WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Saturday, Sept. 6, 2014
12:06 a.m.: liquor law violation, Washington Street, the community policing supervisor reports that he observed a male party seen by another officer to abandon a backpack containing alcohol, the supervisor reports the suspect acknowledged that he had abandoned the backpack and was found to be 20 years old, a city ordinance violation citation was filed;
12:08 a.m.: liquor law violation, Church Street, a patrol officer reports that he observed a group of youths walking and saw one party was carrying a can of beer, the officer reports that she attempted to hand the can of beer to another person when she saw the officer but the other party declined to take it, a city ordinance violation citation for possession of an open container of alcohol in public was filed, a male party seen by another officer to abandon a backpack containing alcohol subsequently acknowledged that he had abandoned the backpack and was found to be 20 years old, a city ordinance violation citation was filed;
12:16 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Arnold Street, a patrol officer reports a vehicle seen operating the wrong way on Arnold Street was stopped, the operator was found to not be impaired and was sent on his way with a warning;
12:16 a.m.: liquor law violation, Court Street, the community policing supervisor reports that he observed a group of youths on the corner of Washington and Court streets and saw two were holding bottles of liquor, one of the young men was found to be younger than the legal drinking age and a city ordinance violation citation was filed;
1:19 a.m.: trespassing, Arnold Street, a caller from an Arnold Street bar reports a male party refuses to leave, the responding officer reports the man was asked to leave the premises but did not, Thomas S. Albano, 25, of 22 Knollwood Drive, was arrested for trespass;
2:10 p.m.: unwanted guest, a caller reports a friend who arrived uninvited is becoming violent, see story in the Tuesday edition of The Westfield News;
6:42 a.m.: arrest, Whitney Playground, Shepard Street, officers seeking a person involved in an earlier incident report they found the man who was the subject of an outstanding warrant at Whitney Playground, Josephat J. Verdon, 29, of no fixed address in Westfield, was arrested on the warrant issued in 2013 by Springfield District Court;
8:29 a.m.: animal complaint, East Main Street, a caller reports a three-and-a-half foot-long snake was seen under a vehicle in the parking lot, the responding officer opined that the snake was a copperhead, the responding animal control officer reports that the snake was released in an appropriate location;
11:54 a.m.: animal complaint, Little River Road, a caller reports she came home to find a small brown dog on her porch, the responding animal control officer reports the dog was transported to the municipal animal shelter;
2:30 p.m.: found property, Northwest Road, a resident came to the station to surrender a driver’s license found on Northwest Road, the responding officer reports the owner was not immediately contacted and the license was stored for safekeeping;
9:05 p.m. larceny, Main Street, a patrol officer reports a female party approached him to report that somebody broke into her car, the officer reports the woman said that her car had not been locked when it was entered and a CD player was stolen;
11:19 p.m.: incapacitated person, municipal parking lot, Arnold Street, a caller reports two intoxicated persons are in a vehicle at the parking lot, the responding officer reports that one of the men was so intoxicated that he was transported to Noble Hospital for treatment, the second man was found to be unable to care for himself and nobody was found to care for him, the man was placed in protective custody.
