WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Saturday, Oct. 4, 2014
12:24 a.m.: assist other agency, Noble Hospital, Court Street, a caller from the hospital’s emergency department requests an officer to assist with an unruly patient, the responding officer reports he helped staff to restrain the patient;
12:38 a.m.: city ordinance violation, a patrol officer reports he encountered persons posting illegal signs on city streets, the officer reports the two persons said that they had been hired by the “Relationship Company” to post about 60 signs promoting “Westfield Singles” and had had already posted ten, the subjects said that they had also posted signs in Southwick and had planned to post signs in other communities as well, Southwick police were notified and subjects were required to remove the signs they had posted and refrain from posting more;
1:50 a.m.: officer wanted, North Road at Root Road, a tow truck operator called to report significant damage to a guardrail was done by a vehicle he had towed earlier, the responding officer reports no accident had been reported,the tow driver said that he had responded to a tow request by an auto club and had removed a vehicle which had apparently been involved in a rollover accident, the tow driver said that the vehicle had not been at the scene of the guardrail damage, the officer reports he spoke with the operator of the vehicle at his home and the man said that he had been involved in a rollover accident which involved the guardrail but friends had winched the Jeep from the guardrail and moved it before the tow truck was called;
1:52 a.m.: assist other agency, Noble Hospital, Court Street, a caller from the hospital’s emergency department requests an officer to assist with an unruly patient who is intoxicated but not in need of medical services, the responding officer reports the man was deemed to be too intoxicated to care for himself and was placed in protective custody;
2:20 a.m.: incapacitated person, Franklin Street, a caller reports an intoxicated person, the responding officer reports that the woman had fled into the woods, the woman’s mother responded and was able to coax her into her car briefly before she fled again, the officer reports the woman was found on Mill Street and placed in protective custody;
10:47 a.m.: fraud, Little River Road, a detective in the financial crimes unit reports that a person cashed a fraudulent payroll check at a local bank, the detective reports that his investigation to date shows that the same man had cashed similar checks at three other branches of the bank on the same day, the detective reports that he consulted the account owner and confirmed that the checks were fraudulent, the investigation is ongoing;
4:36 p.m.: accident, Belleview Drive at Montgomery Road, multiple callers reports a two-car crash, the responding officer reports the operator of a vehicle turning on to Montgomery Road from Belleview Drive failed to yield and struck a southbound vehicle which then struck a fire hydrant, one operator was transported to Noble Hospital, the officer observed that the other operator displayed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication and failed a field sobriety test, Joseph S. Wozniak, 45, of 42 Mountain View Street, Agawam, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor, negligent operation of a motor vehicle and a right of way violation;
5:37 p.m.: vandalism, Gary Drive, a resident reports via the online reporting option that her home was again vandalized, the complainant reports that the first time her house was struck by eggs and now somebody had thrown peppers against the house;
5:55 p.m.: breaking and entering, Hubbard Street, a caller reports she returned home after being away for about an hour and a half to find a window screen bent, the responding detective reports that nobody was found in the house and no entry appeared to have been made, nothing was found to be missing, the detective opined that a barking dog in the house may have scared an intruder away;
7:51 p.m.: suspicious sign, The Willows Apartments, 19 Lockhouse Road, a caller reports there is a sign which reads “Help” in a window of one of the apartments, the responding officer reports that the sign is a Halloween decoration;
11:18 p.m.: accident, Sunrise Terrace, a caller reports a motorist struck her parked car, the responding officer reports he identified the operator and observed the classic symptoms of alcohol intoxication about the woman who failed a field sobriety test, Nancy E. Salvidio, 63, of 26 Knollwood Circle, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle under the influence of liquor and negligent operation of a motor vehicle;
11:19 p.m.: city ordinance violation, School Street at Central Street, an off-duty officer reports he observed three people urinating on the side of a building, the officer reports one of the persons provided identification but the other two verbally gave his identification information which was later found to be false, the officer told the three young men to meet him at the station at midnight when he goes on duty but only the man who had documented his identification arrived there, two hours late, the man declined to identify his companions, a city ordinance violation citation was issued;
11:31 p.m.: disturbance, Hampden Street, a caller reports a party, the responding officers report 100-125 people were found in the roadway and they started to clear out an apartment occupied by about 250 people, about fifty more people were found in the backyard where the odor of marijuana was noted, the officers reports that the party was extremely loud and could be heard five houses away, the gathering was dispersed and city ordinance violation citations were issued to three tenants.
