Police Beat: You Have to Return a U-Haul?

Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.

The following arrest and incident reports were provided by Johnston Police. They do not indicate a conviction. U-HAUL NOT RETURNED Johnston Police tracked down a missing U-Haul that was never returned to Carrara’s Auto Clinic on Atwood Avenue and charged a former Johnston man who never returned it with obtaining a vehicle with intent to defraud. According to a police report, Kerry E. Raso, 43, of 19 Lexington Road, North Kingstown, reportedly rented a U-Haul truck on Dec. 15 and was supposed to return it on Dec. 16 but never returned. Carrara’s owner, David Carrara, told police that he tried to contact Raso from Dec. 17 to Jan. 9 via telephone and certified mail with no luck. Police eventually found the U-Haul truck on Jan. 12 at 32 …

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Police Beat: Face Baseball

Recent arrests and incidents reported by Johnston Police.

The following arrest and incident reports were provided by Johnston police. They do not indicate a conviction. ASSAULT Police charged Rodrigo H. Vargas, 20, of 30 John St., Cranston, with felony assault with a dangerous weapon and disorderly conduct Feb. 12 for allegedly hitting a man in the face with an aluminum baseball bat during an altercation. According to a police report, police responded to 1266 Plainfield Street for a report of a large disturbance in the second floor apartment. Upon arrival, police heard what sounded like a fight going on inside. Once inside, police saw two men in the midst of a fight. After breaking up the fight, police concluded that Vargas hit the victim with the bat during the altercation and the victim was …

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Police Beat: B&E, Copper Theft, Marijuana, Hit and Run

Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.

B&E Johnston Police are investigating a breaking and entering that occurred in an apartment on Jan. 28 at 2800 Hartford Ave. According to police, the victim called police to report the break-in after he came home around 10:45 a.m. — about an hour-and-a-half after he left in the morning. Police said the suspect broke a glass door behind the building to get inside the apartment. Once inside, the suspect stole a Nintendo Wii console, a 37-inch TV, laptop, safe, Xbox 360 console, five katana swords and other items. Police are investigating. COPPER THEFT Johnston Police reported the theft of copper from a vacant house on Pinehill Road on Jan. 25. Police said a property inspector went to the house at 65 Pinehill Road to winterize the home. …

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Police Beat: Leaving the Scene, Assault on a Cop, Warrant

Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.

LEAVING THE SCENE A 21-year-old Johnston woman was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after she allegedly changed her mind about going to Taco Bell and smashed into another car when she made an abrupt u-turn on Hartford Avenue, leaving behind her bumper – complete with license plate –  and a hit-and-run victim. According to police, Ashley Cote, 21, of 283 Borden Ave., Johnston, was en-route to Taco Bell, driving in front of a car driven by a N. Attleborough, Mass., woman along Hartford Avenue. Near Robert Corio Jewelers, Cote reportedly changed her mind about the fast food and “suddenly pulled a U-turn” by pulling into the parking lot of the jewelers and back onto Hartford Avenue at a high rate of speed, according to an accident…

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Police Beat: Marijuana, B&E, Twisted Finger Assault

Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.

The following arrest and incident reports were provided by Johnston Police. They do not indicate convictions. MARIJUANA A 25-year-old Johnston man was charged with marijuana possession Dec. 28 after a routine traffic stop sparked by an officer noticing his passenger wasn’t wearing a seat belt. According to police, Richard A. Naud, of 26 Victor Ave., was stopped while driving his Ford Mustang because his passenger was unbuckled. The officer reportedly smelled marijuana when he approached the vehicle. A check of Naud’s information showed he was wanted on an active Superior Court bench warrant for failing to appear on a drug possession charge. Naud was asked to exit his vehicle. When he did, police said, he attempted to toss his jacket inside…

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Police Beat: B&Es, DUI, Domestic Assault

Recent incidents and arrests reported by Johnston Police.

