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On Tuesday, April 29, 2008, Smithfield police
responded to a local convenience store on Douglas Pike to
investigate the report of a larceny. On scene, police learned that a
customer had accidentally left his wallet on the counter, and when
he returned, it was no longer there. An investigation revealed that
an employee had taken the wallet. Police arrested Peter Moscarelli,
age 79, of 74 Lancashire Street, Providence, for larceny over $500.
He was transported to the police station where he was processed. He
appeared before Judge Walter Gorman in District Court and was
released on $1,000 personal recognizance.
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On March 28th, 2008, police received a
complaint of embezzlement from a local business on Farnum Pike. An
investigation revealed that an employee had fraudulently obtained
money, goods and services. On Thursday, April 24th, 2008,
Smithfield police arrested Sharon Lagerstrom, age 49, of 39 Ethel
Street, West Warwick, on the charges of embezzlement and possession
of Vicodin. She was taken into custody and processed at the police
station. She was transported to District Court, where she appeared
before Judge Michael Higgins. She was released on $5,000 personal
recognizance and is scheduled to appear in Court on May 8th,
2008.
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On March 18, 2008, at approximately 9:38 a.m.,
Smithfield police responded to Rhode Island Historical Cemetery #98,
located on Harris Road, to investigate the report of vandalism. On
scene, police learned that several grave stones had been tipped over
and that the damage appeared to be recent.
Through an extensive investigation, Detective
Christopher Taylor, arrested Zachary Mountford, age 20, of 18
Pleasant View Avenue, Smithfield, Matthew Houle, age 19, of 218
Harris Road, Smithfield, and Nicholas Dauphinais, age 18, of 1805
Mineral Spring Avenue Apt. 13, North Providence.
The three subjects were arrested and charged with
desecration of places of public assemblage and conspiracy, both
felonies. They were processed and released with summonses to appear
in District Court on April 24, 2008, to answer the charges.
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On Friday, March 21, 2008, at 8:00 p.m., Smithfield police arrested Kyle
Thompson, age 22, of 21 Danecroft Avenue, for the sale of alcoholic
beverages to underage persons.
At 7:05 p.m., Sergeant Julio Medeiros was assigned to a
DWI/underage drinking patrol and observed a known underage male
subject enter a liquor establishment on Putnam Pike. The subject
exited with alcoholic beverages and returned to his vehicle. The
vehicle was stopped and the nineteen-year-old operator admitted to
purchasing alcohol without any identification. The operator was
released with a summons to appear in the Rhode Island Traffic
Tribunal on April 28, 2008, to answer the charge of transporting
alcoholic beverages by an underage person.
Police responded to the liquor establishment and arrested Kyle Thompson,
who sold the liquor. He was served with a summons to appear in
District Court on April 20, 2008.
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On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, at 12:45 a.m., Smithfield police arrested
Benjamin Johnson, age 26, of 80 Bungy Road, North Scituate for
driving while intoxicated.
At 12:33 a.m., police received a call to investigate a traffic collision
on Farnum Pike. Responding officers located an overturned vehicle,
in which Johnson was attempting to exit. Officer Carson Orellana
noted that Johnson emitted a strong odor of alcohol on his breath
and had slurred speech. Johnson then failed several field sobriety
tests. He was taken to Fatima Hospital, where he was treated for
minor injuries and consented to a blood test. Upon being released
from the hospital, Johnson was transported to police headquarters
where he was processed. He was released with a summons to appear in
District Court on on April 3, 2008, to answer the charge.
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On Monday, March
17, 2008, Smithfield police arrested Raymond Provencal, age 38, of
235 Mt. Pleasant Road, Burrillville, and on March 19, 2008, police
arrested Michael Ducharme, age 41, of 685 East Avenue, Warwick, for
motor vehicle theft, larceny over $500, felony conspiracy and
malicious damage to property.
On February 6,
2008, Smithfield police responded to a construction site on Douglas
Pike to investigate the report of a motor vehicle theft and the
larceny of copper wire and two window units. After a month-long
investigation, detectives took Provencal into custody without
incident. He was processed and appeared before Judge Michael
Higgins. He was released on $10,000 personal recognizance and is
scheduled to appear in District Court on May 19, 2008. Ducharme is
currently incarcerated at the ACI on unrelated charges and is
scheduled to appear in Superior Court on May 22, 2008.
