Portsmouth police: Barrington man stole car from prospective boss
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 [...]
Read More →Westport Police: Warrants by the bunch
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 [...]
Read More →East Providence man indicted for mortgage scheme
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 [...]
Read More →Two more Barrington home break-ins reported
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 [...]
Read More →Couple argues at Walker Farm, draws police interest
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 [...]
Read More →Barrington Police: Man was chasing dog
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 [...]
Read More →Tiverton man gets no jail time for growing 506 pot plants
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 [...]
Read More →Marijuana: ‘It’s illegal and it’s a drug’
Possessing a small amount of marijuana no longer carries a criminal charge in Rhode Island but local officials don’t want young people to think that means the drug is safe. Especially driving under the influence of marijuana. A report issued by the BAY Team and several similar groups last spring states that marijuana use causes [...]
Read More →Tiverton police move to upgrade through accreditation
TIVERTON — A long-term transformation of the Tiverton Police Department is underway. It’s called accreditation, and for the town and department it’s a first-time experience. The whole complicated process will conclude about 18-24 months from now, sometime in 2014-2015, said Captain Patrick Jones. The move towards accreditation has been signaled in recent months by the [...]
Read More →Little Compton police: man charged for no show at failure-to-pay hearing
Sunday, March 31 At 9:06 p.m., Kyle N. Novo, 19, of 200 Long Highway, Little Compton, was charged under a 2nd District Court warrant with failure to appear for a failure to pay hearing.
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