Tiverton Police: Big mulch fire, suspicious sports bettor

Monday, Nov. 30

At 11:14 am, police went to Shove Street after RI Department of Business Regulations and RI State Police received reports that a gym there might be open. No word on the outcome.

A caller sent word at 3:15 pm that a tree was down and blocking Brayton Road. DPW was dispatched to cut up and remove the tree.

Jill Haylie Drape, 43, of 177 Randolph Ave., Tiverton, was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence, blood alcohol concentration unknown, at 4:32 pm at a Mary Lane location. Police had responded to a 911 call about a vehicle that went off the road.

At 4:01 pm, a caller notified police that wires were down and were blocking Rock Street.

Police were called at 4:14m pm about a tree that had fallen and was hanging on wires over Eight Rod Way, setting off a fire. National Grid was notified and arrived at 5:13 pm.

A tree fell onto Main Road across from Amicable Congregational Church at 4:34 pm.

At 5:07 pm, a tree was reported down on Bay Street. At the same time, a caller said branches were down on Robert Gray Avenue.

Police were called to Bourne Mill Apartments at 5:54 pm for a noise complaint.

Tuesday, Dec. 1

At 12:14 am, a 911 caller alerted police and firefighters to a large mulch fire, visible from Route 24, at what was determined to be a construction company at 322 Eagleville Road. The property could not be reached via Eagleville Road so Engine 3 had to force entry through a gate off Route 24. Initial efforts to contact the property owner were not successful but by 1:50 am, the owner was on site breaking up the pile. He was told to keep a fire watch overnight to guard against flare-ups.

At 2:10 am, a caller said a horse was loose across the street from the East Road fire station. At 2:28 am, “That horse is back in the barn.”

At 8:52 am, police were asked to check on the welfare of a Riverside Drive resident who had been out of touch. “Spoke with that party — he’s been taking on-line classes,” the officer reported.

A “huge dump truck” went up Warren Avenue, a caller reported.

A 7:27 pm, a caller sent word of a tree down on East Road

Troy D. Butler, 46, of 311 State Ave., Tiverton, was cited for driving with a suspended license, second offense, at 7:10 pm on State Avenue.

Wednesday, Dec. 2

At 10:43 pm, a Haskins Avenue caller told police that a truck had torn wires off the house.

At 11:20 am, wires were reported down across Durfee Road.

A caller told police she had received a call telling her that a warrant is out for her arrest in Texas Z¸— she asked that an officer look into it.

A coyote — looks sick — was reported in the area of Neck Road at 12:35 pm.

A Dadson Road Mobile Home Park resident said he has been harassed and threatened by a neighbor.

A medical center called to report that a woman had been bitten in the face several days earlier on Gooseberry Lane in Tiverton.

Firefighters were called to Fish Road by 911 at 2:57 pm for heavy smoke coming from a basement wall outlet. The building was evacuated but firefighters determined that the blaze had been contained to a power strip.

Thursday, Dec. 3

A Stafford Road residence called to notify police about a Social Security scam at 9:10 am.

In response to an 11:50 am 911 call, police went to Durfee Road for a vehicle that had struck a building after the gas pedal became stuck. The air bag deployed and the driver declined medical transport. The building inspector was called to check the structure.

A vehicle struck and killed a deer in the area of 462 Main Road at around 7:44 pm.

Friday, Dec. 4

At 9:56 am, National Grid was notified about power lines down on Fish Road.

Police were notified by the state Department of Health that a Charles Drive resident had been bitten in the arm by her dog.

A Furey Avenue resident called police at 10:56 am about two goats in his yard.

Luis Oliveira, 55, of 65 Shannon Ave., Tiverton was arrested on a charge of driving under the influence, blood alcohol concentration unknown, and driving with a suspended license at 10:06 pm in the vicinity of 614 Main Road.

Police told a resident at 11:46 am that they cannot issue a no-trespass order against his mother to stop her from dropping off packages because other family members live there.

A deer was struck and killed on Bulgarmarsh Road at 5:09 pm

Saturday, Dec. 5

A 911 call alerted police and rescue to a truck that that had run off Fish Road and into the woods at 8:47 am — “unknown injury.”

At 1:25 pm, a caller told police that a tree was blocking King Road. Police checked and found no downed tree.

Michael A. Fruci, 18, of 36 Shirley St., Westport, was cited for possession of an alcoholic beverage by a person age 18 to 21, at 2:41 am at a Bulgarmarsh Road location.

911 callers reported people fighting in a hallway at Bourne Mill Apartments at 2:47 pm.

Police were called about a loose boxer dog on Randolph Avenue and a loose golden lab on Canonicus Street, both shortly after 11 pm. Police could not locate either dog,

Sunday, Dec. 6

A barking dog was reported on Doris Avenue at 8:20 am.

David J. Formanek, 69, of 90 North Court, Tiverton, was arrested on a charge of trespassing at 6:10 pm at a Nanaquaket Road address where a house is being built.

Susan M. Medyn, 66, of 90 North Court, Tiverton, was arrested on a charge of trespassing at 6:10 pm at a Nanaquaket Road addres where a house is being built.

At 8:21 pm, police received multiple complaints about a suspicious Jeep Grand Cherokee on Kitchener Street whose driver appears to be taking pictures of houses, is “speaking profanity” and picking fights with neighbors. Using the license plate, police contacted the man (from Dartmouth) who told them that he parks on the street to acquire a Rhode Island GPS location to place sports bets though a Rhode Island Lottery betting app.