The following information was provided by Johnston Police. It does not indicate a conviction. B&E Johnston Police responded to 1208 Atwood Ave. Dec. 8 for a report of a breaking and entering into an unoccupied building. Upon arrival, police met with Michael Schultz, who is renting the building, who said that when he got there at 9 a.m., he discovered an interior door was open and the glass had been shattered. After looking more, he found that $1,700 worth of tools were missing. Police said the building is in the process of being renovated into a working garage. Police said the suspect got in through the north side door, entered an office area and stole the items. Stolen were a DeWalt drill, a combination drill, an impact driver, closed-…

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RI State Police Arrest Log: Three Warrant Arrests, DUI Charge

The following information was posted on the Rhode Island State Police website. Where an arrest is noted, it does not indicate an conviction.

  Four Johnston residents were arrested by Rhode Island State Police in separate incidents on Thursday and Sunday. Troopers from the Lincoln Woods Barracks arrested Jennifer Zambarano 33, of 8 Baker St. on a warrant issued by Third District Court, Warwick, for failure to appear for an ability to pay hearing on one count of driving under the influence brought by State Police. According to police reports, officers stopped Zambarano's vehicle on Veterans Memorial Parkway in East Providence at about 10 am Sunday. In a hearing held at the Lincoln Woods Barracks, Zambarano posted bail and was released pending an as-yet unscheduled court hearing. Online court records show that Zambarano pleaded no contest to one count of DUI and one count of …

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Week in Review

Top Stories, Oct. 15 — 19

It was a police report sweep this week, as news from the Johnston Police Department and Rhode Island State Police grabbed the highest numbers of clicks by readers.

  Oct. 15: WPRI: Crash Shuts Down Hartford Avenue The week started with a report, first posted in WPRI.com, of a late-night car accident on Hartford Avenue that sent two people to the hospital. Oct. 16: RI State Police Arrest Log: Parole Violation, Court Warrant Tuesday's report from the Rhode Island State Police included the arrest of a Johnston man for violating terms of probation — six days before the probation period was due to expire. Oct. 17: Car-Ramming Suspect Surrenders to Police, Faces Felony Charges In a follow-up to our Sept. 28 report about a North Providence woman sought by police after her ex-husband told Johnston Police that she had tried to hit him with her van, Wednesday's top story noted her surrender and appearance in …

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RI State Police Arrest Log: Johnston Man Arrested Following Car Crash

State troopers arrested a Johnston man on an active court warrant on Oct. 6 after a car accident on Rte. 6.

  Rhode Island State Police reported the Oct. 6 arrest of a Johnston man on an active court warrant following a car accident on Rte. 6. David Barboza, 44, of 22 Waterman Ave., had been sought by North Providence Police on a felony charges of passing fraudulent checks over $1,000. State Police reported that their officers responded to an accident at about 8:30 am on Saturday morning and found Barboza at the scene. Troopers brought Barboza to Rhode Island State Police Headquarters in Scituate for processing, then turned him over to North Providence Police, according to the State Police press release website. A court hearing is scheduled for Dec. 7 on the North Providence charge. Barboza is scheduled to appear in court on Oct. 26 on an …

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RI State Police Arrest Log: Parolee Charged

Troopers arrested Anthony Folcarelli, 51, in North Providence on Saturday.

  Rhode Island State Police reported the arrest of a Johnston man serving parole from a 2011 breaking and entering conviction. On Saturday, Sept. 22, troopers from the Lincoln Woods Barracks stopped the car driven by Anthony Folcarelli, 51, of 8 Belmont St., in North Providence at 12:15 pm. State Police officers arrested Folcarelli for violating terms of his parole and brought him to the Adult Correctional Institutions, Cranston, according to the RISP press release website. According to online court records, Superior Court Judge Kristin E. Rodgers sentenced Folcarelli to 10 years, with 30 months to serve, following his no contest plea to a charge of felony breaking and entering brought by Providence Police in 2011.

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