Crime & Safety
Police Log: Geese, Eggs, A Mailbox
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Monday, July 22
10:30 a.m. – Police interviewed a teenager, 17, in connection with a mailbox knocked over on River Farm Drive earlier the previous night. She admitted striking the mailbox early Monday morning while driving on River Farm. She didn’t report the incident, she said, for fear of getting in trouble. Police gave her a traffic court summons.
11:10 a.m. – A Warwick man told police he’d seen a driver hit some geese on South County Trail near the former Bostitch building. The driver appeared to be young and looked panicked but she drove off after hitting the geese. Police found three geese dead in the road and a fourth on the side of the road that died soon after police arrived.
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6:59 p.m. – A King Street resident told police someone had damaged a front window screen. It appeared to police as if someone had attempted to remove the screen.
9:35 p.m. – A Sycamore Drive resident alerted police to an Ford SUV resting against a tree on the side of her house. She’d been inside her house when she heard a loud crash. The vehicle was locked and there was no driver. Police tracked the car’s registration to a Providence man who said he’d left his car parked in front of his in-laws on Cypress Court (which comes off of Sycamore Drive). He said the car was a standard and the emergency brake must not have been pulled up all the way.
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Tuesday, July 23
12:45 a.m. – A Stone Ridge Drive resident told police someone threw eggs at her house. While talking to one of her children in her kitchen, the resident heard multiple rapid noises from in front of her house. When she checked, she found the remains of at least two dozen eggs in front of her house. On July 17, the resident said she found a teenage boy leaving her garage carrying a bottle of wine. Police canvassed the neighborhood and found several broken eggs in the middle of the street on Lynn Circle.
4:04 p.m. – A Hemlock Drive resident told police someone threw eggs at his house at around 1 a.m. She’d heard her dog barking at around 1 a.m. When her husband went outside at 7 a.m., he found the smashed eggs.
4:13 p.m. – A Middle Road resident reported missing about $10,000 in jewelry from her house.
4:49 p.m. – A Cavalier Drive resident complained to police about two dogs loose on her property. The dogs apparently belong to an Adirondack Drive resident. The Animal Control Officer was to follow up.
10:10 p.m. – The manager of the Greenwich Hotel told police a guest left without paying. The man had been there from June 17 to July 13. He owes $170.80, according to the manager.8:13 p.m. – A Verndale resident told police a dog belonging to a Brookside man jumped out of his car and attacked her dog. The Brookside man confirmed the event, noting he’d had the dog only a week, having gotten it from the North Kingstown Animal Shelter. Both dogs are up to date on their vaccines.
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