WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Thursday, Dec. 6, 2018
4:14 a.m.: robbery, Notre Dame Street, a State Police dispatcher reported a contact with a female party who had said that she was assaulted in the Clay Hill area, the responding officer reports the victim was located at the gas station/convenience store at the top of Clay Hill where she works, the woman told the officer that while she was walking to work she was mugged on Notre Dame Street by two black men who had been driving a silver colored sedan, a search of the area did not yield the vehicle or the suspects, see story in the Tuesday, Dec. 11, edition of The Westfield News;
10:28 a.m.: animal complaint, Farnham Lane, the director of animal control operations reports she took custody of a raccoon captured in an illegal trap and transported it to the shelter, the ACO reports the EPA was notified and the animal was held pending transfer to a wildlife rehabilitator;
11:55 a.m.: motor vehicle violation, Montgomery Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating at a high rate of speed and stopped the car, the operator was found to be the subject of an outstanding warrant issued by Westfield District Court, a citation for speeding was issued and Nicole S. Fastiggi, 47, of 3 North Road, Montgomery, was arrested on the warrant;
2:09 p.m.: animal complaint, Allen Avenue, caller reports there is a chicken in her yard, the responding animal control officer reports a hen was transported to the municipal animal shelter;
2:11 p.m.: identity fraud, Day Avenue, a resident came to the station to complain of fraudulent activity on his checking account, the responding officer reports the victim said that when his checking account did not balance he found a regular withdrawal had been set up to pay for an internet access service he does not subscribe to, the case remains under investigation;
10:33 p.m.: disturbance, Collins Street, a caller complains of excessive noise, the responding officer reports when he arrived he observed several persons in he back yard of the residence and heard screaming and yelling, officers were able to identify four tenants who were advised to disperse their party and were issued city ordinance violation citations, an officer counted 272 persons leave the party, officers report the departing revelers created a disturbance, a traffic snarl and noise.
