WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2014
2:12 a.m.: vandalism, Sackett Street, a patrol officer reports he observed that a wall of a water department building was tagged with graffiti executed in silver-colored spray paint;
6:35 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Lockhouse Road at Twiss Street, a patrol officer requests a tow for a vehicle found to have registration revoked for lack of insurance;
7:09 a.m.: animal complaint, East Mountain Road, a caller reports two horses are in the roadway, a dispatcher reports that she called an East Mountain Road stable and was told that somebody there would take custody of the horses pending determination of their home, the responding officer reports the horse and pony were found to have strayed from their home on Susan Drive and their owner came to take them home;
12:01 p.m.: larceny, Southampton Road, a manager of a Southampton Road motel reports a larceny, the responding officer reports the manager said that security video shows than a male party entered a back room and stole an employee’s purse, the man also searched drawers in an office area, the video shows that the man had the purse in his possession when he left on a bicycle;
1:56 p.m.: City View Commons, City View Road, a patrol officer reports that while checking the unfinished housing development he found two parties putting wire in a vehicle, the officer reports a check revealed that the male party was the subject of an outstanding warrant, Kevin Thomas Reynolds, 25, of 83 Berkshire Ave., Southwick, was arrested in the warrant issued in 2014 by Westfield District Court;
5:05 p.m.: suspicious person, Elm Street, a caller reports her daughter told her that a man in a vehicle at an Elm Street gas station had a gun, the responding officer reports the vehicle was still at the gas station when he arrived, the occupants were removed and a search of the vehicle revealed an airsoft gun in the glove compartment, one of the vehicle occupants said that he had briefly removed the gun while looking for something else in the glove box;
7:12 p.m.: Springfield Road, a caller reports a male party in a parked vehicle is “getting high”, the responding officer reports the registration plates on the vehicle found had been issued to a different vehicle, the vehicle was towed to the police impound yard.
