WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2014
1:28 a.m.: assist merchant, School Street, a representative of a School Street bar and restaurant came to the station to surrender an ID card seized from a patron who had allegedly loaned it to an underage party so he could buy liquor, the card was stored for safekeeping;
6:45 a.m.: assist citizen, a female party came to the station to report that she had been at a Main Street supermarket the day before and encountered a person she thought she knew, the woman said that she offered the man a ride and he asked her to wait while he went into the store briefly, the woman said that when he left he was chased by another man whom she subsequently realized might be a store employee, the woman said that she required the man to exit her vehicle on Court Street, the officer investigating the earlier incident was advised and will continue the investigation;
11:05 a.m.: larceny, Southampton Road, a caller from a Southampton Road business called to report that copper piping was stolen from the roof of the building, the responding officer reports propane pipes were stolen and five gallons of propane vented to the atmosphere;
2:01 p.m.: larceny, Broad Street, a caller reports his mother stole quilts and rugs from his porch, the responding officer reports the resident said that he uses the quilts and rugs to protect his tomato plants on cold nights and his mother has taken them before saying that the porch is a mess she wants cleaned up, the man said that in the past his father has returned the items with an apology, the officer spoke with the victim’s father and advised him to have the property returned, the officer advised the victim to call police if his property is not returned and told him that criminal charges are an option;
7:29 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating 17 mph faster than the speed limit and stopped the car, the operator’s license was found to be suspended, Roberto Roman, 41, of 303 Maple St., Springfield, was arrested for operating a motor vehicle with a suspended license, the car was towed to the police impound yard;
7:54 p.m.: breaking and entering, Meadow Street, a caller reports his father’s store was broken into in the past week or so and the contents were vandalized, the responding officer reports a door was found to have been forcibly opened but nothing was found to have been stolen;
9:44 p.m.: disturbance, Meadow Street, a caller reports her father was struck in the head with a piece of glass by a relative’s boyfriend and has a laceration, the responding firefighters report the man declined medical assistance, the officer reports that the victim was stuck in the face with a glass pipe causing lacerations to his face, the suspect was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant, Nicholas E. Medina, 30, of 102 Meadow Street was arrested for assault and battery with a dangerous weapon (a glass bong) and on the warrant.
