WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2014
1:50 a.m.: assist other police department, Westfield Police Department, 15 Washington St., Westfield State University police request the use of a cell for a male prisoner, a cell monitor was provided;
2:30 a.m.: officer wanted, North Elm Street, a caller from a North Elm Street convenience store reports that a 5-6-year-old boy has apparently been locked out of his home, the responding officer reports that he was able to identify the boy’s home and a dispatcher was able to speak by phone with his mother who said that she had gone out and asked a neighbor to watch her children, the woman said she would be home in 10 minutes, the Department of Children and Families was notified;
5:59 a.m.: weather complaint, Wieser Drive, a caller reports a tree is down across the roadway, the responding officer reports that several trees were down in the area. a DPW supervisor was notified and said that workers would deal with the trees after 7 a.m.;
9:29 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Bartlett Street, a traffic bureau officer reports he observed a vehicle operating with a rejected inspection sticker, the vehicle was stopped and the operator initially offered a false name, the vehicle was found to be unregistered and the operator’s license was found to be suspended, Stephen J. Machnik, 41, of 25 Shore Drive, Wales, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, for operating an unregistered motor vehicle and for being a motor vehicle operator who refuses to identify himself;
10:36 a.m.: animal complaint, Valley View Drive, a resident reports that a neighbor’s pit bull dog which regularly runs loose bit his dog, the director of animal control operation and the animal control officer responded to the area and the dog’s address was identified, the ACO reports she will return to quarantine the animal;
3:08 p.m.: assist other agency, Noble Hospital, West Silver Street, a caller from Noble Hospital requests an officer to assist with an unruly patient, the responding officer reports he assisted the staff to restrain the patient;
7:22 p.m.: annoying messages, Fowler Avenue, a resident came to the station to complain of annoying text messages from a former friend, the responding officer reports he advised the complainant to block the suspect from her phone and social networking sites, the officer left a message when he was unable to speak with the suspect.
