WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Sunday, Oct. 5, 2014
12:02 a.m.: disturbance, Mechanic Street, a caller reports a loud college-aged party, the responding officers report 50-75 people were found in the house and yard and were dispersed, the tenants were advised of the possible consequences of similar calls;
1:08 a.m.: disturbance, Orange Street, a caller reports people are fighting in the street, the responding officers report that a person who had been advised to leave earlier was still there, the man give false identification information but was eventually positively identified and placed in protective custody, the officer also reports that amongst a crowd of college-aged youths one person who appeared disheveled as if he had been involved in a fight was yelling, an officer noted that he started to walk away with others and the group failed to obey instructions to stop the first two times they were issued but one of their party fled when the others complied with the officer’s third command, officer chased the man and eventually caught him but when he was returned to the cruisers a friend approached and began to berate the officers, that man ignored instructions to stop interfering with the arrest and created a disturbance, both Patrick E. Zawadzki, 18, of 17 Crockett Ave., Dorchester, and Andrew J. Donovan, 19, of 8 Fossdale Road, Dorchester, were arrested for disorderly conduct;
10:15 a.m.: breaking and entering, Van Dussen Apartments, 42 Arnold St., a resident came to the station to report her apartment was broken into and medication was stolen overnight, the responding officer reports the woman said that her apartment door does not lock properly and when she returned home Sunday morning after being away overnight she found her medications and some jewelry had been stolen;
1:17 p.m.: recreational vehicle complaint, East Mountain Road, ATV patrol officers report they encountered five operators of quad ATVs in a quarry, the men said that they did not know they were not allowed to ride their machines there but the officers noted that they had to circumvent a fence and several posted ‘No trespassing’ signs to get where they were, the machines were transported to the police impound yard and the operators were issued city ordinance violation citations;
7:18 p.m.: city ordinance violations, Elm Street, a patrol officer reports he observed two known youths riding skateboards in the roadway, the officer reports he has previously warned both youths about this behavior, city ordinance violation citations were issued;
9:02 p.m.: breaking and entering, Russell Road, a caller reports she returned home to find her bedroom window open and jewelry missing, the responding officer reports that the woman said she had been away for a few hours and after she returned home she noticed a pillow was missing, further investigation revealed that her bedroom had been ransacked and jewelry was missing, entry was found to have been gained via a window and a State Police K-9 team followed a track from the window to the roadway where indications were found that a vehicle had been parked.
