Monday, May 20, 2013
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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 inappropriate romantic gestures toward her at the Cedar Avenue site on several occasions so she wanted a no-trespass order on the former patient. Police issued …
Thursday, May 16, 2013
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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 resident called police to report a domestic dispute, but when police tried to check out the situation, the woman at the residence refused to let them in …
Monday, May 13, 2013
Police are looking to talk to anyone with information about the incident, which took place early Monday morning.
A man broke into Davisville Middle School on School Street in North Kingstown in the early morning hours of Monday, May 13, according to NK police. There was extensive damage to equipment and the building itself, police said, but the school day proceeded as usual. A suspect is clearly seen on school department video inside the school carrying bolt cutters and wearing a white mask to cover his face. No other specifics are being released, said Detective Lieutenant Chris Emerson. "We're just looking to get the image out there," he said. Police are asking anyone who recognizes the person in the photos attached here or has information about the break in to contact NKPD detectives at (401) 294-3316, ext. 8211. Anyone who wishes to remain …
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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 provoked a verbal argument. Witnesses said the man was not struck, but was pushed. The owner of the bar said he wanted a no-trespass order for the man. …
Saturday, May 11, 2013
A neighbor alerted the East Greenwich Fire District after seeing smoke coming from the house.
A neighbor of a house on Hemlock Drive notified the East Greenwich Fire District to a fire after seeing smoke coming from the house at around 2:50 p.m. Friday. No one was home at the time of the fire, which was confined to the attic according to Deputy Fire Chief Russell McGillvray. No other houses were threatened. Damage to the house was extensive however because of the smoke and the water used to put out the fire, he said. The house is uninhabitable. "There’s been a considerable amount of damage to the house," said McGillvray. Initial reports point to an electrical problem in the attic as the cause of the fire. McGillvray said the fire was knocked down by EG fire fighers, with help from Warwick Fire on making sure there were no hidden…
Thursday, May 9, 2013
School Committee officials won't commit to paying half the cost; Town Council members appear ready to proceed regardless.
Police Chief Tom Coyle wants a second school resource officer for the EG schools and, after a discussion Monday night, it looks like he will get it, whether or not the schools want to help pay for it. "I would support just proceeding with this. It’s worth doing for enhanced security," said Council President Michael Isaacs at a meeting of School Committee and Town Council members at Swift Community Center Monday night. The cost of adding a second school resource officer is budgeted at $60,000 for 2014, but that cost would rise in 2015, since the fiscal year begins July 1 and any new officer wouldn't start until sometime after that. "The full amount would not hit this budget mainly because of timing," said Isaacs. The cost of the first …
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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 standing and was slurring her speech, police asked her to take a field sobriety test, which she did not complete. She was arrested and taken to Kent Hospital…
Monday, May 6, 2013
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
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.m. – Police arrested Thomas W. Houston, 44, of Calverley Street in Providence, on three failure-to-appear warrants after seeing him outside at the …
Friday, May 3, 2013
Suspected Boston Marathon bomber's death caused by gunshot wounds, being run over by car.
The death of accused Boston Marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev has been ruled a homicide, according to a WCVB-TV report. According to the report, Tsarnaev's death was caused by gunshot wounds from police bullets and being run over by a car. Tsarnaev, 26, was pronounced dead at Beth Israel Deaconness Medical Center in Boston at 1:35 a.m. on Friday, April 19. Specifically, Tsarnaev sustained gunshot wounds to his torso and "extreme" blunt trauma to his head and torso, according to WCVB. Police have said Tsarnaev was run over by his brother, Dzhokar, during a shootout with police in Watertown. Dzhokar, 19 escaped the gun battle but was later captured hiding in a boat at a Watertown home. The Graham, Putnam and Mahoney Funeral Home in …
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Information about the following incidents was supplied by the East Greenwich Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Monday, April 22 12:11 p.m. – An East Greenwich woman told police she had been assaulted by her boyfriend, with whom she lives, in the early morning hours. She said she hadn’t contacted police right away out of fear. Police referred the woman to the domestic violence advocate and issued a warrant for the boyfriend. 3:30 p.m. – Police arrested Ronald J. Fournier, 32, of Sylvan Drive, on a warrant for charges of domestic assault and disorderly conduct at his home. He was taken into custody, processed at the station, arraigned and released with a District Court summons. 9:02 p.m. – Following a report, police found a Star of David spray painted in blue on top of a patch of white paint on a shed in the southeast corner of East Greenwich High …
Stephanie Dean
12:10 pm on Thursday, May 16, 2013
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