Police Log: Car Damaged, Van Damaged, Purse Stolen

CAR DAMAGED
On March 4, a Middle Road man told police that someone smashed the front passenger window to his Toyota.

Police said the car had been parked outside his house for four days. A responding officer reported he saw glass on the ground but there was no sign of a rock or other object that might have been used to smash the window.

Nothing was taken from inside the car.

PURSE STOLEN
A woman doing laundry at West Bay Laundry on Post Road March 4 was the victim of a purse theft.

Police said the North Kingstown woman reported that she was doing laundry around 1 p.m. and she left her purse on a chair near the front door.

The woman went to Cumberland Farms to buy a few things and when she returned, the purse was gone.

Police are investigating.

HOUSE ENTERED
Police were called to an Adirondack Drive house on March 6 for a report of trespassing.

Police said they were met at the house by a real estate agent who showed them a blanket and some candy wrappers inside the house.

Though the house was secured with a lock box on the front door the garage door lock was broken, police said, and a door inside the garage leading into the house was unlocked.

VAN DAMAGE
East Greenwich police took a report from an employee of Self Storage Center on Post Road March 3 for a report of damage to a moving truck.

Police said the employee told them the truck was rented on March 1. The business was closed on March 2 and on March 3, the employee got to work and found the truck had been returned and there was damage to the right rear corner.

Police said they spoke with the person who rented the truck. He said that he just learned about the situation and a hired worker might have accidentally caused the damage but failed to tell him.

The matter would be resolved with no further police action.

WARRANT
Police charged Scott Allen Monroe, 21, of 20 Monetray Road, Warwick, with a warrant March 8 at 6:19 p.m.