WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014
12:13 a.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a resident came to the station to complain that her phone was stolen, the responding officer report that the complainant said that she had been approached by an intoxicated male party at a fast food restaurant who asked for a ride, the woman said that after she and her mother dropped him off at his destination she noticed that her phone which had been in the console next to him was gone, the officer reports he was able to speak with the man and recover the phone, the owner was satisfied with recovery of her phone and no criminal charges were filed;
1:51 a.m.: officer wanted, Thomas Street, a caller reports college-aged pedestrians threw glass bottles into the roadway when they traversed the road earlier, the responding officer reports the caller swept the broken glass to the side of the road but was unable to report identifiable features about the group of youths involved;
11:18 a.m.: vandalism, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports somebody threw a rock through the window of her vehicle, the responding officer reports the victim said that her vehicle was known to be intact at 1 p.m. the day before, the woman said that when she recently returned to her car she found a driver’s side window had been broken;
2:12 p.m.: larceny, Canal Drive, a resident came to the station to complain that property was stolen from his shed, the responding officer reports the man said that he recently discovered that two 50-foot-long welding extension cables valued at about $400 are missing from his cellar, the man said that the cables were last known to be in place Sept. 1;
3:40 p.m.: vandalism, Colonial Pine Acres, 50 Southampton Road, a caller reports one of his tires was slashed and another deflated, the responding officer reports that a resident said that he was told that two of the tires on his car were flat but he was able to inflate one of them, the officer noted that the damage to the remaining flat tire was consistent with a curb strike and not a slash, the victim said that he through that damage to be accidental but ascribed the deflated tire to an ongoing parking issues with neighbors;
6:21 p.m.: animal complaint, Broad Street, multiple callers report that two dogs are running loose in the area of Park Square and were repeatedly reported to be running into traffic, the responding officer reports neither he nor any of the helpful residents were able to contain the dogs which have reportedly been loose repeatedly, the officer reports the dogs eventually returned to their Holland Avenue home where their owner took custody of them and was advised that the animal control officer would be notified of the incident;
7:22 p.m.: larceny, East Main Street, the manager of an East Main Street supermarket reports a person who was previously served a ‘No trespassing’ order was seen leaving the store with merchandise he had not paid for, the responding officer reports he sought and found the suspect at his home where the man admitted stealing and said that he had fallen upon hard times, the man surrendered the merchandise which was returned to the store, the store manager said that he will consult with colleagues to decide if criminal charges should be filed;
10:50 p.m.: animal complaint, Holyoke Road, a caller reports she came upon an injured deer in the roadway near the ‘S’ curve, the woman said that the deer was injured and suffering so she dispatched it by cutting its throat before dragging it off the roadway, the caller said that short distance later she observed a vehicle with significant front end damage which may have struck the deer, a subsequent caller reports he had struck the deer but had to return home to access a phone, the caller said that the buck jumped into the path of his vehicle which suffered damage but he reported no injury, the responding officer reports the operator displayed no signs of intoxication.
