Crime & Safety
Police Log: Mailbox, Car Window Take Hits
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Monday, Aug. 26
10:13 a.m. – One of the owners of Office Recycling Solutions on Rocky Hollow Road told police Citizens Bank had contacted him about an attempt to cash a fraudulent check. A man attempted to cash a check for $584.55 on Aug. 25. The bank didn’t cash it because the man was using a fake i.d. Seven other checks were cashed the same day at other Citizens branches, the bank’s fraud department reported, totaling $4,154.67. The business owner told police he thought perhaps it was someone who had access to payroll checks.
5:16 p.m. – Police arrested a Fremont, N.H. man, 34, for driving with a suspended license after he was involved in a car accident on New England Turnpike. Routine checks turned up the license violation. He was booked at the station, arraigned before a justice of the peace and released.
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Tuesday, Aug. 27
3:51 p.m. – A Tillinghast Road resident told police his mailbox had been damaged sometime overnight. Police saw a dent in the side of the mailbox “consistent with being struck by a baseball bat,” according to the report.
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6:48 p.m. – Police arrested a West Warwick woman, 23, for driving with a suspended license after she was pulled over because police noticed several air fresheners hanging from the rear view mirror. Routine checks turned up the license violation. Police gave her a court summons and she was released. Her car was towed from the scene.
7:47 p.m. – Police arrested Curtis George Langstaff, 58, of Main Street, on a District Court bench warrant while police were interviewing residents following a recent robbery. Routine checks on Langstaff turned up the warrant. He was taken into custody and driven to the ACI.
Wednesday, Aug. 28
8:05 p.m. – A Jamestown woman told police her car was broken into while parked behind Richard’s Pub on South County Trail. She said she’d gone into the restaurant at around 6 p.m. The left front window had been smashed and a brown handbag was missing was about 40 feet from the car with all its contents still inside.Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.
