Friday, May 10 2:30 p.m. – Police assisted EG Fire at a fire at a house on Hemlock Drive. No one was home at the time and there were no pets. A neighbor called in the fire. The fire started in the attic. The house suffered extensive smoke and water damage. 5 p.m. – An East Providence man turned in a money clip with $225 in cash, a driver’s license and several credit cards. Police contacted the owner, a Warwick man, who came to the station to pick it up. 7:46 p.m. – An employee at a Cedar Avenue recovery residence told police a man she had worked with at another facility had made …
Monday, May 6 11:36 a.m. – A person at New England Tech reported a hen in the parking lot. He said he saw a car pull into the parking lot, the trunk pop open and the hen jump out. He was not able to get the license plate number, according to the report. The animal control officer took possession of the hen, using a cat carrier to transport it to the police station. Before the officer had a chance to take the hen to North Kingstown Animal Hospital, she laid an egg. There was nothing in the report to indicate who took possession of the egg. Tuesday, May 7 12:18 p.m. – A Marlborough Street …
Thursday, May 2 2:32 p.m. – The manager of Ruby Tuesday’s on Division Street told police two customers sitting at the bar rang up a bill of $91.75 and left without paying. The manager said this was the third time the men had done this. She said she wanted to press charges and have no trespass orders be issued if police are able to find the men. Friday, May 3 1:18 a.m. – A customer at Norman’s Tap on Main Street called police because he said he’d been assaulted. When police talked to the bartender and others, however, a different picture emerged, in which the man who called was drunk and …
Monday, April 29 11:32 a.m. – A Coventry man told police someone took his wife’s purse while they were at the McDonald’s on New London Turnpike. He said she left it in the bathroom at the restaurant and didn’t realize it was missing until she arrived home. McDonald’s did not find the purse. The purse contained a wallet, a bank account passbook and three diamond rings. 1:33 p.m. – Police arrested Alison Swift, 50, of Post Road, for driving while intoxicated, second offense, and refusing to take a chemical test, after she struck a parked car on Main Street. Because Swift had difficulty …
Friday, April 26 12:46 p.m. – A Carrs Pond Road resident showed police a wooded area of his property where trash had been dumped, including two piles of brush, a white rattan bench, pieces of lumber and plastic flower pots. Police suggested he hang a chain between trees to block vehicles and post no-trespassing signs. 1:31 p.m. – The chef at Sienna restaurant told police someone took four cast-iron planters that had been moved behind the building to be cleaned on Thursday. He said he’d left at 11 a.m. Thursday to run some errands and when he returned at 2 p.m., the planters were gone. 5:49 a…
Thursday, April 18 5:05 p.m. – Police arrested Jeffrey Laychak, 27, of Laurel Ridge Lane in North Kingstown, for driving with a suspended license after he was pulled over on Main Street because of an expired inspection sticker. Routine checks turned up the license violation as well as car registration suspension. Police had the car towed from the scene and released Laychak with a court summons. Friday, April 19 12:28 a.m. – Police arrested Michelle Weinberg, 45, of Frenchtown Road, for driving while in intoxicated and refusing to take a chemical breath test, after she was pulled over …
Monday, April 15 1:05 p.m. – A man from Newport Biodiesel told police said he’d heard a report from Dave’s Market employees about two suspicious men removing oil from the Newport Diesel collection bin behind the market. The men said they had permission, but after they’d driven off in a van, employees found the bin’s lock had been cut and approximately 40 to 50 gallons of oil missing, valued at $150. The description of the van given by the Dave’s employees matched that of the van from a similar incident in West Warwick. The Dave’s employees gave police the license plate number, which matched …
Thursday, April 4 8:01 a.m. – A resident of Shoreside Apartments complained to police about his downstairs neighbor having loud conversations at 3 a.m. He told police he had spoken to Sgt. Carter before about hearing threatening talk from the neighbor. Police then talked to the man downstairs, who denied having late or loud conversations. Police said to be mindful of the volume of his conversations. 9:49 a.m. – An East Greenwich woman told police she was thinking of starting divorce proceedings against her husband because he had abused her for years. The last time he had done so was several …
Monday, April 1 9:50 a.m. and 1 p.m. – Residents of Liberty and Somerset streets complained about trucks and parking issues related to the Alex and Ani distribution warehouse on Liberty Street. In the morning, police got a report of a tractor-trailer blocking the roadway. Police spoke with the manager, who said he would arrange to have smaller trucks make deliveries. At 1 p.m., a resident flagged down police to complain about cars parked on Somerset Street all day. There is no restriction posted limiting the length of time cars can be parked on the street, but after police got another call, …
Thursday, March 28 12:17 p.m. – The animal control officer followed up on a complaint about an unleashed dog at 75 Signal Ridge Way. There were two dogs running off the property unleashed on this afternoon, one belonging to a relative, according to the homeowner. The ACO had notified the owner several times before this, dating back 18 months, telling him to get his dog licensed and to keep it on a leash when off the property, with no result. 3:43 p.m. – Police arrested Joshua H. White, 31, of Taft Street in Cranston, on a bench warrant after he was stopped on Post Road because he wasn’t …
