Truly A Man’s Best Friend One Boston man’s decision to settle an argument with a golf club turned out badly when the victim’s dog had a different agenda. The man was embroiled in an argument with two Woonsocket men last week at a party when he grabbed a golf club and allegedly hit both men in the head. That’s when the victim’s pit bull intervened and attacked the man, biting his calf, hand and chin. (Check out the mug shot to the right if you don’t believe us.) The dog’s owner was seriously injured in the attack while the victim sustained life-threatening injuries. He is facing two felony …

Sisterly Love This week’s OMG PD submission from North Kingstown delves into the age-old question: is it illegal to punch your sister in the face?  One NK woman had some difficulty ascertaining the legality of assaulting her sister when she allegedly showed up to her sibling’s home uninvited and heavily intoxicated. The 41-year-old woman allegedly assaulted her sister while she was trying to get her to leave. When officers arrived, they noticed that the woman was intoxicated and her speech was “slurred and laced with belligerence.” When they asked her if a physical assault had occurred that …

Cars: Not Meant For Ice Skating While most have been cursing this week’s weather, one Woonsocket woman is grateful for these subfreezing temperatures. According to police, the 52-year-old woman was attempting to turn right on to what she thought was a road during her morning commute. Something “went wrong,” causing her to drive down a bank and then on to a frozen pond. Because Rhode Island has been as cold as the planet Hoth this week, the ice was thick enough to support the car, and crews were able to tow it off the ice without a problem. A Birthday Card and a Half Birthday Suit Two …

  Aren't There Better Places to Fight?: It may be common sense to most folks, but there are some places that aren't the best for having an altercation with someone else — as two Johnston men found out on Nov. 25, one of those places is along I-95. State Police reported finding the two men engaged in a fight at about 2:40 am. They were each charged with, in hockey parlance, a double-minor: one misdemeanor count of assault and one misdemeanor count of disorderly conduct. Shouldn’t Have Gone Back For Seconds: We knew we were bound to get at least one crazy Thanksgiving Day family feud with this …

  Dog survives 11-mi. trip in car grille: If ever there was a dog that deserved the name Lucky, it would be this poodle. According to East Providence police, the little pup (named Suzie) survived an 11-mile journey from Taunton to EP – while wedged in the grille of a car. The dog was struck by a car after it ran into the road. The driver, unaware there was a canine stuck to his car, continued driving until someone flagged him down in EP. Suzie somehow managed to avoid serious injury, suffering a concussion, and was later reunited with her owners. Echoes of Footloose in the streets of 'Gansett…

  Quit while you're ahead: A man could have walked away with a simple no-trespass order last weekend if he had not bid a Johnston police officer with some unkind parting words. According to reports, the 30-year-old man had been banging on the windows and doors of a Johnston home, prompting the homeowner to call police and request a no-trespass order. When officers arrived, they reportedly found the man trying to hide behind a boat in the driveway. As one of the officers told the man to leave the property, he reportedly replied with expletives, which landed him in handcuffs on a disorderly …

  The wrong kind of superfecta: In what may be an OMG PD record for highest number of police departments charging a suspect, three town departments and the Rhode Island State Police all filed charges against an 18-year-old from Johnston who was a passenger in the recent high-speed chase that ended in Scituate. Johnston and Foster charged him with felony breaking and entering, larceny, and conspiracy in separate incidents; Scituate added one count of violating a no-contact order, and the Staties topped off the list with a resisting arrest charge. OMG PD Bonus: The man already has five priors …

  'Get Out of Jail Free Card' has its limits:A Johnston man who had previously helped the police find the alleged Johnston samurai sword attacker tried a variation of the "diplomatic immunity" claim from "Lethal Weapon" — and failed. Johnston Police reported that the man claimed he had a "get out of jail free card" from the police chief for informing on the samurai sword suspect — but officers didn't seem obliged to honor it. Maybe it was the fact that [according to police] he ran a red light, refused to stop for an officer who tried to pull over his car, and appeared drunk. Or he may have …

  Three vehicles plus one accident equals two arrests:Johnston Police made a drunk driving arrest and cited another driver for having stolen license plates after a recent accident that involved a car and two motorcycles.The car driver, whom officers said appeared intoxicated, was charged with drunk driving. One of the motorcycle drivers was charged with possession of stolen goods and is out on personal recognizance until his Sept. 29 pretrial hearing. Bridge jumper clings to crustacean cluster: A man who jumped from the Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge Saturday night got another chance at life …

  Old Enough to Know Better:One Johnston youth seems to have enjoyed himself a little too much over the weekend of the recent St. Rocco Church feast — with an adult's help. Johnston Police reported the arrest of a 47-year-old woman after the minor returned home in an apparently drunken state. The woman pleaded no contest to charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor and providing alcohol to a minor, and got 18 months suspended and 10 months' probation.Couldn't Dodge an Arrest:A Providence motorcycle owner managed to avoid an accident that happened in front of him by dropping his …

