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Friday, May 25, 2012

[VIDEO] More Details Emerge In Friday Morning Middle Road Break In

The resident pulled into her driveway to find a strange car there.

The dozens of police cars are gone but details about the Friday morning break in on Middle Road and subsequent manhunt are still emerging. Three people were in custody by 11:30 Friday morning after they allegedly broke into the house at 1895 Middle Road, then fled after the resident returned home and found them. The resident, who has not yet been identified, pulled into her driveway Friday morning shortly after 8 a.m. and saw a strange car there, according to EG Police Chief Tom Coyle. She started to get out, then quickly got back into her car when she saw one of the suspects approach. According to Coyle, the woman hurriedly backed out of her driveway, damaging her mailbox a bit in the process, then called police. One of the suspects, a …

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6:09 pm on Monday, May 28, 2012

Keep Your Summer Safe! Tuesday, June 12, 7pm, East Greenwich Library, 82 Peirce Street. FREE Home & Personal Protection Tips from the East Greenwich Police and Fire Personnel. This community forum is sponsored by the Friends of East Greenwich Library. All are welcome, admission is free, refreshments will be served.   more ›

Friday, May 11, 2012

Chief Relates Details In Two Arrests

Hard work, clues and good luck help police to make arrests in both an attempted break in on Frenchtown Road and an armed robbery at Sunnybrook Farms, he says.

It was a terrifying few minutes for a girl in a house alone on Frenchtown Road Monday afternoon. East Greenwich Police Chief Tom Coyle told Town Council members Thursday night just what took place during both that aborted Frenchtown break Monday and an armed robbery at Sunnybrook Farm on Main Street Tuesday night. According to Coyle, when the doorbell rang at the house on Frenchtown Road west of Tillinghast, the girl (whose age has not been released except to say that she’s under 15) looked out. When she didn’t recognize the man at the door, she called her mother and hid in a bathroom. While on the phone with her daughter, the mother used another phone to call police. After no one answered the front door, the man walked around to the back…

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