Saturday, August 25, 2012
Take a look at some of the more oh-my-gosh police reports from around Rhode Island.
Déjà Vu DUI Driver Skips Court Date It was deja vu for one Warwick man this past weekend as he was hit with his second DUI charge in less than a week. The 44-year-old was arrested Aug. 19 by Rhode Island State Police after he crashed his car on Route 10 in Cranston. During his breath test, he allegedly blew a .222 – almost triple the legal limit. Just a week earlier, Fracassa had a similar encounter with North Kingstown officers when he was pulled over on Post Road. Along with a DUI charge, Fracassa was hit with a charge of possession of a controlled substance (cocaine, which he allegedly tried to hide from officers) and multiple roadway violations. Making a bad situation worse, the man reportedly failed to show up to his court date to …
Saturday, June 16, 2012
We compile the odd, unusual and 'oh my gosh' police items from throughout the region.
Arrest Reports: The New Halmark Card A Narragansett man was charged with violating a no contact order on June 6 after the victim allegedly found a two-page letter on her pillow. The note was written by the man using the back of his police fact sheet. He was previously arrested for domestic abuse and violating a prior no contact order and was in the process of moving out of the apartment he and the victim shared together. The note mentioned several times that he could not contact her. Alleged Drug Scheme Lands Wretham Woman in Cuffs A woman from Wrentham, MA, allegedly impersonated a dentist's aid to call in a prescription of Vicodin at a Woonsocket CVS near closing time on Saturday, June 9. When she arrived to pick it up, the pharmacist …
Saturday, April 7, 2012
We compile noteworthy police stories throughout the region.
Hoax caller taxes Woonsocket Police March was not a fun month for Woonsocket police and emergency dispatchers, after a hoax caller sent them all over the city to stop supposed crimes in progress or to help people in distress. In one case, officers went to a store after a caller said he saw someone toss a handgun into a dumpster, but there was no gun found in the area and no one waiting at the scene. Minutes later the same person called the station dispatcher again, and said he'd meet the officers in the parking lot of a pizza shop. Police went, but the person never arrived. Throughout March, dispatchers reportedly received phony reports of teens stealing from cars, elderly people having chest pains and neighborhood disturbances. Several …
