Thursday, March 14, 2013
Recent arrests and incidents reported by Johnston Police.
SUSPICIOUS FIRE Officials are investigating a suspicious fire that broke out on March 9 on South Olney Street. Police said a passerby called in the fire, which he saw while traveling on Route 6. Police tracked it down to the house at 12 S. Olney St. Officer Joseph M. Schichilone Jr. reported that he attempted to kick in the front door but couldn't because of the icy porch. The fire department responded a few minutes later and quickly put out the fire. Later, police were told by fire officials that the fire appears to have started on the rear steps of the house. Officials took samples of debris on the stairs for analysis. Police said a resident of the house told police she thinks her boyfriend set the fire. Police said the boyfriend, who …
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Thursday, February 28, 2013
Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.
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Thursday, February 28
The following arrest and incident reports were provided by Johnston Police. They do not indicate a conviction. U-HAUL NOT RETURNED Johnston Police tracked down a missing U-Haul that was never returned to Carrara’s Auto Clinic on Atwood Avenue and charged a former Johnston man who never returned it with obtaining a vehicle with intent to defraud. According to a police report, Kerry E. Raso, 43, of 19 Lexington Road, North Kingstown, reportedly rented a U-Haul truck on Dec. 15 and was supposed to return it on Dec. 16 but never returned. Carrara’s owner, David Carrara, told police that he tried to contact Raso from Dec. 17 to Jan. 9 via telephone and certified mail with no luck. Police eventually found the U-Haul truck on Jan. 12 at 32 …
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Thursday, February 21, 2013
Recent arrests and incidents reported by Johnston Police.
The following arrest and incident reports were provided by Johnston police. They do not indicate a conviction. ASSAULT Police charged Rodrigo H. Vargas, 20, of 30 John St., Cranston, with felony assault with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct Feb. 12 for allegedly hitting a man in the face with an aluminum baseball bat during an altercation. According to a police report, police responded to 1266 Plainfield Street for a report of a large disturbance in the second floor apartment. Upon arrival, police heard what sounded like a fight going on inside. Once inside, police saw two men in the midst of a fight. After breaking up the fight, police concluded that Vargas hit the victim with the bat during the altercation and the victim was …
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.
B&E Johnston Police are investigating a breaking and entering that occurred in an apartment on Jan. 28 at 2800 Hartford Ave. According to police, the victim called police to report the break-in after he came home around 10:45 a.m. — about an hour-and-a-half after he left in the morning. Police said the suspect broke a glass door behind the building to get inside the apartment. Once inside, the suspect stole a Nintendo Wii console, a 37-inch TV, laptop, safe, Xbox 360 console, five katana swords and other items. Police are investigating. COPPER THEFT Johnston Police reported the theft of copper from a vacant house on Pinehill Road on Jan. 25. Police said a property inspector went to the house at 65 Pinehill Road to winterize the home. …
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Friday, December 28, 2012
Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.
The following incidents and arrests were provided by Johnston Police. They do not indicate convictions. DRIVING ON COCAINE Johnston Police charged a 43-year-old Johnston man with disorderly conduct, weapon law violations and driving under the influence Dec. 13 after a traffic stop on Plainfield Street. Police said Joseph M. Noury, of 16 Alcazar Ave., was stopped for driving without a front license plate. Once stopped, Noury burst out of the car and began ripping his shirts off. Police talked Noury back into his car and said his hands were shaking and a dollar bill was seen on the floor with a white powdery substance, which led police to believe he was under the influence of cocaine. Because of the way Noury approached officers in an …
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Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.
The following information was provided by Johnston Police. It does not indicate a conviction. B&E Johnston Police responded to 1208 Atwood Ave. Dec. 8 for a report of a breaking and entering into an unoccupied building. Upon arrival, police met with Michael Schultz, who is renting the building, who said that when he got there at 9 a.m., he discovered an interior door was open and the glass had been shattered. After looking more, he found that $1,700 worth of tools were missing. Police said the building is in the process of being renovated into a working garage. Police said the suspect got in through the north side door, entered an office area and stole the items. Stolen were a DeWalt drill, a combination drill, an impact driver, closed-…
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Wednesday, November 28, 2012
Rhode Island State Police assisted in the arrest of a Cranston man and a woman from Pawtucket on larceny and conspiracy charges.
