Police Log: March 1 to March 3

Stepson charged with fraudulent use of credit card:

Keith Boisvert Jr.’s father passed away on April 1, 2010. The month following, Boisvert received bank statements showing purchases that were made with his father’s debit card. On April 2, two purchases were made at the Town Fair Tire in Johnston. One transaction was for $500 and the second was for $499. A third purchase was made at the Shell gas station in Johnston in the amount of $40.01. Other purchases were made in Warwick, according to the report.

Boisvert said his father was in the hospital from March 30 to April 1. Boisvert alleged that his step-brother, Scott Cronin, stole his father’s debit card from his father’s apartment because he is the only other person with a key to his father’s apartment, according to the report he filed with the Johnston Police Department in June.

Johnston Police Det. Paul S. Manzi contacted Warwick Police Detective Mark Lessor, who was investigating the use of the credit card in that city, and Lessor provided Manzi with a photo line-up of six pictures. Cronin’s picture was included in the six, according to Manzi’s report. The photo line-up was brought to Town Fair Tire and an employee identified Cronin as the person who made the purchases. The employee told Manzi that the tires and rims were put on a maroon/purple Volkswagon.  Cronin drives a vehicle that matches that description.  An arrest warrant was signed on June 24.

Scott Cronin, 19, of 1191 West Shore Road, Warwick, turned himself in to Johnston Police headquarters on March 1, 2011.  He was arraigned on two charges of fraudulent use of a credit card and bail was set at $5,000 personal recognizance.