Thursday, December 6, 2012
One man arrested in bank, one man arrested after 20-minute run from police.
Perhaps David Schrieves, 33, 180 Ave. C, apt. 1 and Matthew Chandler, 40, 136 Jenckes St., didn't think Christine Barrette, 45, had figured out they'd been stealing from her when they accompanied her to Sovereign Bank on Social Street to sort out her finances Nov. 30 at about 3:30 p.m. The notion apparently dawned on them when employees called police to the bank. As officers arrived, a bank employee pointed Schrieves out to them, as he was leaving, and they held him there, according to Sgt. Kevin Sanford's report. Chandler, seated near Barrette as she discussed her account at a desk with a bank employee, stood up and walked out of the bank before he could be stopped. Barrette showed a photocopy of a check made out to Chandler for $275. …
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Sovereign Bank
411 Social St, Woonsocket, RI
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Friday, November 9, 2012
The following arrest information was supplied by the Woonsocket Police Department. An arrest does not indicate a conviction.
On Sept. 7, Woonsocket Police Det. Thomas Gormley was at AJ's Mini Martwhen owner Atoine Elhosri told him about a fraudulent check he received from a customer in April. Elhosri said that on April 19, Lionel Joseph Martin, 45, of 187 Boyden St., came into his store with a check for $3,000 he said was from an insurance company for an accident claim.Elhosri attempted to deposit the check at Sovereign Bank, and they told him it was a fake. He said he contacted Martin and asked for the money back, but Martin hadn't returned it. He said he didn't want to press charges so long as Martin returned the money. Gormley returned to his office and called Martin, who told him he had paid Elhosri $200 toward the theft. Elhosri said Martin had given him…
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City of Woonsocket Police Dept
242 Clinton St, Woonsocket, RI
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Sonja Ascoli allegedly defrauded Medicare of more than $70,000.
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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
A Woonsocket woman who allegedly promised custom fit shoes for diabetics and medical equipment for arthritis sufferers “at no cost” to Medicare beneficiaries at Rhode Island senior centers, housing complexes and assisted living centers, has agreed to plead guilty to defrauding Medicare of more than $70,000, announced U.S. Attorney Peter F. Neronha. Sonja Ascoli, 59, of Woonsocket, was charged in U.S. District Court in Providence on Monday with allegedly participating in a scheme to entice Medicare beneficiaries to order products and medical equipment from the company she represented, Planned Eldercare, of Illinois, by promising that the products would be provided “at no cost” to them. The Medicare Program does not permit copayments to be …
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1 Exchange Ter, Providence, RI
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Haavey
11:39 am on Thursday, December 6, 2012
LOL...Christine Barrette, now there's a name I haven't heard in a while. She is not a nice person. more ›