WESTFIELD
Major crime and incident report
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Midnight: parking violations, vehicles were found to be in violation of the snow parking ban throughout the city, five verbal warnings were delivered, 36 parking citations were issued and one vehicle was towed to the police impound yard from Oak Terrace before the parking ban was lifted at 5 p.m.;
4:27 a.m.: larceny, Orange Street, a caller reports a known person stole figurines from her home, the responding officer reports the identified suspect acknowledged that he had been at the caller’s home but denied taking anything and said he left after he found her to be highly intoxicated;
4:18 p.m.: motor vehicle violation, Springfield Road, a patrol officer reports he observed a vehicle operating with the rear window covered with snow and he stopped the vehicle a short distance past the West Springfield city limit, a routine check revealed that the operator’s license had been suspended, Aleara Blake, 24, of 180 St. James Ave., Springfield, was arrested for operating a more vehicle with a suspended license;
7:35 p.m.: found property, Southwick Road, a person came to the station to surrender a backpack reportedly found in the middle of the road, the responding officer reports he was unable to determine the owner of the backpack.
