Sunday, June 17, 2012
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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Sunday, June 10, 2012
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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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Sunday, June 3, 2012
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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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, April 23, 2012
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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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, April 9, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual, and "oh, my gosh" police reports from around the region.
Hope he didn't speed to the station: A North Providence man may have outrun a Johnston cop during the early morning hours of Mar. 31 — but apparently not his conscience. According to police, the 20-year-old's car was reported fleeing from the scene of a disturbance at 5:45 a.m. when a local officer saw it on Hartford Avenue. After leading the officer on a high-speed chase, including doing 60 in a 30-mph zone and running at least one red light, the driver escaped into Scituate when the officer gave up pursuit because of bad weather. At about 11 a.m., the man went to Johnston Police headquarters and surrendered. Officers arraigned him on the new reckless driving and driving with a suspended license charges — then presented him as a probation…
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, April 2, 2012
You're not going to believe some of the entries in this week's edition of OMG PD, our weekly wrap-up of odd and unusual police reports from around the region.
A Family Affair: Johnston police arrested a 21-year-old bartender for serving her 20-year-old brother at a local club after officers said the younger sibling fled the club when he saw the cops arrive. While two officers were conducting a routine check of the bar, a neighbor called HQ and said that a man had just jumped into his yard and was trying to hide. Once found, the brother said he tried to run because he was not old enough to legally buy alcohol, and told officers his sister had served him. The cops got a bonus third suspect on underage alcohol possession when another of the bar's customers admitted to being 20. Lightning Strikes Twice: Two men found out that the area near the Manton Bridge on the Johnston/Providence border is a bad…
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, March 26, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual, and "oh, my gosh" reports from police departments around the region.
Really Bad Timing: A Providence man faces a DWI charge with injury resulting after his car reportedly crossed the center lane in the early morning hours in Johnston and struck another car head-on. That car, with an 80-year-old woman in the passenger seat, was being followed by a police cruiser. The elderly woman was transported from the scene for treatment of multiple broken bones, and the man reportedly blew a .187 BAC — twice — on the breathalyzer at the police station. Heifer Heist: A Tiverton farmer lost a dozen cattle in broad daylight last week, no joke. In a strange case of New England cattle rustling, a Connecticut farmer, claiming the Tiverton farmer owed him money, confessed to police that he came by himself and took the cattle …
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, March 19, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh. my gosh' police reports from Patch sites around the region.
Mud-Dipped 'Doughnuts': Two Johnston men face misdemeanor charges of destruction of public property after a surveillance camera caught them driving their cars on a muddy town soccer field and driving in circles to dig up the turf — colloquially known as "doing doughnuts." The mayor and police weren't amused, of course, and tracked down one of the 18-year-olds at the high school. When he spoke with the cops, the high schooler said he'd "heard about" the incident, then admitted he'd been involved when detectives found his truck's undercarriage caked with — you guessed it — mud. The other suspect, also 18, is a freshman in college and faces formal arrest when he returns. Too Fat For Sobriety Test: One Hopkinton woman had an interesting excuse…
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, March 12, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh, my gosh' police reports from around the region.
Unsecured Load + Suspended License + Warrant = Trip To Jail: A Boston man earned himself a free trip to South Kingstown, courtesy of that town's police, after Johnston police stopped him at the Central Landfill for carrying an unsecured load of trash. When officers checked his license and criminal record, they found cause for concern with both — his driver's license had been suspended, and he was wanted in SK for obtaining money under false pretenses. The Johnston cops arraigned him on the unsecured load and suspended license charges, then turned him over to South Kingstown's finest. Dunkin' Disorderly: A Cranston man’s attempt to use a Dunkin Donuts’ parking lot as his own came to an end this week after he was arrested. According to …
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1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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Monday, March 5, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual, and 'oh, my gosh' police reports from around the region.
A Man Named Law Gets Arrested… Again: A Johnston man is facing felony domestic assault charges and a slew of other charges after allegedly assaulting a woman who was driving him to his cousin’s house. This isn’t the first run-in with the law for this 26-year-old man, whose last name happens to be “Law.” According to online legal records, Law was also charged with domestic assault charges last year, as well as a bevy of charges since 2004 – including making crank or obscene phone calls, larceny, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, and others. He was remanded to the ACI after he was unable to post the $50,000 bail. Firefighter Blazes Way To Ticket: A Woonsocket firefighter was arrested last week after he allegedly…
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Johnston Police Department
1651 Atwood Ave, Johnston, RI
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