Bristol Police: Complaints about fires, sick animals and dirt bikes

Posted 4/9/21

Bristol Police continued to field frequent calls about sick raccoons and skunks, as well as noisy neighbors and dirt bikes.

Monday, March 29

DEM was called to deal with a sick raccoon at …

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Bristol Police: Complaints about fires, sick animals and dirt bikes

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Bristol Police continued to field frequent calls about sick raccoons and skunks, as well as noisy neighbors and dirt bikes.

Monday, March 29

DEM was called to deal with a sick raccoon at Mt. Hope High School at 7:19 a.m.

After responding to a verbal domestic dispute on State Street at 10:39 a.m., police arrested Bruno Goncalves, 35, of 203 State St., Apt. 1, Bristol, on a warrant. He was turned over to Warren Police.

Tuesday, March 30

An Orchard Street resident called about a sick skunk at 7:34 a.m.

A Brookwood Road resident called police about a raccoon stuck in a window at 10:08 a.m. The animal control officer called a patrolman to euthanize it.

Someone reported loose chicken on Hope Street at 3:43 p.m.

Someone reported a woman screaming on Siegel Street at 9:23 p.m. Officers responded but all was quiet.

Wednesday, March 31

An officer warned a dog owner about letting them run loose at the town beach sports complex at 12:16 p.m.

A resident on Verdi Lane reported a man riding a red dirt bike in the road at 5:30 p.m. An officer investigated and was told the bike was ridden on private property.

Thursday, April 1

An officer dispersed someone from the bike path near Poppasquash Road at 3:17 a.m.

Officers were called to Greenway Drive for a dispute between neighbors over work on a stone wall.

Police received another call about someone riding a dirt bike up and down Verdi Lane at 4:08 p.m. They were inside working on the bike in a garage when an office arrived.

An officer dispersed someone from the area of State and Center streets at 5:30 p.m.

Friday, April 2

An officer advised a Constitution Street resident to turn down the music at 1:47 a.m.

A Naomi Street residents reported vandalism at 7:17 a.m.

A caller reported loud bass music at 4:03 p.m. on Primrose Drive. An officer responded and heard no noise upon arrival.

Two people sitting in a car were dispersed from Broadcommon Road at 5:35 p.m.

Police received another call about a dirt bike being ridding on Verdi Lane at 6:37 p.m.

Officers were called to San Francisco Street at 7:30 p.m. to help a dog stuck under a shed. It was safely freed.

Officers dispersed multiple vehicles from Lower Ferry Road at 10:32 p.m.

Saturday, April 3

Shawn Zen, 23, of Westport, was taken into custody at 2:38 a.m. after Warren Police spoke to a man who claimed he had been assaulted in Bristol. Mr. Zen was taken to the Bristol station and charged with felony assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a pistol without a license or permit, and carrying a weapon while intoxicated. He was arraigned by a justice of the peace and released.

A Brookwood Road resident reported a sick raccoon at 1:01 p.m.

An injured rabbit was reported on State Street at 1:30 p.m.

An officer dispersed someone who was parked by a gate on Tower Street at 5:25 p.m.

A Shaws Lane resident reported phone harassment.

At 7:22 p.m. a caller told police that a man had parked his car, walked into woods off Annawamscutt Drive with two children and had not returned for two hours. A patrolman found the father and his two children and determined there were no problems.

A caller reported an unknown odor in the area of Baker Street at 8:50 p.m. An officer determined it was from someone cooking on a grill.

Sunday, April 4

A sick skunk was reported on Dominion Avenue at 8:08 a.m.

A sick raccoon was reported on Usher Terrace at 8:46 a.m.

A sick animals was reported on Dixon Avenue at 9:48 a.m.

A sick raccoon was reported on Usher Terrace at 10:10 a.m.

A caller reported a suspicious man parked in a blue Toyota on Sachem Road at 1:06 p.m. An officer determined there was no problem; the man was playing Pokemon.

An officer questioned people who were parked at the Quinta-Gamelin Community Center on Asylum Road at 1:40 p.m. It turned out to be no problem, just a family setting up an Easter egg hunt.

Neighbors complained about too much smoke from an open burning on Greenway Drive at 3:30 p.m. When an office arrived, there was no fire.

An officer called for a fire engine to deal with an open burning on Charles Street at 7:08 p.m.

Monday, April 5

An officer dispersed people from Lower Ferry Road at 2:15 a.m.

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