Police Log

Posted 9/3/15

WHY THEY

GET CAUGHT

Officer Christopher Fernandes responded to Sgt. Jedidiah Pineau’s traffic stop at 2:05 a.m. on Aug. 27. Pineau told Fernandes he observed the vehicle travel through a red …

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WHY THEY

GET CAUGHT

Officer Christopher Fernandes responded to Sgt. Jedidiah Pineau’s traffic stop at 2:05 a.m. on Aug. 27. Pineau told Fernandes he observed the vehicle travel through a red traffic signal from southbound on Warwick Avenue, turning right onto Sandy Lane without stopping. Pineau said he approached the driver and identified him as Amos Curtis, 37, of 20 Ridge Road, North Kingstown, through his R.I. driver’s license. Pineau said checks on Curtis showed he had an active Superior Court Bench warrant with a field probation violation and a suspended R.I. license. While speaking with Curtis, Pineau said he observed a white powdery residue in the center console, which through his training and experience he believed to be cocaine. Pineau said he also observed “several small ripped pieces of plastic baggies” that also appeared to have a white residue on them.

Fernandes then arrived on scene, and Curtis was then taken into custody and transported to Warwick Police Department headquarters for processing, while Pineau and another officer remained on scene with the vehicle and a female passenger. Based on his observations, Pineau had the passenger exit the vehicle and a female officer conducted a search of her, which was negative. Pineau said he conducted a search of the vehicle, which did not yield any further contraband other than residue. He said the female passenger was questioned, warned, and released from the scene with no further action.

Curtis was cited for “Obedience to a Traffic Control Device” and was given a citation and summons for “Driving while Suspension – License.” The warrant was removed and Curtis was transported to the ACI.

DENTED

DOOR

While on patrol, Officer Walter Larson was dispatched to the area of the emergency room entrance/exit for ambulances at Kent Hospital, 455 Toll Gate Road, at 8:55 p.m. on Aug. 20 in reference to a stretcher versus vehicle door. Upon arrival, Larson met with the reporting party, who is a member of the Kent Hospital security staff. Larson said he was advised a stretcher had rolled out of the back of an Access Ambulance and had struck the driver’s side front door of a vehicle, which was a rental vehicle rented by the hospital.

Larson said he collected a statement from an employee of Access Ambulance, who attempted to catch the stretcher. He told Larson the stretcher was propped up against the rear ambulance door and when he jumped off the back of the ambulance, the pressure from his weight not being on the ambulance any longer forced the stretcher to move and begin to roll down the hill. Larson said the force of the impact from the stretcher’s inertia caused a dent in the driver’s side door. A report was taken to document the incident.

NO LICENSE

Officer John Curley IV was on a specific traffic enforcement detail in a marked cruiser at 1:53 p.m. on Aug. 24. At that time, Curley said he observed a vehicle on stationary radar traveling 58 mph in a posted 35 mph zone on the Post Road extension. Curley said he conducted a motor vehicle stop in the area of 2525 Post Road. Curley said he spoke to the operator, identified as Anthony Ricci, 51, of 517 Norton OKWY, New Haven, Conn., who handed the officer a Connecticut identification card and said he did not have an active license to operate. Curley said Ricci was issued a violation for Driving without a License, with a court date to appear in Third District Court, as well as a violation for Speeding with a pay by mail option of $95 or a court date to appear in Warwick Municipal Court. The vehicle was ultimately released to a licensed operator and Ricci was released on scene after signing the appropriate court summons.

DAMAGED

LIGHT POLE

Officer Aaron Kay was dispatched to the Forest Pond Condominiums at 70 Turner Street at 4:40 p.m. on Aug. 19 for the report of vandalism to the property. Upon arrival, Kay met with the property manager, who said he works Ocean State Job Lot, who owns the property, along with Forest Pond Developers LLC. The manager told Kay he was advised by one of the tenants at the condos that one of the street lights at the entrance to the condos was damaged. He said this was the second fixture damaged at the property in recent months. He said the first two poles entering the complex with damage will cost $280 each to repair. The manager said the first pole on the right side, upon entering the complex, was damaged approximately a month ago and the second pole was damaged sometime overnight. Kay said the entrance does abut a park, which has an opening in the fence with traffic from juveniles in the area and the damage was possibly caused by one of these juveniles. The manager told Kay he would have cameras installed in the area and will advise should any further damage occur to the property.

STOLEN

BATTERIES

Officer Julio Benros responded to Ocean State Ice at 1190 Post Road at 10 a.m. on Aug. 20 for the report of a larceny of truck batteries. Upon arrival, Benros met with the owner of Ocean State Ice, who reported the larceny of four truck batteries, battery straps, and terminals valued at approximately $740. The larceny was reported to have occurred after 8 p.m. on Aug. 19 and prior to 8 a.m. on Aug. 20. Benros said he observed the missing stolen batteries from a 200 Mitsubishi Fuso and a 2004 Mitsubishi Fuso, both with R.I. registrations. Benros said there is no video surveillance for the area. The report was forwarded to detectives. No suspects.

MALICIOUS

DAMAGE

Officer Randy Francis responded to the lobby of the Warwick Police Department on Aug. 24 for a reported malicious damage that occurred in the past. Francis met with the victim, who said he had parked his vehicle in the parking lot of Stop & Shop on Aug. 21 at approximately 6:30 p.m. When he returned to his vehicle approximately an hour later, he said he could smell a persistent cigarette odor in his vehicle but assumed it was someone smoking nearby and didn’t think anything of it.

On Aug. 22, the man said he observed a cigarette “butt” and a burnt mark, approximately two inches in length, where the seat and backrest meet on the passenger seat. He told Francis he had parked approximately 100 feet away from the front entrance of Stop & Shop, away from the majority of the parked vehicles. Francis said the man did not have an approximate cost for repairs at the time. On Aug. 25, Francis said he responded to Stop & Shop at 300 Quaker Lane and spoke with the Loss Prevention Department. In reviewing surveillance video, Francis said there were no exterior cameras focusing in the general area of the victim’s vehicle. No suspects or witnesses.

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