WESTFIELD
Emergency response and crime report
Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014
1:16 a.m.: breaking and entering, Montgomery Road, a caller reports a burglary is in progress, see story in the Wednesday edition of The Westfield News;
8:37 a.m.: school investigation, Westfield Vocational-Technical High School, 33 Smith Ave., a school resource officer reports that a female student’s step-father threw out her clothing items because she had not put them away and barred her from the home over the summer, the girl said that her step-father is threatening to repeat his actions, the officer reports the girl’s mother confirmed her husband’s actions and said that she made sure her daughter was safe during the period she was homeless, the Department of Children and Families was notified;
9:03 a.m.: arrest, Lincoln Street, detectives were assigned to assist the violent gang task force in their effort to arrest a man believed to be staying in the city, the detectives report that the officer went to an address where the suspect was believed to be living and a resident allowed them entry, the suspect was found asleep in bed, Anthony M. Demattia, 27, of 6 Lincoln St., was arrested on four warrants issued in 2013;
1:55 p.m.: animal complaint, Old Farm Road, a caller reports her neighbor’s pit bull dogs are loose and have prevented a mail carrier from exiting his truck, the owner of the dogs was contacted at work and came home to take control of her dogs, the owner reports that the dogs dug under their kennel fence, an officer advised the that one of the dogs cornered him and he was obliged to deploy a chemical irritant, the owner was advised how to care for her dog;
4:51 p.m.: found property, King Street, a caller reports finding a hypodermic needle in her front yard, the responding officer reports the needle was transported to Noble Hospital for proper disposal;
5:58 p.m.: arrest, Jefferson Street, a detective investigating a report of a naked man on a Jefferson Street porch reports that he learned that the man had been masturbating on his porch in view of passersby, a tenant said that the man ahd threatened to evict him if he called police, Michael J. Cadello, 58, of 5 Jefferson St., was arrested for open and gross lewdness, wanton and lascivious lewd contact and intimidating a witness;
8:17 p.m.: motor vehicle accident, Main Street, a caller reports a pedestrian was struck in a crosswalk, the responding officer reports that the man was struck in a crosswalk but may not have obeyed a ‘Don’t walk’ signal, the officer reports the man appeared to be intoxicated and could not give an intelligible account of the incident, the man was transported to Baystate Medical Center where he was treated and released.
