Westfield District Court

The Westfield District Court building is picture in 2012. Republican file photo by Mark M.Murray

(Mark M.Murray )

WESTFIELD - An Adams police officer faces charges in Westfield after police say he may have stolen a license during an arrest, then tried to use it to fill a prescription for Ritalin or a similar drug.

Thomas Cook, 35, of Cheshire and employed by the Adams Police Department, is charged in Westfield District Court with uttering a false prescription, identity fraud, police or witness intimidation, receiving stolen property and attempting to commit a crime.

Westfield police say Cook impersonated another man while trying to fill a prescription — even showing a license that he may have taken during an arrest.

According to the police report, on Aug. 18 Cook dropped off a prescription at a Westfield CVS for the stimulant methylphenidate — also known by brand names Ritalin and Concerta — under the name Todd Syrett. Cook showed Syrett's driver's license to the pharmacist, the report said.

When the prescription was ready, the pharmacy texted the real Syrett, who responded that he had not dropped off a prescription, the report said.

Det. James Renaudette responded to the store, and the pharmacist replaced the requested medication with multivitamins before Cook returned, Renaudette wrote in the report.

Renaudette then stopped Cook on his way out of the store. Cook continued to insist that he was Todd Syrett when talking to officers, Renaudette said, which impeded the investigation.

The real Todd Syrett told police Cook may have stolen his license when Cook arrested Syrett in 2012.

At Cook's Wednesday arraignment, Judge Philip Contant released him on personal recognizance.