Thursday, March 21 8:26 a.m. – EGHS Assistant Principal Tim Chace told police a teacher at the high school found a bottle of UV Cherry Vodka outside her classroom on the floor on Wednesday. Police tested the contents, confirmed alcohol and destroyed the bottle (which had been two-thirds full). Friday, March 22 8:03 p.m. – Police arrested Annie Russell, 34, of Long Street, on a bench warrant. Police went to her residence to execute the warrant. They were told by two people there Russell had moved to West Warwick, but checking the back staircase, they found Russell, who they arrested and …
Monday, March 18 12:50 p.m. – A resident of a house on Frenchtown Road told police she said a suspicious man entering her house on March 13. She is renting the house and talked to the landlord but was suspicious of his explanation. Police followed up with the landlord, who said the man was a carpenter who did work on his properties. The landlord said on that day the carpenter went to the wrong house. He assured police the carpenter did not have keys to the Frenchtown house. Tuesday, March 19 10:01 a.m. – On Sunday, a Castle Street resident told police he’d been bit by a neighbor’s dog. He …
Friday, March 15 11:31 a.m. – A Newcastle Street woman told police she and her husband had their joint tax return rejected because the IRS said her Social Security number had been used on another person's return. The IRS told her to file a police report for identity fraud.Saturday, March 16 10:49 and 11:36 a.m. – Police checked out reports of unregistered cars, first one parked next to a house on Union Street. That car, a VW bug, was partly dismantled and there were no plates on the it, making it in violation of EG town ordinance. The second car was parked on a property on Kenyon Avenue. It …
Monday, March 11 5:27 p.m. – Police arrested Ronald P. Hieap, 19, of Malcolm Road in North Kingstown, for driving with a suspended license after he was stopped while driving on Main Street because a backseat passenger was not wearing a seatbelt. Routine checks turned up the license violation. Police issued a court summons for Hieap and gave him a ticket for the seatbelt violation. The car was towed from the scene. Tuesday, March 12 2:20 a.m. – Police stopped a silver Lincoln Town Car driving east on First Avenue after running routine checks on the car because its trunk was open. The checks …
Thursday, March 7 7:27 p.m. – Police arrested Diderot Joseph, 26, of Gerardine Place in New City, New York, for driving with a suspended license after he was stopped while driving on Main Street because one of his brake lights was out. Routine checks turned up the suspended New York license. Joseph was taken into custody and an acquaintance arrived to drive the car from the scene. Friday, March 8 A 13-year-old boy was arrested at Cole Middle School for second-degree child molestation after complaints were made against him. The incidents of “inappropriate touching” were said to have taken …
Tuesday, Feb. 2611:47 a.m. – Police arrested Walter Tierney, 64, of Blackrock Road in Coventry, for driving with a suspended license after police noticed him speeding on Frenchtown Road (going 48 mph in a 40 mph area) and routine checks turned up the license violation. Police gave him a court summons for the license and a warning for speed. A relative drove the car from the scene.2:40 p.m. – Police arrested Richard Matteson, 38, of Providence Street in West Warwick, on a bench warrant at a house on South Pierce Road. Matteson was processed at the station, then taken to the ACI.6:52 p.m. – A …
Tuesday, Feb. 1910:15 a.m. – A Peirce Street resident complained to police about an unregistered car parked on a neighboring property, creating an eyesore. He asked police to investigate. Police did check into the vehicle on Thursday, Feb. 21, confirming it was not registered. The car’s owner was not home. Police forwarded the report to the town’s zoning official.Wednesday, Feb 205:14 p.m. – A Crystal Drive resident reported jewelry missing from the master bedroom in his house. He said a college class ring was missing, along with a gold ring, a gold charm bracelet, and two other gold …
Sunday, Feb. 17 3:50 a.m. – Police had two cars towed from the rear lot at Town Hall. There is no overnight parking allowed in the lot and there was also a parking ban in effect because of snow.11:46 a.m. – A town plow truck driver struck a light pole while clearing snow on Old Farm Road, knocking it down. 6:28 p.m. – A woman told police a man taking her and her daughter to look at an apartment in Coventry tried to kiss her and grab her leg. When they stopped at the McDonald’s on New London Turnpike, she said he grabbed her daughter’s jacket to keep them in the car. Police contacted the man, …
Monday, Feb. 1111:32 a.m. – An EG resident asked police to issue a No Contact order against the father of her child after he was in a fight with her neighbor while he was visiting their daughter at her home. Police left a phone message for the man, at his listed residence in Maine.Tuesday, Feb. 129:48 a.m. – An EG resident told police she’d received a letter in the mail from a collection agency for a bill owed to Cox Communications for $486, for an account registered to an address in Providence. The resident said she’d lived in East Greenwich for several years and had not set up an additional…
Friday, Feb. 81:20 a.m. – Police tracked down a car that had been involved in a hit-and-run accident on King Street to a residence on Duke Street. The car had hit a house and a parked car and had left behind parts that indicated it was a Ford. A search of the area turned up a Ford that looked as if it was the car involved in the accident. Police knocked on the residence that the car was registered to but no one answered. Finding the door unlocked and believing the person could be hurt, police entered the apartment and found a woman asleep in bed. When she could not be woken, police called …
