Police Log: Hickies, An Expensive Meal & A Liquor Raid

Monday, July 15

1:31 p.m. – A Warwick woman told police her purse went missing during a visit to see her mother at St. Elizabeth Home. She said she thought she’d placed on her mother’s bed during the visit and that she’d left the room at one point to talk to the head nurse down the hall. When she was ready to leave, she couldn’t find her purse. She said she had around $145 and 30 Euros in the purse, a small black shoulder bag, as well as numerous credit cards and her social security card. Police checked surveillance video of the entrance and confirmed that the woman did indeed enter the building with the purse on her shoulder. An employee called later to say the purse had been found hanging on a handle of the mother’s wheelchair.

2:09 p.m. – An EG resident told police she’d entrusted $950 with a friend who lives in Warwick to keep for her but that when she asked for the money back, the friend would only return $300, allegedly telling the woman she’d picked up dinner for the two of them and that was enough. Now, the EG resident said, the Warwick woman wasn’t taking her calls. The EG woman said she wanted to press charges

Tuesday, July 16

1:29 a.m. – Police were called to Benny’s Plaza after a hydrant there was damaged. The hydrant had been completely knocked off its setting. Police contacted the manager of the plaza, since the hydrant is privately owned. There was nothing in the report on what caused the damage.

4:34 a.m. – Police went to a residence on Peirce Street after someone called 911 and hung up. The caller told police she had arrived home from work to find her boyfriend in the apartment with what looked like several hickies on his neck and body. She kicked him out but once outside, the boyfriend struck the front door twice hard enough to crack it and cause a piece of wood to come off. The resident told police she did not want to press charges against her boyfriend. Police noticed clothes and shoes strewn all over the backyard. The resident only shrugged her shoulders when police asked for an explanation.

10:41 a.m. – An East Greenwich woman told police her purse was taken from her car while it was parked overnight at a friend’s house on Granite Drive. She said the car had been unlocked.

10:50 a.m. – Police stopped a Cranston man for driving erratically on South County Trail after a call from a witness. The driver’s face was flushed and his hands were shaking. He said he’d been working his landscaping job all morning. Because of the heat, police called EGFD rescue. The man’s temperature was elevated and they thought perhaps the man had been affected by the heat. He was on his way back to him employer and he told police he would call it quits for the day. Police followed him for a while and his driving was fine.

12:16 p.m. – A River Run resident reported items taken from two unlocked cars parked at the house overnight. Among the items missing, according to the resident, were a Galaxy smart phone and a wallet containing several credit cards, a social security card and a R.I. driver’s license from one car and two car keys from the other car.

12:20 p.m. – Police shot a raccoon that appeared to be rabid on Proctor Avenue. A resident reported the raccoon, which had been moving slowly. Police found the raccoon sitting under a tree and not moving even as people neared. Police shot the raccoon using a department-issued shotgun.

Wednesday, July 17

8:17 a.m. – The animal control officer notified two dog owners (one from EG and one from NK) that they would be receiving tickets in the mail for allowing their dogs to run off leash at Scalloptown Park.

5:43 p.m. – Police arrested John Zinn, 60, of Pearl Street in Westerly for disorderly conduct and assault after a witness called police after hearing Zinn threaten his companion on Main Street. The witness also said Zinn threw his cell phone at his companion, breaking the phone. After Zinn told police several different versions of what happened, police decided to take him into custody. At the station, he complained of chest pain. Rescue took him to Kent Hospital.