OMG PD: Mom to the Rescue, Drinking Stories

Check out some of the most noteworthy crime stories throughout the region.

  Mom to the rescue — sort of: Johnston Police reported that a local mom tried to interfere with the arrest of her son on drug and weapons charges recently. According to police, an officer stopped the son's car because his passenger wasn't wearing a seatbelt, and later found pot and steak knives with 3-in. blades in the car. The young man's mother showed up as officers were escorting him to a cruiser, with one officer reporting her saying: "'Don't [expletive] tell them anything," and trying to walk over to the police car. Eventually, the mother backed off, and officers took the driver and his passenger — who had an active arrest warrant — back to the police station. The driver is also awaiting trial on State Police charges that he threw …

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OMG PD: Voodoo Child, On-Star Return

Check out some of the more unusal police reports from around the state.

  Voodoo Child: If Narragansett officers begin to notice sharp pains in the coming days, they may have one local woman to thank. Police had to arrest the self-professed "voodoo queen" twice in less than 24 hours this month on charges of disorderly conduct. The 48-year-old woman was allegedly found intoxicated on a bench outside of a liquor store proclaiming that she was the voodoo queen. (Police noted that the woman’s arms and face were painted.) The next day, the woman was found screaming in a parking lot down the road and appeared to be hallucinating. According to police, she appeared to be in a trance and was screaming, “Die (expletive), die, die!” Police brought the woman to South County Hospital for a mental health evaluation. On-Star…

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OMG PD: Busted Bike and Bath Salts

Check out some of the more unusual police reports from around the state.

  Good guys... get their motocycles toppled: A Cranston man who tried to help a Johnston woman found himself with a scratched-up Kawasaki motorcycle and a broken helmet after the man accused of hitting the woman also knocked over the bike. Johnston Police also reported that the alleged assailant was on probation at the time of the incident, earning him a trip straight to the ACI. [Bleep]ing bath salts: Narragansett police had an interesting time trying to wrangle a woman who was reportedly on hallucinogenic drugs this past weekend. Officers received a call from the staff at Bon Vue Inn in Narragansett regarding a 32-year-old woman acting erratically at the bar. Police were able to locate the woman quickly, as she was reportedly breathing …

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OMG PD: 'Hot' Goods, Rap Sheet as Love Note

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

That's not exactly what they mean by 'hot' goods: Johnston Police reported this week that they solved an apparent theft case after finding more than $27,000 of jewelry and other items in a microwave oven that had been stashed in an outdoor shed. A Johnston man reportedly admitted to helping himself to the items after spending the night at an apartment, then asking the resident to give him a ride to a friend's house. When the woman discovered her wallet and jewelry missing, she at first called the suspect to ask him about it, to which he replied: "The police are going to need a warrant to check my friend's house." In fact, the residents of the home signed a consent to search request, which allowed officers to search the property — where …

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OMG PD: One Man Nude, Another Almost Spewed

We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh, my gosh' police reports from around the region.

Time to dry out: A Providence woman earned herself a stay at Fatima Hospital on June 4 after Johnston Police responded to a home following a neighbor's report of a disturbance. Officers reported that the woman smelled of alcohol and was uncooperative as they placed her in a cruiser to bring her to police HQ. Once in a holding cell at the department, the woman continued to kick, yell, and spit on the floor, walls, and door. Rescue personnel responded to the police station to bring the woman to the hospital for detox, since officers reported they couldn't process her for arrest. Sleeping driver, thrown from truck, lives: Is this the one exception where forgetting to buckle up was the right move? Apparently, the negligence of a Dunkin' Donuts…

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OMG PD: No Love for Grandma

We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh, my gosh' police reports from around the region.

  No love for Grandma: Maybe she never made him cookies or maybe he’s just a malcontent person, but one Johnston man is really not a fan of his grandmother. Johnston police arrested the 26-year-old man twice in less than six hours after he allegedly placed multiple harassing calls to his grandmother. According to reports, the 26-year-old grandson threatened to beat her up and told her he had guns and would shoot anyone who went to his house. Grandma contacted police and got a no-contact order against her overly grumpy grandson, but a few hours later the man was allegedly calling again, threatening to break her legs and calling her profane names. According to the reports, the grandson denied placing the calls and claimed that his …

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OMG PD: Mushrooms, Mayhem and a Man In a Tree

We compile some of the more unusual police reports from departments around the state. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.

  Police find suspect – up a tree: Sometimes firefighters rescue kittens from trees. And sometimes, they rescue fully-grown men suspected of assault out of trees, which coincidentally happened this past week in Johnston. Police arrived at the 25-year-old man’s home after the man allegedly assaulted his 61-year-old father by dragging him down a flight of stairs and knocking him unconscious, eventually sending him to the hospital with broken ribs. After drafting up a warrant, officers went to go look for the man at his home — only to find the man “standing in a tree approximately six feet off the ground,” according to reports. The man allegedly refused to climb down until a rescue vehicle arrived. He was arraigned at Our Lady of Fatima …

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OMG PD: Rollin' Like a Gangsta — and Charged Like One

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

Rollin' like a gangsta — and charged like one: After Johnston Police pulled over the car driven by a 19-year-old Providence man on May 6 for illegal tint on the car's windows, they found more than an ounce of pot, $975 in cash, three knives, a bottle of Ciroc vodka, and a handgun — one that turned out to be an air soft (pellet) replica of a Sig Sauer P228. The passenger, also 19, was arrested for misdemeanor possession, but the driver earned a stay at the ACI while he awaits trial on multiple felony and misdemeanor charges. At least he didn't disturb his mother's grave: A Johnston man faces several felony charges after police allege he stole as many as 75 brass vases installed near headstones at a local cemetery and sold them for scrap. An…

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OMG PD: It's Not AAA

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

  It's not AAA: A Johnston man learned that getting roadside help from a police officer can be costlier than a tow when the cop found an outstanding warrant for the driver, whose car had run out of gas. According to police reports, the man had been sought by East Greenwich Police for passing a bad check. He also had an expired temporary registration plate on his car, a recent ticket from the State Police for driving an unregistered vehicle, and an expired driver's license. Johnston officers did give the man a ride, though — to the local police department, then to East Greenwich. Knock yourself out: Jail cell bars didn’t deter one man from continuing his disorderly conduct. Narragansett police put the 34-year-old man behind bars following a…

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OMG PD: Craziness with Cars Edition

We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh, my gosh' police reports from around Rhode Island.

Craziness with cars, Part I: Johnston Police arrested a North Providence man for a second time in two weeks after officers said he attempted to crash his car head-on into a police cruiser during a high-speed chase. It all apparently started when the man honked his horn in front of an ex-girlfriend's house at 5 a.m., then sped off. Police gave chase, but lost the man. He reportedly returned to the neighborhood an hour and a half later, at which point he attempted to ram his car into a cruiser driving in the opposite direction. Police attempted to keep him from leaving, but the man managed to speed away. Later that morning officers found the man at his apartment, where he reportedly began crying and said, “I [expletive] up. I can’t afford …

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