Police Log

Posted 6/30/15

The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department.

ILLEGAL

FIREWORKS

On June 26, the Warwick Police Department received information that a subject living at 270 …

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The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department.

ILLEGAL

FIREWORKS

On June 26, the Warwick Police Department received information that a subject living at 270 Palace Ave. in Warwick was selling illegal aerial consumer fireworks. Based on this information, members of the Warwick Police Detective Division conducted surveillance of the residence and confirmed the presence of fireworks.

The suspect departed the residence in a minivan and was subsequently stopped by Warwick police. At that time, illegal aerial fireworks were located in the vehicle. Warwick police then conducted a search of the residence at 270 Palace Ave. and found a large amount of the illegal aerial fireworks in the garage.

The suspect, Javed Mohammad, 50, was taken into custody and charged with one count of sale, use or possession of aerial consumed fireworks, a felony under Rhode Island law. He is being held at the Warwick police headquarters pending his arraignment.

Approximately 65 cases of illegal fireworks valued at about $45,000 were seized from the garage and transported to Warwick police headquarters. There they were inventoried and subsequently turned over to the Rhode Island Fire Marshal’s office for storage and eventual destruction.

STOLEN

MOPED

Officer James Wenneman was dispatched to the I.M. Gan Discount Liquors store located at 380 Warwick Ave. at approximately 9:16 p.m. on June 24 for a report of a stolen moped.

Once on scene, Wenneman said the victim was not there and he had to wait for him to return. He said the man told him he pulled up on his moped in front of the liquor store to go inside and buy something at approximately 9:14 p.m. He said he left the key in the ignition and left the moped on and was only inside the store for a minute when he responded outside and discovered that his moped was gone. He told Wenneman he believed that somebody took it and traveled northbound on Warwick Avenue into Cranston.

The moped is described as a 2008 Shenke moped, which is blue over silver in color and is valued at approximately $1,000. Wenneman said the moped had a license plate that came back to a moped registered to the victim. He said the vehicle was entered as stolen, and a “be on the lookout” alert with a description of the moped was issued.

While at the store, Wenneman said the victim spoke with an employee of the store, which did have a surveillance camera on the north side but he did not have access to the cameras, and told him to try back on June 25 during the day. There were no suspects or witnesses.

B&E

Officer Timothy Lipka responded to Jonah Senior Center at 830 Oakland Beach Ave. at approximately 4:13 p.m. on June 23 to meet with a sergeant for a reported breaking and entering.

Upon arrival, Lipka said he observed a broken exterior window with glass shards inside of the building, as well as blood on the window, windowsill, and some of the interior furniture. On the exterior of the window, Lipka said there was a green recycling bin that was placed on its side and appeared to have been used as a step to gain entrance into the building. At this time, Lipka said he met with the complainant, who is the president of the Jonah Senior Center, who said the building was last secured on June 18 at approximately 4 p.m. and that no one should have been in the building since then.

Lipka said the building was observed to have been broken into on June 23 at approximately 4 p.m., at which time the police were contacted. The president told Lipka that it didn’t appear that anything was missing from the building and that nothing valuable was stored there, but did say he wishes to press charges. Lipka said a detective arrived and processed the scene.

VEHICLE LARCENY

Officer Michael Walker responded to Asylum Road at approximately 7:01 a.m. on June 22 for the report of a larceny from a vehicle.

Upon arriving, Walker said he spoke with the victim, who said sometime overnight, her vehicle was entered and her purse was taken, along with some cash. She told the officer she had last seen her purse in the vehicle on the prior night, and at 7 the following morning she discovered her black and tan Michael Kors shoulder bag was missing. She took out her billfold and observed that $55 in cash was missing, along with her Citizens Bank corporate card and her Citizens Bank ID card.

Walker said there was no damage done to the vehicle, which was unlocked. Walker said a cigarette was also observed on the right side of the woman’s vehicle, which did not come from anyone within the household. The woman said she wishes to press charges is a suspect is located. There were no suspects.

STOLEN

WALLET

Officer Jeffrey Taranto was dispatched to Pettis Drive at 11:15 p.m. on June 14 for the report of a stolen wallet.

Taranto said he met with the reporting party, who said she left her wallet at the Sunnyside restaurant on West Shore Road. She said she didn’t realize she had done so until 3 p.m. right before work. At that point, the restaurant had closed at 2 p.m. She said it wasn’t until about 10 p.m. that she had seen a transaction on an account and then started to cancel all activity and contacted police.

In a written statement, the woman said she left her wallet on the counter at the restaurant and did not realize it until she went to pay for a purchase at 2:55 p.m. She said she worked from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. and called her boyfriend at 5:05 p.m. and asked if he saw her wallet on the table at home or anywhere in the house, and he had not. She said she then called her USAA account to cancel her card, as well as Citizens to cancel all activity. She said at 10 p.m., she looked at her payquicker account and noticed a charge for $5.42 that was declined.

She her wallet contained the following: her Social Security card, he son’s Social Security card, her Victoria’s Secret credit card, her purple Younique debit card, her child’s father’s Social Security number written on a piece of paper, two military IDs – one Navy, one Army – and two SD cards. She described her wallet as a long rectangular shaped Coach, brown with a gold zipper, with a wrist loop. She said no cash was in the wallet. The value of the purse is $100, and she said she would like to press charges.

Taranto said it was unknown whether the Sunnyside restaurant had cameras at their location. The report was forwarded to detectives.

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