WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014
9:06 a.m.: larceny, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports his motorcycle was stolen overnight, the responding officer reports the complainant said that his motorcycle had been covered and parked in from of his apartment and was last known to be in place at 12:30 a.m., the motorcycle was found to be missing at 9 a.m.;
11:56 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, North Elm Street, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating with an expired inspection sticker and stopped the pickup truck, the officer reports that after issuing a civil citation he noticed the odor of unburned marijuana and when he demanded the contraband the operator surrendered a glass pipe, the officer reports that he realized that the pipe was not the source of the odor of unburned marijuana and continued to demand the supply of marijuana from the visibly nervous and upset operator who eventually removed a bag containing almost an ounce of marijuana and mushrooms from a cooler, the officer noted that there were four additional bags of marijuana in the cooler, Chris L. Tufts, 49, of 8 Eagle St., Southwick, was arrested for possession of a Class C drug and for possession of a Class D drug, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard;
4:14 p.m.: vandalism, East Main Street, a caller reports that it appears as if a vacuum cleaner at a car wash has been broken into, the responding officer reports that the machine does not appear to have been tampered with but is unsecured, the responding keyholder told the officer that no money appears to be missing from the machine which appears to have been inadvertently left unsecured;
4:29 p.m.: found property, South Maple Street, a person came to the station to surrender a black bag and wallet found on South Maple Street, the responding officer reports that the bag contained student identification cards from a California school, San Diego police were contacted who were unable to provide contact information for the school, the bag was stored for safekeeping;
4:47 p.m.: officer wanted, Union Street, a caller reports three boys are shooting BB guns in the parking lot, the responding officer reports he encountered two young men with air soft guns who said that they had been shooting their toys in the roadway and had suspended their activities whenever vehicles were present, the officer temporarily confiscated the guns and spoke with mother of one of the boys about safer ways for the boys to play with their toys;
6:08 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports a shoplifter is in custody, the responding officer reports that the store management elected to forgo criminal charges and elected to pursue an internal response;
7:29 p.m.: larceny, Springfield Road, a caller from a Springfield Road department store reports two shoplifters pushed a cart laden with clothing and video games out of the store without making payment and fled when accosted, the responding officer reports he observed an employee chasing two people who he detained, the employee said that the male party had pushed an employee when he was confronted, 67 items (including 47 video games) with a total value of $1,315 were recovered, Sarah M. Phelps, 21, of 71 Berkshire Ave., Southwick, and Joseph D. Baldarelli, 28, of 318 Silver St., Agawam, were each arrested for larceny of property valued more than $250, in addition, Baldarelli was charged with assault and battery;
9:01 p.m.: larceny, Broad Street, a Southwick resident came to the station to complain that her former boyfriend stole her cellphone, the responding officer reports the woman said that she and the suspect had been visiting a friend and the man took her phone and left, the responding officer reports he spoke with the resident and subsequently found the phone behind the residence on the seat of a bicycle found to belong to the complainant, the phone was taken into custody and a message was left for the owner, no charges were filed;
11:39 p.m.: assist citizen, Southampton Road, a caller requests an escort to her car after seeing am unknown man looking into the windows of her workplace, the responding officer reports the woman was escorted to her vehicle and a check of the area yielded nobody suspicious.
