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OMG PD: While We're Here...

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

While We're Here...: Johnston Police, already at an apartment complex for a report of an assault, called in a second team of officers when another resident ran from her apartment and flagged them down. In the first case, officers arrested a woman for allegedly cutting a male juvenile's arm with a kitchen knife during a fight; in the second case, officers and rescue personnel found a woman bleeding heavily from her leg, apparently caused when her son-in-law allegedly pushed her into a glass dining room table, causing the table to shatter. He Wouldn't Leave The Car For Anyone: A Newport man received DUI, simple assault, resisting and vandalism charges this week after he was reportedly removed from his car by police and, later, spit in the …

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OMG PD: Spittin' Mad

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

Spittin' Mad: A Johnston man made a bad day worse when he reportedly spit all over a police cruiser following his arrest for assault on Jan. 6. According to police, the man had been involved in an argument with a couple and "sucker-punched" the husband. After a quick run into the nearby woods — and a cell phone call from his grandmother to come out — the suspect surrendered to police and claimed the woman had tried to choke him. When officers didn't find any marks on his neck, they placed him under arrest. That's when officers say he spat all over the interior of the police cruiser, adding a count of disorderly conduct to the assault charge. Man Arrested After Singing to 5-Year-Old Girl: Newport police arrested a 38-year-old Providence man…

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OMG PD: Stop & Shop Slug-Out

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

Stop & Shop Slug-Out A Johnston woman turned herself in at police headquarters on Dec. 8 to answer for a charge of assault on another shopper at Stop & Shop a week earlier.  According to police, the suspect hit another woman at the supermarket before leaving the scene. The suspect's mother reportedly told police she was just defending herself — but a witness and the store's surveillance video supported the victim's statements that the suspect assaulted her for no apparent reason. Christmas Tree Becomes Victim in Domestic Dispute   After becoming upset over a family issue, one Middletown man did the only rational thing possible: he took it out on the Christmas (or holiday, if you so please) tree. Police arrived at the man’s house at about 1…

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OMG PD: 1 Officer + 2 Suspects = 'Career Arrest'

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

1 Officer + 2 Suspects = 'Career Arrest' A Johnston police officer is being credited with making a “career arrest” by his superior officer. Johnston Police Chief David DeCesare said that Sgt. Brian LeClair was patrolling near Burlington Coat Factory at 3:20 in the morning when he found two men dressed all in black attempting to break into the store. The officer drew his gun and ordered the men to the ground, but instead of listening, one of the men took off his facemask and gloves, charged at the officer and hit him in the face. The second man then started walking toward the officer, too. Sgt. LeClair swung at the first man with his flashlight, stepped back and ordered both men on the ground at gunpoint. This time, they listened, and …

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OMG PD: MOTO (Master Of The Obvious) — DUI Edition

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

MOTO, DUI Edition A 26-year-old man from Vineyard Haven, MA, was lucky not to have killed someone before he was arrested for drunk driving in Middletown. According to an officer’s report, the man’s car swerved not only across his own lanes, but across two lanes in the opposite direction, so his tires were on the curb in the wrong lane of travel. One car swerved to avoid a head-on collision, before the officer, who was one car behind, pulled over the 26-year-old. When asked if he knew he’d almost hit another car, the driver allegedly said: “Officer, I am drunk, I’m guilty, I know.” He then bombed a field sobriety test and allegedly blew .243 on a chemical breath test. Robbery caught on tape: A North Kingstown criminal who failed in his …

OMG PD: Bride Wore White, Guest Wore Cuffs

We compile the odd, unusual and ‘oh my gosh’ police items from throughout the region.

The bride wore white, the guest wore cuffs A 22-year-old East Greenwich man left a Narragansett wedding a bit early after police were called to investigate a fight between two brothers. The brothers said they were play-fighting, but it got out of control. While officers were questioning one of the brothers, he apparently wouldn’t calm down or listen to an officer. He was arrested for disorderly conduct in front of his mother and the other wedding guests. Race fan doesn’t make it to the checkered flag A Warren man was arrested after he allegedly made a drunken scene at the Seekonk Speedway and then kicked an officer in the groin area while the officer was attempting to place him in a police cruiser. The 52-year-old was reportedly extremely …