  Inspired by Tarantino?: In Johnston, three more peopler were arrested after a samurai sword attack. Probably just settling a duel — or was it the aftermath of a bloody quest for revenge following a wedding day attack? Driving is an adventure in North Kingstown: From one police log covering just three days… A Coventry driver was charged with drunken driving after sideswiping a car, although he told police he hadn’t had a drink in 14 years. A pair of North Kingstown men tried to steal car parts from an auto salvage yard. After a traffic stop and a pat-down, a passenger told police he “forgot…

  They could have used a little 'foresight': Johnston Police reported the arrests of a suspected thief and his getaway driver after a second try at stealing merchandise from an Atwood Avenue eyeglass shop. The two men were suspected in a July 26 shoplifting incident, then went back on Aug. 8 — this time, the cops were alerted by store employees and a Johnston officer pursued their vehicle into Providence. Police charged the alleged bag man with felony larceny and conspiracy, and the driver with conspiracy. He heard it the second time: Cranston Police summoned a Cranston Street man for …

  While you guys are here...:An off-hand remark by a foreman for an electrical contractor led Johnston Police to an apparent case of theft after officers responded to his report of stolen headlights at another work site. As officers were processing a work truck for clues about the missing headlights, the foreman mentioned that he'd been told about a theft of electrical "dead-end bodies," metal attachments for high-tension wires, from a work site near the Central Landfill. Detectives tracked the missing parts to a local scrap metal yard, and found the man who'd scrapped them. When questioned, …

  DUI suspect insults officer's driving skills: A North Kingstown man was charged with drunk driving after he allegedly failed to stop at a yield sign in Wickford Village, nearly striking a police cruiser and another car stopped at a stop sign. During the stop, Richter allegedly immediately began to accuse the officer of running a stop sign. According to reports, he also appeared to be under the influence. After officers asked him to step out of the vehicle, the man allegedly used the side of his car to balance himself and said he had two beers at “Ricky’s house,” but refused to elaborate on …

  'DUI-fecta': A local man faces three felony counts after Johnston Police arrested him just after midnight on July 15. Officers said the man had been involved in a hit-and-run accident that injured a motorycle driver, then registered a .214 BAC on a Breathalyzer test. The list of charges: DUI, DUI with leading to serious injury, and leaving the scene of an accident with injury resulting. No bad deed goes unpunished: A Cranston man tried to be a good Samaritan this week after returning a purse he found at Stop & Shop on Atwood Avenue. And by “found,” he reportedly really meant “stole.” …

  Music to their ears:From the "Creative Court Orders" file, a driver's failed appeal of her $85 traffic ticket turned into a $500 donation toward a new sound system at Johnston High School this week. According to Mayor Joseph Polisena, a traffic court judge ordered the woman to make a donation to a Johnston organization after she tried to get out of the ticket for running a red light. The mayor chose the Johnston Drama and Performing Arts troupe, one of three local groups working to raise money for the new system. High-brow heist master settles for Samsung: Some could argue the man famed …

  Voodoo Child: If Narragansett officers begin to notice sharp pains in the coming days, they may have one local woman to thank. Police had to arrest the self-professed "voodoo queen" twice in less than 24 hours this month on charges of disorderly conduct. The 48-year-old woman was allegedly found intoxicated on a bench outside of a liquor store proclaiming that she was the voodoo queen. (Police noted that the woman’s arms and face were painted.) The next day, the woman was found screaming in a parking lot down the road and appeared to be hallucinating. According to police, she appeared to be…

  Good guys... get their motocycles toppled: A Cranston man who tried to help a Johnston woman found himself with a scratched-up Kawasaki motorcycle and a broken helmet after the man accused of hitting the woman also knocked over the bike. Johnston Police also reported that the alleged assailant was on probation at the time of the incident, earning him a trip straight to the ACI. [Bleep]ing bath salts: Narragansett police had an interesting time trying to wrangle a woman who was reportedly on hallucinogenic drugs this past weekend. Officers received a call from the staff at Bon Vue Inn in …

That's not exactly what they mean by 'hot' goods: Johnston Police reported this week that they solved an apparent theft case after finding more than $27,000 of jewelry and other items in a microwave oven that had been stashed in an outdoor shed. A Johnston man reportedly admitted to helping himself to the items after spending the night at an apartment, then asking the resident to give him a ride to a friend's house. When the woman discovered her wallet and jewelry missing, she at first called the suspect to ask him about it, to which he replied: "The police are going to need a warrant to …

Time to dry out: A Providence woman earned herself a stay at Fatima Hospital on June 4 after Johnston Police responded to a home following a neighbor's report of a disturbance. Officers reported that the woman smelled of alcohol and was uncooperative as they placed her in a cruiser to bring her to police HQ. Once in a holding cell at the department, the woman continued to kick, yell, and spit on the floor, walls, and door. Rescue personnel responded to the police station to bring the woman to the hospital for detox, since officers reported they couldn't process her for arrest. Sleeping driver…