Police Log

Posted 8/13/15

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

IPHONE STOLEN

Officer Matthew Smith responded to Cates Landing at approximately 4:33 a.m. on Aug. 6 for the report …

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

IPHONE STOLEN

Officer Matthew Smith responded to Cates Landing at approximately 4:33 a.m. on Aug. 6 for the report of a larceny from a vehicle. Upon arrival, Smith met with a man who said his vehicle had been broken into over night. He said at approximately 11:30 p.m., he placed his iPhone in his truck to charge. At approximately 4:30 a.m., he went outside to refill his generator and said he noticed his front passenger side window was smashed. The man described the iPhone as a Space Gray iPhone 5s 16GB (serial number: F2LNT239FNJJ), which he valued at $700. He said the iPhone was in a black LifeProof case valued at $50. The man said he wished to press charges. On the pavement directly next to the passenger side door, Smith said he observed an axe with a wooden handle and a scythe with a wooden handle. The man said the garden tools belonged to him and were left in a box in his backyard. Due to the tools being in proximity of where the larceny occurred, Smith said he seized them as evidence to be processed for prints. Smith said the man did have a surveillance system, however due to a power outage the cameras were inoperable. The man told Smith he is awaiting information for his iCloud account in order to track his phone. Smith said Dispatch entered the iPhone as stolen.

LARCENY

While on patrol, Officer Walter Larson was dispatched to the beach located at Goddard State Park at approximately 7:17 p.m. on Aug. 3 in reference to larceny from a motor vehicle. Upon arrival, Larson met with the reporting parties, a group of students on a school trip from the Christchurch School in Virginia, who advised him they had items stolen from their vehicle. They told Larson the vehicle was left unlocked and unattended at the park during the day from the hours of 10:30 a.m. to approximately 6:30 p.m. when they arrived back, which is when they discovered the items were missing. Items taken included: $832 in cash; an iPhone 5S valued at approximately $300; a 2012 Apple Macbook Pro and case valued at approximately $600 and $10, respectively; a gold iPhone 5S; and flip flops valued at approximately $10. Larson said the students of the school and the victims all touched their stuff in the area of the van, compromising any evidence that could have been collected. He said he collected witness statements from each of the victims. Two of the students told him they tried to use the Find My iPhone application but the phones were not turned on. Larson said he advised the students to provide him with the IMEI numbers for their iPhones once they find them or call and advise Detectives. Larson said he also asked for the IP address for the Macbook for tracking purposes. The report was forwarded to Detectives.

CAUGHT ON CAMERA

Officer Dale Drowne responded to May Avenue at 7:59 a.m. on Aug. 9 for the report of a larceny from a vehicle. Upon arrival, Drowne met with the victim, who said his vehicle was entered by an unknown subject and that one Tom Tom GPS, one phone charger cable, one phone auxiliary cable, and two travel bags (St. Martin and St. Thomas, pink and black) were taken from inside the vehicle. The items were valued at approximately $100. The man said he believed the theft occurred between 2 a.m. and 2:30 a.m., due to the fact that his neighbor said she had security camera footage of a subject walking from the man’s yard to her yard, where he checked on the locked door handle of a vehicle in her yard then attempted to open the main driveway door to her residence, which was also locked. While attempting to open the door, the subject walked very close to the surveillance camera, providing a detailed image of his face, of which Drowne obtained printed copies to distribute and show other officers while canvassing the area in an attempt to identify the unknown suspect. Drowne said he took statements from both neighbors and notified Detectives, who responded and processed the scene.

In addition to the original complaint on May Avenue, Drowne said he also responded to a residence on Bend Street, approximately 100 feet away, where a subject there was also a victim of a larceny from a vehicle. The man said his truck was entered while parked in his driveway and a wallet containing IDs, but no cash, was taken from the vehicle. The man said a GPS that was in the vehicle was not taken. Drowne said a review of camera footage showed that this correlated with the direction of traffic that the suspect was taking while traveling down May Avenue. The man on Bend Street also provided Drowne with a written statement.

MARIJUANA

Officer Matthew Moretti was on a fixed traffic post at White Avenue and Hardwick Street at 6:24 p.m. on Aug. 5 when he observed a vehicle with a Domino’s Delivery sign affixed to the rear side window, traveling south on White Avenue, run the city posted stop sign. Moretti immediately followed the vehicle and pulled it over at White Avenue and Stone Avenue. Upon making contact with the operator, later identified as Cesar D. Garcia, 24, of 1374 Plainfield Pike, Cranston, Moretti said he observed a Domino’s pizza bag on the passenger seat and detected the smell of the pizza from the vehicle’s cabin. Moretti said he advised Garcia why he stopped him and at that time, he detected the smell of burnt marijuana emanating from the vehicle over the smell of the pizza. When asked if he had been smoking marijuana, Garcia said “yes” and that he last smoked it 20 minutes prior to operating his vehicle. When asked if there was any more marijuana in the vehicle, Garcia said there was. Moretti said he asked Garcia for his driver’s license and to step out of the vehicle, which he did. Upon doing so, Moretti said he noticed a bottle of Visine on the driver’s side floor, which from his training and experience he knows marijuana smokers use to cover up the red conjuctiva. Moretti said he observed Garcia to be unsteady on his feet and slightly swaying from side to side as he walked. Garcia did agree to submit to a field sobriety test.

During the first test, Moretti said Garcia’s pupils appeared to be dilated, which he said can be an indicator of marijuana use. After completion of the test, Moretti asked Garcia to close his eyes and tip his head back, at which time he observed severe eye lid flutters, another sign of cannabis use. During the other tests, Moretti said Garcia continued to sway from side to side. At that time, Moretti determined Garcia was unfit to operate a motor vehicle safely and placed him in handcuffs. Due to alcohol not being involved in the DUI arrest, Moretti said Garcia was then transported to Kent Hospital, where he refused to be tested even though he initially said he wanted to take the test before changing his mind. Garcia was then transported to Warwick Police Department Headquarters, where he was fingerprinted and processed. Moretti said it should be noted that a green leafy substance, which he recognized as marijuana, was found in the change holder in the left side of the steering column in Garcia’s vehicle during the search of his vehicle prior to it being towed. Moretti said this later tested positive for cannabis and weighed .3 grams. It was photographed, tagged and turned in to Evidence. Garcia was issued several violations, including a citation for Obedience to Stop Sign and Refusal to Submit to Chemical Test with a Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal (RITT) court date, as well as a citation for Possession of Marijuana 1 Oz or Less 18 Years or Older with an RITT court date and a citation for DUI/Drugs/Alcohol/1st Offense B.A.C. Unknown with a Third District Court date. Garcia signed his citations, as well as a Third District Court summons, and was then released to a sober adult.

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  • RISchadenfreude

    Thieves will tell you, "If you leave it where I can see it, I guess you didn't want it anymore". If you must leave valuables in your car, take them in with you or put them in the trunk and do it BEFORE you get to your final destination so no one sees you do it. I never leave anything in a vehicle that I can't afford to lose. With RI's horrible economy and unemployment level, property crime is higher than ever.

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