WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Thursday, Dec. 13, 2018
9:14 a.m.: larceny, South Maple Street, a caller reports that a friend of a friend whom she allowed to sleep on her couch left before she awoke and stole a video game system, the woman called a second time to report that the man had returned and had brought back the game system saying that the had been “tripping on Xanax” when he took it, the responding officer reports he found the man on South Maple Street and identified him, a criminal complaint for larceny of property valued less than $1,200 was filed;
9:16 a.m.: larceny, Powdermill Village, 126 Union St., a caller reports her wallet was found to be missing after contractors left her home and she has found an unauthorized charge was made to her bank account, the responding officer reports no charges against the account were completed, the case was referred to the detective bureau;
11:09 a.m.: breaking and entering, Little River Road, a caller reports his vehicle and his son’s vehicle were broken into overnight, the responding officer reports three unlocked vehicles at the residence were entered and the contents were disturbed, a wallet was stolen from one of the vehicles;
1:08 p.m.: breaking and entering, Grove Avenue, a caller reports a rental property was broken into, the responding officer reports the complainant said that a door had been kicked in, the officer reports the landlord subsequently spoke with a tenant who acknowledged the damage to the door but did not explain it, the officer reports he left a message for the tenant;
1:13 p.m.: threat to commit a crime, Stanley Park, 400 Western Avenue, a caller reports receiving an email message demanding ransom in Bitcoin to forestall a threatened bomb attack, no bomb was found, see story in the Friday, Dec. 14 edition of The Westfield News;
1:47 p.m.: accident, Union Street, a caller reports a vehicle struck a railroad overpass, dual response dispatched, the responding officer reports the operator was transported to Baystate Noble Hospital and the car was towed to the police impound yard;
2:20 p.m.: larceny, East Main Street, a caller from an East Main Street department store reports two female parties were seen shoplifting in the store, the responding officer reports a store loss prevention officer pointed out a person with long hair putting merchandise in his purse, the suspect who was later found to be male discarded a duffle bag in which he had secreted merchandise before he was detained, Alonzo R. McQueen Jr., 28, of 50 Commonwealth Ave., Springfield, was arrested for shoplifting by concealing merchandise;
3:56 p.m.: accident, Granville Road, a school bus dispatcher called to report that a school bus carrying five children had been involved in a two vehicle crash but none of the children were injured, the responding officer reports the other vehicle involved was towed from the scene.
