WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Thursday, May 31, 2018
1:46 a.m.: animal complaint, Franklin Avenue, a patrol officer report he took custody of a stray pit bull dog, an animal control officer responded and the light tan and brown dog was transported to the animal shelter;
1:29 p.m.: breaking and entering, Lincoln Street, a caller reports she returned to her academic-year rental apartment to retrieve her belongings and found a male party exiting the building while carrying property she recognized as hers, the woman said that when she queried him he put down the items and walked away, an area search did not yield a suspect, the woman said that two pet hamsters and other property are missing;
5:16 p.m.: accident, Kellogg Street at Orange Street, a caller reports he “t-boned” another vehicle with his car causing air bag deployment, dual response dispatched, the responding officer reports the other operator complained of back pain and was transported to Baystate Noble Hospital, the impacted vehicle was towed to the police impound yard,
6:22 p.m.: assist citizen, Sally Avenue, a caller reports his company was contracted to clear out a house and he has found two handguns he would like to surrender, the responding officer took custody of the guns but reports further investigation is necessary regarding the house and property which was apparently abandoned there; See story in the Monday June 4th edition of The Westfield News.
6:49 p.m.: arrest, Main Street at George Street, Springfield police issued an alert asking officers to be on the watch for a vehicle registered to a city resident and occupied by a 16-year-old boy who was the subject of a warrant issued by the Department of Youth Services, a patrol officer reports he observed and stopped the car, the boy was arrested on the warrant.
