which did not have a valid inspection sticker, the operator’s license was found to be suspended, the plates were seized, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard and the female operator was provided a courtesy transport to a Union Street address;
5:14 p.m.: accident, Southwick Road, a caller reports a head-on collision, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
10:54 p.m.: liquor law violation, East Main Street, the manager of a an East Main Street restaurant reports he confiscated beer from six youthful patrons, the responding officer reports that only two of the subjects were still in the restaurant upon his arrival, the two youths said that they had not been drinking beer and their friends who had been drinking left, the two remaining youths said that they wanted to be responsible and stayed to pay their bill, the youths declined to identify their companions.
