Police Log

By MATT BOWER
Posted 7/19/16

The Police Log is a digest of reports filed by the Warwick Police Department. BATTERIES STOLEN On July 11 at 7:39 a.m., Officer Mark Jandreau was dispatched to Win Supply at 289 Kilvert Street for the report of a larceny. Upon arrival, Jandreau met with

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BATTERIES STOLEN

On July 11 at 7:39 a.m., Officer Mark Jandreau was dispatched to Win Supply at 289 Kilvert Street for the report of a larceny.

Upon arrival, Jandreau met with the reporting party, who said when he arrived at work he noticed one of the battery boxes underneath one of the box trucks was undone and the hood of a work van had been popped up. He said the batteries were taken out of both vehicles. He believed that it had happened over the weekend. He said the batteries were there on Friday until 5 p.m. and they discovered them missing that morning around 7 or 8.

Based on the information, a report was taken. As of the time of this narrative, Jandreau said the batteries had been replaced and the man wanted the incident documented.

Jandreau said the case would be sent to detectives for further investigation.

MISSING BIKE

On June 29 at 3:56 p.m., Officer Alfred Silveira was dispatched to the Wal-Mart at 840 Post Road for the report of a larceny. Dispatch advised a store patron had his bike taken from the entrance.

Upon arrival, Silveira met with the victim, who said he allowed his friend to use his bike to ride to Wal-Mart. The friend said he parked the GT BMX-style bike outside the store’s lawn and garden entrance at 2:30 p.m., went into the store, and when he returned five minutes later, the bike was gone. When he found out the bike was gone, he said he contacted the bike’s owner, who met him at the store. The two them attempted to speak to Wal-Mart loss prevention but none were on duty.

The bike was described as a GT BMX freestyle bike that had “Stolen” brand rims, “Crimson GT” frame and forks, “Eclate” silver stem, sanded cranks, orange “Mongoose” spraket, and “Blue Shadow Conspiracy” handlebars. The bike is worth $1,200. Neither the owner of the bike or his friend was able to provide serial numbers for any of the bike parts.

On July 2, Silveira said he met with a Wal-Mart loss prevention associate, who had reviewed surveillance footage from June 29 during the time of the incident but was not able to capture any visual image of the parked bike or anyone with a bike at the lawn and garden entrance.

FRAUD

On July 8 at 2:56 p.m., Officer Quentin Tavares, along with Sergeant Robert Chille, was dispatched to the Sprint store at 400 Bald Hill Road for the report of a fraud in progress.

Upon arrival, Dispatch advised the female was currently walking from Nordstrom’s exit toward the bus stop. Tavares met with mall security, which pointed out the female to him. She was described as a Hispanic female wearing a black dress, approximately 30 years of age, with straight black hair. Tavares stopped the woman and asked her to place all of her belongings on top of his cruiser.

When asked where she was coming from and what she was doing, she said she was coming from the Sprint store and she was there asking about current deals, but because she didn’t have her ID on her, they wouldn’t allow her to open up a phone line. When asked where she was from, the woman became defiant and uncooperative. Tavares then asked the woman to sit in his cruiser and told her she was being detained for further investigation. Sergeant Chille arrived and advised the woman in question had attempted to open up a phone line under someone else’s name utilizing a Maryland license, which was expired.

Although Tavares attempted to ask the woman more questions, she refused to answer. The Maryland ID was located in her wallet and when asked where she got it, she said she “got it from a friend.”

The woman was then transported to the Sprint store, where Tavares spoke with an employee while she waited in the cruiser with Sergeant Chille. The employee said the woman came in and was looking for two new iPhone 6 phones and to open up two new lines under the name of Ami Mueller. The employee said he was able to pull up the account number, but when asked for ID, the woman gave him the Maryland license. The employee realized the date of birth did not match what was on the account. He also scanned the ID, which failed through the scanner. After the card failed to scan, he said the woman decided she did not wish to proceed any further and left the store.

Tavares also spoke with the store manager, who said the total value of the phones and lines of service the woman wanted to open was $1,300. He said when the ID was scanned; it showed to be expired and not valid. He said he tried accessing the account under the name Ami Mueller with the ID. He said the woman knew the pass code but the ID was fraudulent and he wished to press charges for attempting to open the accounts fraudulently. The manager then contacted the actual account holder (Ami Meuller) and advised her of the current situation. She said she had not authorized anyone to obtain new lines on her account and wished to press charges.

Tavares said a credit card in the name of Ami Mueller was subsequently located in the female’s purse, which was submitted into evidence along with the Maryland ID.

The female, who was eventually identified as Massiel Bueno, 26, of 1131 Findly Avenue, Bronx, N.Y., was transported to Warwick Police headquarters, where she was fingerprinted, photographed, and processed. She was held for the bail commissioner and later released. Bueno was charged with one count of obtaining money by false pretenses or personation.

DUI & REFUSAL

On July 11 at 9:44 p.m., Officer John Zaborski and Officer Sokphannareth Chea were dispatched for a DWI in progress in the area of Post Road and Airport Road. While en route, officers were advised by Dispatch that the vehicle was headed toward Ann & Hope. It was described as a blue Ford F150 with R.I. registration. The vehicle was said to be swerving and stopping in the middle of the road passing Burger King. At the light, the vehicle turned onto Airport Road. The reporting party was following behind. Dispatch advised that the F150 had stopped in the middle of the road, driving, swerving over the yellow line passing the airport almost hitting a pole onto Commerce and was out in the middle of the roadway driving again.

At this time, Chea said he was traveling on Airport Road westbound and observed the vehicle stopped in the middle of the roadway. Chea then made a U-turn and traveled eastbound behind the vehicle. As Chea followed the vehicle, he watched it stop in the roadway, swerve over the double yellow line into the opposite lane of travel, and come back into its lane of travel. At the intersection of Airport Road and Warwick Avenue, the truck made a wide right turn traveling into the other lane of travel and back onto Warwick Avenue in the far left lane.

At this time, Chea conducted a motor vehicle stop at Warwick Avenue and Magnolia. He approached the operator, who was identified as Adam R. Amaral, 32, of 54 Larchmere Drive, Rumford, and asked for his license, registration, and insurance. A check was conducted on the operator and Chea was advised his license had been suspended. While interviewing Amaral, Chea said his pupils were large in size. When asked if he would submit to a series of standardized field sobriety tests, Amaral agreed to do so.

Following the tests, Chea asked Amaral if he had taken any medications that evening, to which Amaral said was not on any prescribed medication but that he had smoked a bowl of marijuana three hours earlier. At this time, Chea requested a supervisor to respond to his location and Sergeant John McAniff responded and was informed of the findings.

Due to his training and experience, Chea said he deemed Amaral impaired enough not to be able to operate a motor vehicle safely and placed him under arrest. Amaral was then transported to Kent Hospital, where he was admitted to the triage unit. After being released from the hospital, Amaral was transported to Warwick Police headquarters, where he was fingerprinted and processed. He was subsequently summonsed and released to a sober adult.

Amaral was given the following violations: DUI drug/alcohol first offense BAC unknown, with a District Court date; driving after denial, suspension, or revocation of license, also with a District Court date; refusal to submit to a chemical test first offense, with a Rhode Island Traffic Tribunal court date; stopping on travel portion of open highway; laned roadway violations; and manner of turning at intersection, with an R.I. Traffic Tribunal court date.

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