Friday, May 24, 2013
The following arrest information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Woonsocket Policemen Timothy Green and Gabriel Koneczny were called to 640 Social St. to check on the address after the station received a 911 hangup call. When they arrived, the officers found a crowd of people outside the address, yelling at each other. Koneczny asked who had made the call, and a man, later identified as Lamont Mills of apt. 4 at the address, said it was probably his apartment. Lamont lead the officers to the apartment. When they entered, Koneczny saw the apartment was in disarray; the floors covered with food, liquid, and broken items from the kitchen. Standing in the kitchen, crying, were a woman and her 14-year-old daughter. The older woman was holding her shirt, which had been ripped, together with her hands, was …
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The following information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
On May 19 at about 1:27 a.m., Woonsocket Police Officer Jason Berthelette was called to Piedmont Street to assist with a motor vehicle accident involving a a gray 2010 Toyota running into a utility pole. When Berthelette arrived, he spoke with the driver of the car, Brittany J. Bongo, 23, of Mansfield, MA. The woman said she was backing out of a parking spot when she struck the pole. She said she was in the city with a friend at a bar. She said the accident was caused because she is "not good at reversing" according to Berthelette's report. While speaking with Bongo, Berthelette reported smelling a strong odor of alcohol on her breath. He also noted Bongo had bloodshot eyes and slurred her speech. Bongo also disclosed that she had had a…
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
The following arrest information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
An officer responding to a domestic disturbance between a couple on Burnside Avenue was bitten by one of the occupant's dogs May 7 while a woman resisted arrest. At about 6:18 a.m., Woonsocket Police Officers Christopher Bouvier and Patrick Greeno were called to a Burnside Avenue apartment building after a man who sounded very upset called the department, according to Officer Michael Theroux's report. The officers arrvived to find a man who said he had had an argument with Katie Acevedo, 45, his wife, who had locked him out of the apartment. Greeno knocked on the door, eventually speaking with Acevedo, who told him she hadn't called and had no need for the police. Greeno explained he had to check on the apartment and the condition of …
Monday, May 6, 2013
The following arrest information was provided by the Rhode Island State Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Editor's note: The following reports were posted on the RI State Police website this week: Detective Bureau Troopers arrest man wanted for failing to appear on assault charge On April 30, detectives arrested Dwayne Fuller, age 34, of 71 Orchard St., Apartment #1, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on a Sixth District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear on a Simple Assault charge originating from Warren Police. Fuller was processed at State Police Headquarters and transported to Sixth District Court. Troopers arrest man for failing to appear on narcotics charge On April 30, 2013, Detectives arrested Jamie Olson, age 33, of 28 Bentley Street, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, on a Sixth District Court Bench Warrant for Failure to Appear for Pre-trial…
Thursday, May 2, 2013
The following arrest information was supplied by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Woonsocket Police Officer Scott Breguet radioed the dispatcher to report he was being waved down by a group of people near the bus stop on Clinton Street at about 6:26 p.m. April 28. Breguet said the people told him a woman had been assaulted by her boyfriend, Arthur Ernest Alther, 55, who wasn't there when he arrived. Officer Gregory Klocek also responded to the scene, speaking with Breguet and then with the woman, who said Alther had punched and kicked her in the back, according to his report. Several of the people at the bus stop confirmed Alther had assaulted the woman. There was also a no contact order against Alther for the woman, Klocek discovered. A short time later, two other officers reported they'd located Alther. He was …
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The following arrest information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Woonsocket Police Officer Andrew Girard responded to the area of Rockridge Drive for a report of a disturbance at about 8:47 p.m., but was unable to locate anyone who could provide further details. While searching the neighborhood, Girard found a 22-year-old with grass stains on his jeans who looked like he'd been in some type of struggle. When Girard asked him his name, the young man said "Don't worry about it." Woonsocket Police Officer Gregory Klocek inquired further, discovering the man's name was Ariel Hernandez, 22. When asked if he knew anything about the disturbance, Hernandez replied again, "Don't worry about it." The man had no warrants for his arrest and was allowed to go on his way. Later that night, 9:12 p.m., Officer …
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City of Woonsocket Police Dept
242 Clinton St, Woonsocket, RI
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The following arrest information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department.
On April 23 at about 5:55 p.m., Woonsocket Police Lt. Adam Remick was notified by US Marshals that a black Nissan registered to Antonio Gerardo Rosario, 45, wanted by the WPD for domestic sexual assault charges, at his 28 Transit St. home. Remick, two members of the US Marshal's office, and two Woonsocket Police officers responded to Apt. 1 at the address to locate Rosario. Upon knocking, the lawmen were greeted by Rosario, who answered the door, according to Remick's report. Remick immediately entered the apartment and placed Rosario into custody without incident. He was transported to Woonsocket Police Headquarters and processed without incident. Rosario was charged with domestic sexual assault, second degree, on Sept. 1 2012 and …
Monday, April 29, 2013
The following arrest information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
Woonsocket Police Officer James Dybala was patrolling Park Avenue On April 25, at about 4:25 a.m., listening to North Smithfield Police radio when he heard a call for an erratic driver in a black SUV turning down the avenue toward him. Dybala located the vehicle and followed it, observing as it traveled toward downtown Woonsocket, crossing the center line three times, according to his report. Dybala pulled the SUV over, but the driver stopped the vehicle in the center of the lane instead of to the side. As Dybala got out of his cruiser to approach the SUV, it pulled over to the side a little more, but remained in the lane, blocking traffic. A second officer arrived to assist as Dybala approached and spoke with the driver, Nang …
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Woonsocket Police Department
242 Clinton St, Woonsocket, RI
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Thursday, April 18, 2013
The following information was provided by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
When Woonsocket Police officer Jason Berthelette caught up with James Lambert, 23, of 44 Oak St., apt. 3RDF outside the Our Pad bar on River Street April 13, the assault suspect admitted the crime. "I hope I put him in the hospital," James said, according to Berthelette's report. As it happened, the victim, Joshua DaSilva, 20, was on his way to Rhode Island Hospital with serious injuries to his head and neck after being beaten and by James and his brother, Christopher Lambert, 21, at the second floor apartment of James's ex-girlfriend, Stephanie Sepulveda 19, also at 44 Oak St., according to Sepulveda and DaSilva. Police were called to DaSilva's house at about 7:42 p.m. that day by the young man's mother, who told police her son had been…
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
More than $5,000 was taken from store by the duo between March 18 and April 1.
A Wooonsocket Sears employee and her boyfriend face felony larceny and conspiracy charges respectively for stealing more than $5,000 in batteries, tires and equipment from the store's auto department between March 23 and April 1. On April 1 at 10:50 p.m., Woonsocket Police were called to the store at 1500 Diamond Hill Road by the company's loss prevention officer for a shoplifting investigation. While en route, dispatch advised officers the suspected theif was still in a green Saturn parked outside the building, according to officer David Bibeault's report. Bibeault arrived on the scene and spoke with the car's occupant, Jonathan O'Connell, 21, of 17 Elbow Rock Road, Burrillville. He noted that O'Connel's car had two tires in the back …
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Sears Auto Center
1500 Diamond Hill Rd, Woonsocket, RI
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Rose Genereux
12:30 pm on Friday, May 24, 2013
Perhaps he's sitting in wait outside bars. Personally, I don't care what he does to get the drunks off the road. Drunk is drunk. Why does it matter who catches them? more ›