Police Log

Posted 12/1/15

LARCENY AT CHUCK E. CHEESE

On Nov. 14 at 8:36 a.m., Officer Stephen Major was dispatched to the Chuck E. Cheese at 650 Bald Hill Road in reference to a larceny of an iPhone.

Upon arrival, Major …

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LARCENY AT CHUCK E. CHEESE

On Nov. 14 at 8:36 a.m., Officer Stephen Major was dispatched to the Chuck E. Cheese at 650 Bald Hill Road in reference to a larceny of an iPhone.

Upon arrival, Major met with the victim, who said she was at the Chuck E. Cheese and remembers taking her phone out of her pocket and/or purse one time to take a picture. The next time she went to look for her purse, she said it had disappeared. She believes it was stolen. She said she went into the bathroom at one point and was unaware if the phone was stolen at that time.

Major said he checked with management to check surveillance video footage, which he said was very grainy and not in high definition. Major said they were unable to determine who may have taken the phone. The woman described the phone as a gold iPhone, valued at approximately $600. Major said the phone was entered as stolen with the serial number given to him by the woman.

MISSING WALLET

On Nov. 20 at 9:04 a.m., Officer Michael Walker responded to the lobby of the Warwick Police Department headquarters to take a complaint for a stolen wallet.

Walker said he learned that a woman was at Homegoods on Nov. 19 at approximately 5:30 p.m. when she accidentally left her wallet in her basket. She returned to the store about 20 minutes later and found her wallet was missing. She described the wallet as a Louis Vuitton brown leather checkered wallet with a gold zipper. Within the wallet, she had her license, Social Security card, a Bank of America card, a TD Bank card, and multiple gift cards and reward cards. She said she wished to press charges if a suspect is found.

TIRES, RIMS STOLEN

On Nov. 20 at 7:18 a.m., the victim contacted the Warwick Police Department in reference to a larceny of rims and tires from her vehicle, a 2015 Hyundai Accent.

Officer Scott Chanthaphouvong was dispatched to speak with the woman. Upon arrival at an address on Greenwich Avenue, Chanthaphouvong said he saw the woman’s vehicle parked in the driveway, which is accessed from Old East Avenue. He said the vehicle was left on pavers and all four rims and tires were removed and stolen. Chanthaphouvong said there were also several lug nuts scattered around the vehicle. BCI was advised about the lug nuts, but they could not be processed.

The woman said she discovered the theft at 6:15 a.m. and that her vehicle was last seen undisturbed at 12:40 that morning. Chanthaphouvong said the report was forwarded to District 3 Detectives as a heads up. There were no suspects or witnesses.

PHONE DISAPPEARED

On Nov. 21 at 7:10 p.m., Officer Christopher Lo was dispatched to the Target at Warwick Mall for the report of a larceny. Upon arrival, Lo met with a woman, who said around 6:10 p.m., she walked into the store and went to the shoe department to try on shoes. While doing so, she set her cell phone on two boxes of shoes. She then continued her shopping and left the shoe department.

A couple of minutes later, she realized she did not have her phone on her and returned to the shoe department to the area where she had been trying on shoes, but she was not able to locate the phone. She said she went up to the front desk numerous times to check lost and found in the hopes that someone had turned it in, but nobody did.

The woman said she took the appropriate steps to cancel her debit card and her phone. Her husband contacted Warwick police and said the following items were missing: her red Flex 2 Sprint cell phone in a pink flowered case, a Bank of NH debit card, her military dependent ID, her California driver’s license, and a Navy Federal access card.

Lo said he went to Target and spoke with loss prevention. They attempted to view the woman on surveillance and were able to locate her in the shoe department, but due to the poor viewing quality they were unable to locate where she placed her phone. Loss prevention indicated they would continue their investigation and advise the police of any findings. There were no suspects.

SHOPLIFTING

On Nov. 23 at 2:24 p.m., Officer Brian Murray and Officer Myer were dispatched to the Wal-Mart at 840 Post Road for two adult females in custody. Upon Murray’s arrival, Officer Myer advised he had spoken with Wal-Mart Loss Prevention and there would only be one female in custody for shoplifting. That subject was subsequently identified as Leonitza Luciano, 28, of 90 Waldo St., Apt. 2, in Providence. Loss prevention said they witnessed Luciano and another woman behaving suspiciously in the Cosmetics Department. They selected various cosmetic items and placed them into a shopping cart and began to walk throughout the store. They then made their way to the Electronics Department, where Luciano selected an iPhone cell phone case. The females continued to the Domestics Department, where they concealed the makeup into their purses. The other woman removed the cell phone case from its packaging and placed it on Luciano’s phone. The subjects then made their way toward the front of the store, where they paid for the remaining items in the carriage. They then exited the building, making no attempt to pay for the concealed merchandise. Once outside the store, the females were approached by loss prevention, who identified themselves, and asked the women to return back into the store, which they did. Once in the office, the unpaid merchandise (consisting of six items, valued at $68.42) was recovered from Luciano and her handbag.

Murray took Luciano into custody and transported her to Warwick Police Department headquarters, where she was processed and released on a District Court summons for one count of shoplifting and issued a Third District Court date.

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

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  • RISchadenfreude

    With RI's economy in the trash, property crime is through the roof- opportunistic criminals will steal anything that isn't nailed down, so protect yourselves and be aware of your belongings.

    Also, use a friend's phone or the store phone to call your phone as soon as you realize it is missing to see if you can hear it ringing; most crooks just stick it in their pocket/purse without bothering to turn it off until they are somewhere safe, and may still be in the area. If a friend's cell is available, walk around the store/mall (starting with the rest rooms) and periodically call the missing phone. I've done this and had the CASHIER'S COUNTER start ringing- no one knew how my friend's phone got there (surprise,surprise)!

    With Christmas just weeks away, property crimes WILL increase- safeguard your packages, wallets and credit/debit cards!

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