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On March 18, 2008, at 2:45 a.m., Smithfield and North Providence police
arrested Arthur Godette, age 36, of 11 Maple Avenue, Smithfield, and
Lindsey Donahue, age 20, of 84 Farm Street, Providence. Both
subjects were charged with driving without consent of owner and
conspiracy. At 3:55 p.m., Smithfield police arrested Christopher
Fortin, age 24, of 11 Esmond Street for driving without consent of
owner, duty to stop in an accident resulting in personal injury or
death, eluding a police officer and reckless driving.
On March 18, 2008, at 2:38 a.m., Sergeant Julio Medeiros observed
a vehicle traveling north on Waterman Avenue at a high rate of
speed, with heavy front end damage, no lights and only three tires.
The vehicle matched the description of one that fled the scene of an
earlier accident resulting in injuries to the operator. Police
attempted to halt the vehicle, but it fled through side streets off
of Waterman Avenue and eventually into the Town of North Providence.
After a brief pursuit, the vehicle sustained heavy damage after
colliding with multiple fixed objects. The operator, later
identified as Christopher Fortin, fled the scene on foot. The two
passengers, identified as Godette and Donahue, also fled the scene
and were apprehended by Smithfield and North Providence officers
after a brief foot pursuit.
Godette was taken to Smithfield police headquarters, where he was
processed. He was later arraigned in Sixth Division District Court
before Judge Michael Higgins and held on $10,000 cash bail as a
Superior Court violator of a previously imposed sentence. Godette
also had an outstanding bench warrant from District Court for
failure to appear.
Donahue was taken from the scene to Smithfield police headquarters where
she was processed. She was later arraigned at Sixth Division
District Court before Judge Michael Higgins, who released her on
$10,000 surety bail.
Fortin was arrested after police received a tip of his whereabouts. He
was taken into custody and arraigned before Bail Commissioner
Richard Kirby, who released him on $5,000 cash bail. He was remanded
to the Adult Correctional Institution and held as a Superior Court
violator. He is scheduled to appear in Sixth Division District Court
on March 19, 2008 for a bail hearing.
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On Tuesday, March 4, 2008, at 8:52 a.m., Smithfield police arrested John
J. Carlton, age 34, of 305 Cowesett Avenue, West Warwick, for two
counts of felony shoplifting, simple assault and disorderly conduct.
At 8:13 a.m., loss prevention personnel from the Home Depot contacted
police and informed them that they were watching a subject who had
stolen several hundred dollars worth of merchandise the prior day.
Police were alerted to a parked vehicle in front of the store that
was running. Police met loss prevention personnel who followed
Carlton out of the store with additional unpaid merchandise. A brief
struggle ensued with loss prevention personnel resulting in one of
them being assaulted. Carlton was placed under arrest by police and
transported to the station where he was processed and charged.
He was later taken to the Sixth Division District Court and released on
$10,000 surety bail. He was held as a Superior Court violator and is
scheduled to appear on March 18, 2008, for a pre-trial conference.
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On Saturday, March 1, 2008, at 2:30
p.m., Smithfield police arrested a sixteen-year-old female for
felony assault with a dangerous weapon.
At 2:15 p.m., Smithfield officers were
summoned by fire personnel to the Farnum House group home at 445
Farnum Pike to investigate an assault. Police arrived on scene to
find a staff worker with severe facial injuries resulting from an
assault by a juvenile resident. Officers arrested the female
juvenile and transported her to the station where she was processed
and later transported to the Rhode Island Training School by order
of Family Court Judge Haiganush Bedrosian.
The juvenile is scheduled to appear in
the Sixth Division Family Court on March 7, 2008 for a probable
cause hearing.
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On Friday, January 25, 2008, at 12:20
a.m., Smithfield police stopped a vehicle on Putnam Pike for a motor
vehicle violation. On scene, the operator showed signs of
intoxication. She was asked to perform several field sobriety
tests--all of which she failed. Smithfield police arrested Samantha
Daigle, age 18, of 12 Beverly Circle and charged her with driving
under the influence of liquor.
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On Friday, January 25, 2008, at
12:42 a.m., police responded to the parking lot of a local liquor
store to investigate the report of a suspicious vehicle. Sergeant
Julio F. Medeiros responded to the area and was nearly struck by
a vehicle exiting the parking lot. The operator of the vehicle was
asked to perform several field sobriety tests--all of which he
failed. Smithfield police arrested Joshua Thibodeau, age 19, of 205
Town Farm Road, Pascoag, and charged him with driving under the
influence of liquor. The passenger, Kayla Metcalf, age 18, of 46
Beverly Circle, was found to be in possession of alcohol. She was
also taken into custody and charged with possession of alcohol by an
underage person.
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