Barrington bitten by another afternoon break-in
A month-long absence of house break-ins in Barrington ended on Monday, May 6. According to police, a County Road resident called the station at about 4:30 to report a breaking and entering. The resident told officers he had left the home, which is located just east of the intersection with Rumstick Road, at about 11 [...]
Read More →Baby eel poacher nabbed for drug possession in Barrington
Three people from Maine who told police they were in town to fish for baby eels ended up getting in some hot water because of alleged drug possession instead. At about 2 a.m. Saturday morning, May 4, a Barrington police officer spotted a car parked on South Lake Drive with three people inside. He approached [...]
Read More →Barrington break-ins update: Men wandering woods are possible suspects
Two men found wandering in the woods at Veterans’ Park in Barrington earlier this month are attracting more and more attention from area police. At about 2:30 a.m. on April 3, a Barrington police officer was patrolling the woods behind Veterans’ Park when he came upon an unoccupied car. He looked inside the car and [...]
Read More →Barrington police find Warren men wandering the woods in middle of the night
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 [...]
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 →Barrington police: Vases worth $3,000 stolen from Holy Angels Church
For the second time in just more than a month, a thief or thieves stolen something from Holy Angels Church on Maple Avenue. On Tuesday, March 19, a church employee called Barrington police to report two vases stolen from the local parish. According to the police report, the vases were stored in the church basement, [...]
Read More →Barrington police: Can you identify this suspect?
Barrington police are hoping someone will recognize the man shown in a surveillance image taken shortly after a house break on Friday, March 22. It is believed the individual may responsible for a series of break-ins across Barrington this month. Barrington Police Chief John LaCross released the image to the media on Tuesday afternoon. It [...]
Read More →Barrington police: Warren man shot up heroin, passed out behind the wheel
Barrington police responded to the Barrington Shopping Plaza parking lot on Monday, March 11, at about 4:30 p.m., after someone called dispatch to report a man slumped behind the wheel of a car. Officers and rescue workers arrived and discovered a 25-year-old Warren man unresponsive. They later learned the man had shot up heroin a [...]
Read More →Computer virus attacks Barrington Police Department system
An e-mail corrupted with a virus repeatedly attacked the computers inside the Barrington Police Department on Friday night and for most of the day on Saturday, said an official with the department. The virus was apparently attached to an e-mail that was opened with one of the department computers on Friday. According to the police [...]
Read More →Barrington schools will see increased presence of police officers
Barrington police will be visiting local public schools this week discussing safety protocols, lockdown procedures and other information with school principals. Barrington Police Chief John LaCross said school department and police officials have been communicating more since the tragic elementary school shooting in Newtown, Conn. in mid-December. The discussions have been part of an effort [...]
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