Thursday, June 21, 2012
A Johnston man was ordered held at the ACI following his arrest on a felony assault charge on June 17.
Johnston Police reported this week that they arrested a local man on domestic assault charges, leading the state Attorney General's office to charge him as a probation violator. Lennard Johnson, 28, of 20 Park St., Apt. 130, was serving a four-year suspended sentence and four years' probation for two previous convictions on June 17, when officers responded to the corner of Park Street and Atwood Avenue to investigate a report of a disturbance. Ptlm. Derrick Palazzo reported that he saw "numerous parties in the roadway arguing" when he arrived at the scene at about 4:15 am with five other officers. The apparent female victim of the assault had "a bloody nose and a bruised face," according to Palazzo's report. A witness, identified as …
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Wednesday, June 6, 2012
Johnston Police allege that the suspect broke the window of his parents' front door.
Johnston Police on June 3 charged Alexander J. Correia, 21, of 15 Schofield St., with domestic willful trespass; domestic vandalism/malicious injury to property; domestic disorderly conduct; and resisting arrest after his parents reported him on their property in violation of a no-trespass order. Shortly after 9 a.m. on June 3, Ptlm. Luca Lancellotti Jr. responded to 13 Schofield St. to investigate a report of a domestic disturbance. Correia’s mother had called police headquarters and reported that Correia was on the property violating a no-trespass order and causing a disturbance. While his mother was on the phone with dispatch, she stated that her son broke the front door window and ran away heading east on Boundary Avenue. Lancellotti …
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Johnston Police charged a Simmonsville Avenue resident with multiple domestic violence charges after he allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend.
Johnston Police charged David Law, 26, of 345 Simmonsville Ave., with felony domestic assault, misdemeanor domestic disorderly conduct, and driving with a suspended or expired license after he was arrested by Rhode Island State Police on Feb. 24. According to police records, Law allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend while she was driving him to his cousin’s house on Feb. 10. The victim told Ptlm. Michael Protano that they were arguing in the car when Law allegedly struck the side of her head with his elbow and then used a closed fist to repeatedly punch the side of her head. Law then got out of the car and dragged the ex-girlfriend into the roadway, the victim said, and when she got back in the car, Law punched her with a closed fist in …
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Sunday, February 26, 2012
Two residents of The Ledges apartments off Old Pocasset Road face assault charges after their arrests in separate incidents on Feb. 20.
Johnston Police arrested two residents of The Ledges apartments, located on Federal Way, on a variety of charges following separate incidents in the early morning hours of Feb. 20. Ptlm. Derek Palazzo reported that he and three other officers responded to 124 Federal Way at about 3:30 a.m. for reports of a disturbance. According to police reports, officers found "a disheveled and out-of-breath female," later identified as Dawn Juszczyszyn, 35, who told the officers that "everything was fine." Palazzo reported that he "could see behind her that the apartment was in complete disarray" and spoke with three juveniles who were also there. According to one of the two male juveniles, Juszczyszyn had been "acting strange and appeared drunk" when …
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The 52-year-old Johnston man appeared at an arraignment hearing this afternoon in Warwick.
Donald K. Greenslit, 52, who reportedly admitted to killing his girlfriend on Jan. 22 and trying to burn her remains, was ordered held without bail by Associate Judge Pamela Woodcock-Pfeiffer at an arraignment hearing this afternoon at Third District Court in Warwick. Johnston Police charged Greenslit with one felony count of domestic murder; two felony counts of second-degree child abuse; one felony count of violating a no-contact order obtained by the victim, Stacie Dorego, in November, 2011; and misdemeanor charges of obstructing firefighters and disorderly conduct. During the brief hearing, Woodcock-Pfeiffer read the charges to Greenslit and explained that no plea would be entered, which is standard procedure in felony cases. When …
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Third District Court
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Monday, January 23, 2012
Judith Earle, Executive Director of the Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center & Deborah DeBare, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence, issued a joint statement just before 6 p.m.
Following the arrest of a Johnston man who reportedly admitted to killing his girlfriend in their home on Jan. 22 and trying to burn her dismembered remains, the directors of two Rhode Island domestic violence prevention groups issued a statement calling the killing "gruesome" and terming it "the first domestic violence murder of 2012." Elizabeth Buffum Chace Center Executive Director Judith Earle and R.I. Coalition Against Domestic Violence Executive Director Deborah DeBare issued the press release just before 6 p.m. In the statement, the directors noted news reports of two children, ages 3 and 5, being found in the home as police investigated a fire that the suspect, Donald Greenslit, 52, apparently set in an attempt to burn the remains …
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
This is a summary of reports provided to JohnstonPatch by the Johnston Police Department for Sept. 24 to Sept. 27. It does not indicate a conviction.
Various domestic charges: Johnston Police arrested Raymond S. Baccaire, 38, of 349 Sunset Ave., North Providence, on charges of domestic simple assault/battery, third offense; domestic disorderly conduct; domestic vandalism/malicious injury to property; violation of a no contact order, driving without the consent of the owner; high speed pursuit, second offense; failure to appear in court. Lt. Frank Levesque heard from an informant that Baccaire was staying with his ex-wife in Providence, according to police reports. Johnston Police conducted a surveillance of the apartment to confirm the information, according to Levesque’s report. On Sept. 26, Levesque responded to the apartment along with Sgt. Michael Babbitt, and Ptlmn. Matthew …
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Mayor Polisena challenges other towns to follow Johnston's lead.
Mayor Joseph M. Polisena and local officials made a formal donation of 78 cell phones to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence on July 14 at the senior center in an effort to help victims and survivors of abuse. Coalition Executive Director Deborah DeBare said the donation is "a true collaborative effort to keep the entire community safe," and spoke about the increased awareness of domestic abuse. "It wasn't so long ago where the Coalition Against Domestic Violence was the lone voice speaking out about this problem," DeBare explained. "Today, on the streets of Johnston and in the halls of the State House, no matter where I go, we have champions and voices and leadership that are saying the things that need to be said." …
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Mayor Joseph Polisena is scheduled to donate unused town cell phones to the Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
Mayor Joseph M. Polisena is scheduled to make a formal donation of 78 unused cell phones to the Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence today at 10:30 a.m. at the Johnston Senior Center. The phones, previously used by town employees, will now be distributed to victims and survivors of domestic abuse in Rhode Island, according to a Coalition press release. Watch JohnstonPatch for coverage of this event.
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8:10 pm on Monday, February 27, 2012
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