Johnston Police reported the arrests of two suspects in a Nov. 18 purse theft from the Walgreen's Pharmacy on Atwood Avenue following their arrest by Rhode Island State Police officers. James Novack Jr., of Cranston, and Amy Clements, of Pawtucket, face one count misdemeanor larceny, and Novack faces an additional charge of conspiracy after police say Novack admitted to helping Clements flee the scene of the theft. Ptlm. Luca Lancellotti Jr. reported that he and another officer responded to the Walgreen's on Nov 18 at about 4:40 pm and spoke with the victim, who said she had just opened the trunk of her car when a woman approached and stole the purse from her shopping carriage. Lancellotti noted that the victim provided the registration …
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Thursday, November 1, 2012
The following reports were provided by the Johnston Police Department. Where an arrest is noted, it does not indicate a conviction.
Leads Sought in Copper Theft: Johnston Police are seeking information on the apparent theft of copper pipes and fittings from 747 Greenville Ave., which occurred between Oct. 24 at 6:30 pm and Oct. 27 at 4 pm. Ptlm. Troy Maddocks reported that he spoke with Kenneth McNeil, who stated that he discovered the copper missing when he checked the contents of a metal storage container on his property. Maddocks said he saw fingerprint "smudge" marks on the outside of the storage container and referred the matter to detectives for further investigation. The estimated value of the copper is $3,400. Warrant Arrest: Ptlm. Derick Ofori reported that he went to 19 Vacca St. to disperse Brian Botelho, 33, of 63 Cypress St., Providence from the …
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Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Friday, October 26, 2012
A Johnston man faces charges of eluding an officer and resisting arrest following an Oct. 20 high-speed chase.
Johnston Police arrested a local man for resisiting arrest and leading an officer on a high-speed chase on Oct. 20, during which he nearly struck a pedestrian on Simmonsville Avenue. Ptlm. Mark Bairos reported that he saw the car driven by Lorenzo DiBiaso, 49, of 9 Enfield St., go past him "at an estimated speed of over 50 mph" in the 30-mph zone of Simmonsville Avenue just before noon on Oct. 20. Bairos wrote that DiBiasio "turned his head and looked directly at me" as he sped past. As he pursued DiBiasio on Simmonsville toward Plainfield Pike, Bairos reported that DiBiasio "increased his speed and went left of the double center lines" to pass another car. DiBiasio also drove around a car stopped at the intersection of Simmonsville and …
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
The following information was posted on the Rhode Island State Police website. Where an arrest is noted, it does not indicate a conviction.
Rhode Island State Police reported the Oct. 23 arrest of a Johnston man on two court warrants, both for failure to appear at court hearings on charges brought by the State Police. Troopers arrested Richard Church, 44, of 666 Killingly St., at about 10:15 pm, following a traffic stop on Branch Avenue in Providence. Online court records show that Church pleaded no contest on June 9, 2010, to one count of driving with a suspended license filed by troopers from the Lincoln Woods Barracks, and again on July 24, 2012, to another suspended license charge brought by troopers from the Hope Valley Barracks. Church had been ordered to attend an ability to pay hearing on July 10 in the 2010 case, and another ability to pay hearing on Oct. 10 in …
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Peter A. Filippi III
12:10 pm on Thursday, March 14, 2013
This person could have easily killed someone in one of his high-speed chases. However, we live in a liberal tax and spend state. In other words, we release criminals early to save money; because of union involvement in government, and provide a prison setting that reflect home away from home, which is evident in our revolving repeat criminal rates… If we had conservative leadership this person … more ›