Sunday, September 16, 2012
Check out some of the odd police reports from around Rhode Island.
'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 spent the officers' goodwill when he tried to choke himself in the police station bathroom and punched himself in the face in an apparent attempt to …
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Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Sunday, May 6, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh, my gosh' police reports from around Rhode Island.
Not just a desk job: He may the Deputy Chief of the Johnston Police Department, but David DeCesare recently showed that he'll still get down and dirty on the job after he chased a suspect through a wooded area in Johnston. An engineer at WPRO radio called the local department to report sighting a man trying to cut copper pipe from a transmission tower, and as a patrolman was en route to the scene, DeCesare notified HQ that he was involved in a foot pursuit of the suspect. After emerging from the woods, presumably in less-than-spotless condition, DeCesare identified the suspect, who'd been nabbed by other officers in the meantime. Man run over trying to stop drunk driver: An allegedly drunk driver pulled into Metacomet Country Club in East …
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Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, January 23, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.
Wrong Way To Be Known: A Johnston man and his passenger were arrested on Jan. 12 after a local officer reportedly recognized the man from previous encounters about his suspended license. Officers also found crack cocaine and a fentanyl transdermal patch in the female passenger's possession. The woman, already serving 67 months' probation, was charged with two counts of felony drug possession. The driver was released on personal recognizance following arraignment. Man Allegedly Goes On Bloody Rampage One Woonsocket man allegedly went on a rampage this week that stretched from Cumberland Farms to his residence down the street. When police arrived at the convenience store, they found trash cans turned over, hoses from the gas pumps on the …
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Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, January 2, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.
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Monday, January 2, 2012
Christmas Wish Fail: A Cranston man asked Johnston Police to grant him a Christmas wish — not to be arrested — but was denied when officers reportedly found him in possession of hyperdermic needles and heroin on Dec. 20. A search of his car also turned up two small vials containing what officers suspected was illegal steroids, and that the man claimed he'd "found" in Burrillville. A Very Taser Christmas Police arrived to the house of a 56-year-old North Kingstown man after he allegedly assaulted a woman while highly intoxicated. Apparently, the man’s very un-Christmas behavior wasn’t exclusive to the woman he allegedly assaulted. After flicking a lit cigarette at one officer, the shirtless man (yes, shirtless) was Tasered. The man was …
41.830382
-71.500982
Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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