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Westport Police: Warrant arrests again keep police busy

By   /  April 15, 2013  /  News, Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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Friday, April 5 A break-in was reported on Division Road at 9:13 p.m. Saturday, April 6 At 5:24 p.m., a break-in was reported on Fisher Road. Sunday, April 7 A motor vehicle break-in on Old Bedford Road was called in at 12:35 p.m. Monday, April 8 Firefighters were dispatched to a brush fire near 748 [...]

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Barrington police find Warren men wandering the woods in middle of the night

By   /  April 10, 2013  /  News, Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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Why would two men wearing all black clothing walk through the woods at Veterans’ Park at 2:30 in the morning? To record sounds near Brickyard Pond. At least, that’s what the two Warren men told a Barrington police officer early in the morning on April 3. The officer was on routine patrol, checking the dirt [...]

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Barrington police investigate animal cruelty case

By   /  April 9, 2013  /  News, Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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BARRINGTON — People walking their dogs at Haines Park noticed a pit bull tied to a tree near the dog park and waited for more than an hour for the dog’s owner to return. When that didn’t happen, they called the police. According to the Barrington police report, the station received a call on Sunday, [...]

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Portsmouth police: Barrington man stole car from prospective boss

By   /  April 8, 2013  /  Police & Crime  /  No Comments

Here’s the weekly police log from the Portsmouth Police Department: Sunday, March 31 Police responded to 93 Baker Road at about 9:20 a.m. for a report of a boat adrift. The boat, which appeared to be unoccupied, was about 300 yards off shore and was drifting toward Hog Island, police said. The U.S. Coast Guard [...]

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Westport Police: Warrants by the bunch

By   /  April 8, 2013  /  News, Police & Crime  /  No Comments

Friday, March 29 Natasha Amaral, 26, of Swansea was stopped on State Road and charged with driving with a suspended license and revoked registration. At 5:34 p.m., police served an arrest warrant on Kristin M. Deschene, 32, of 40 Sodom Road. Saturday, March 30 Firefighters were dispatched to a brush fire on Drift Road at [...]

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East Providence man indicted for mortgage scheme

By   /  April 8, 2013  /  News, Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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PROVIDENCE — The Attorney General’s office Monday, April 8, announced a Statewide Grand Jury had reported out a secret indictment charging Kenneth Mollicone and East Providence resident Bryan Tobey with a mortgage fraud scheme involving a house in Tiverton. The indictments were issued Thursday, April 4. Mr. Mollicone is charged with one count of obtaining [...]

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Two more Barrington home break-ins reported

By   /  April 8, 2013  /  News, Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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Barrington police are investigating two home break-ins that occurred sometime between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, April 3 and 4. The two break-ins — one was at a Sowams Road home and the other at a New Meadow Road house — follow a series of burglaries that took place throughout March and focused mainly in [...]

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Couple argues at Walker Farm, draws police interest

By   /  April 2, 2013  /  Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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Police found a peculiar sight on Route 114 north Sunday afternoon — a man walking in the breakdown lane with a blue sedan rolling along next to him. The man and the vehicle’s driver, a Warwick woman, are reportedly a couple. The two got into a fight while tending to some plants at the Walker [...]

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Barrington Police: Man was chasing dog

By   /  April 2, 2013  /  Police & Crime  /  No Comments

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Police have determined that a man spotted sprinting away from a County Road home Sunday night definitely wasn’t trying to break-in. He was chasing his dog. The homeowners contacted police just after 8:30 p.m. to report a man running away from their front porch. Police scowered the area for signs of the man but no [...]

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Tiverton man gets no jail time for growing 506 pot plants

By   /  April 2, 2013  /  Police & Crime  /  1 Comment

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TIVERTON — A 57-year-old Tiverton man, arrested last year for growing 506 marijuana plants at two addresses he maintained in town, was handed his punishment last Thursday in federal court. Following a guilty plea by the accused to manufacturing, and conspiracy to manufacture, marijuana, U.S. District Court John McConnell sentenced Billie R. Schoefield to three years [...]

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