Spring Break, quieter than usual

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY

2:26 p.m. - A Strong Street resident was burning trash in his driveway. Firefighters were contacted to help put out the fire.

Thursday, March 22nd, 2012

CITIZEN ASSISTANCE

12:01 p.m. - An East Pleasant Street woman told police she received phone calls from a man telling her that she could collect lottery winnings if she first provided a small amount of money. The man later threatening the woman harm if she didn't provide the money. Police are investigating.

DISTURBANCES

2:05 a.m. - Police kept the peace between brothers at The Boulders engaged in a verbal altercation over doing housework.

Friday, March 23rd, 2012

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

8:39 p.m. - College-age people on the Fort River School playground drinking alcohol fled when police got there, leaving behind shot glasses and various cups.

Sunday, March 25th, 2012

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

11:20 p.m. - Police took a report from a customer at a University Drive business who was approached by a man who made threats about robbing him. Police said the incident may have been a case of mistaken identity and that the suspect was just pulling a prank.









January 9th-February 14th, a best-of

Monday, January 9^th, 2012

DISTURBANCES

8:35 p.m. - A Riverside Park woman told police her son's girlfriend removed three baked potatoes from the oven the previous day and threw them at her, striking her in the chest. No injuries were reported.

Wednesday, January 11^th, 2012

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

9:59 a.m. - A South East Street woman told police that several days earlier a college student who lives at a nearby home came into her residence, sat at her kitchen table and asked her to marry him. The student, who may have been high on drugs at the time of the incident, was removed from the woman's home by his roommates. The resident told police she didn't want to press charges.

Thursday, January 12^th, 2012

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

2:31 a.m. - Police found a man wandering outside Fort River School. The man told police he was trying to get fresh air while thinking about his former girlfriend.

Sunday, January 15^th, 2012

CITIZEN ASSISTANCE

1:56 a.m. - Police assisted a Sunderland Road woman in getting to the hospital after she ate a brownie containing marijuana, smoked a marijuana joint and washed down her prescription medication with alcohol.

Monday, January 30^th, 2012

SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY

8:46 p.m. - A man who entered a University Drive business and asked a woman if he could give her a foot massage left when she declined his advances, but remained outside the building, staring at her. Police provided the woman a courtesy escort back to her dormitory room. The man was not located.

Tuesday, February 14^th, 2012

ACCIDENTS

 6:37 p.m. - Scott Waterman, 22, of Palm Beach Garden, Fla., was issued a citation for failure to use care in stopping after the vehicle he was driving rear-ended a vehicle driven by Mark J. Richason, 60, of Webster Court, police said.

Waterman told police he was reaching for a package of crackers at the time of the crash.

No personal injuries were reported and both vehicles sustained only minor damage, police said.

March 2nd, 2012

Arrests & Summons

•  A 50-year-old Amherst man will be summoned to court on a charge of defrauding a restaurant after continuing to refuse to pay a $10.65 bill for a meal he ate at a downtown restaurant on the evening of Jan. 27, police said. (three things I want to know. a. what did he order? and b. What made him refuse to pay the bill. c. if there was a problem with the food that warrented payment refusal, why did he EAT THE MEAL FIRST?)

Wednesday, February 22nd

•  LARCENY           4:52 p.m. # A Mill Hollow Apartments woman told police someone removed the bolts from the base of her toilet, causing the toilet to be unsteady whenever anyone uses it.

Thursday, February 23rd

•  DISTURBANCES                  11:01 a.m. - An Amherst woman told police a man living at a neighboring apartment entered her residence while she was away. When she returned home, she found him inside, where he attempted to grab her after she yelled at him. The matter is being referred to the man's support services after officers determined the man has a mannequin inside his home that he has dressed to look like his neighbor. (Cuh-RAAAAZZZYYYY)

Sunday, February 26th

•  MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENTS           12:59 p.m. - Jennifer H. Allen, 35, of Easthampton, was issued a citation for failure to use care in backing after the vehicle she was driving in the Boltwood parking garage collided with a vehicle driven by Barry H. Federman, 53, of Columbia Drive, police said.Damage to both vehicles was minor and no personal injuries were reported, police said.
  
  
 

March 9th (week of the Leap)

Wednesday, February 29th

• ASSAULTS             5:24 p.m. - A staff member at the Jean Elder House was assaulted by a client during an argument over a Pop-Tart.

Thursday, March 1st

•  SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY             12:34 a.m. - A man who tried to put graffiti on the side of a PVTA bus as it passed a College Street location was identified by police. No paint was applied to the bus.





March 16th.

Arrests and Summonses

•  Two intoxicated drivers were arrested early on the morning of March 12 following a road-rage incident that began on Amity Street.A police officer on traffic detail observed a vehicle squeal its tires as it turned from North Pleasant Street onto Amity Street and then begin tailgating a second vehicle at a high rate of speed as both vehicles headed west around 1:33 a.m. After the officer activated the cruiser lights, both vehicles turned onto University Drive, where they were pulled over.
  The lead vehicle was driven by Courtney M. Brooks, 21, of Rochester, N.H. When police observed she might be intoxicated and that she could be arrested, Brooks spit in the face of the responding officer.
  Brooks was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, assault and battery on a police officer, failure to stay within marked lanes, possession of pepper spray without a firearms identification card and speeding, police said.
  The second driver, Christopher M. Alviani, 24, of Rocky Hill Road, Hadley, was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, operating a motor vehicle making a hard and objectionable noise, following another vehicle too closely and speeding, police said.

• Sanyog G. Shitole, 27, of Colonial Village was arrested March 9 at 1:19 a.m. on South Pleasant Street on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and operating a motor vehicle with a lights violation, police said.     (what a great last name!)
• Pablo Hernandez, 23, of Northampton was arrested March 5 at 4:22 p.m. at Super Stop & Shop at Campus Shopping Plaza on charges of shoplifting by concealment $129.82 worth of candy bars and possession of a class A substance, heroin, police said.

Saturday, March 10th

• SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY           7:38 a.m. - A homeless man at a downtown ATM who had his pants pulled down around his ankles was told to leave the area.



Friday, March 23rd, 2012 (a quiet week)

Tuesday, March 13th

• Suspicious Activity          8:52 p.m. - Police took a returbance at a Village Park home was determined to be a resident angry about the outcome of an online basketball video game he was playing. Two days later, the man was again warned about bothering neighbors while engaged in the online competition.

• SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY          9:59 p.m. - An attempted abduction of a man from a Main Street apartment complex was reported to police. The man was allegedly grabbed by people from Springfield who tried to put him in a vehicle. He was able to jump out of the vehicle, suffering minor injuries. He refused to cooperate with police, which said there are safety issues for the public.

Wednesday, March 14th

• DISTURBANCES         12:46 a.m. - Police kept the peace between a boyfriend and girlfriend on Sunset Avenue after they got into an argument over going to Cancun for spring break.

Thursday, March 15th

• SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY             11:17 p.m. - An Ann Whalen Apartments resident told police someone entered her apartment while she was away and ate a meal of pork chops, rice and broccoli. Police said there were no signs of forced entry.

Friday, March 16th

• CITIZEN ASSISTANCE                1:32 p.m. - A man called the police station to inform the department that he intends to kill his former girlfriend. Police determined the man has mental health issues and no capacity to carry through on his plans.

Sunday, March 18th

• SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY            9:54 p.m. - Mushrooms being used at a North Pleasant Street fraternity were confiscated by police after one person got sick from using the drugs.