PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Neil H. Cain, 22, of 24 Islington Ave., was charged around 2 a.m. with driving while intoxicated (first offense). …
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PORTSMOUTH — Here are some highlights from the Portsmouth police reports from over the past week.
Tuesday, Feb. 2
Neil H. Cain, 22, of 24 Islington Ave., was charged around 2 a.m. with driving while intoxicated (first offense). Mr. Cain’s vehicle was drifting between lanes and shortly before police were about to pull him over, they said he abruptly pulled into his driveway without using a turn signal and struck another car parked there.
Wednesday, Feb. 3
David A. Traynum, 36, of no permanent address, was charged at 5:35 p.m. with driving without the consent of the owner and larceny of over $1,500, both felonies, in connection with an incident first reported acedan. 18. On that day, police received a report that a 2014 Toyota Highlander had been stolen overnight from a Lilac Lane residence. The vehicle had been unlocked and the key left inside the center console, police said. An engagement ring, credit cards and other personal items had also been left in the car. Mr. Traynum was arrested in Providence by the U.S. Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force on Feb. 3.
Thursday, Feb. 4
Wendy L. Stephenson, 48, of 69 Linda Ave., was charged at 10:22 a.m. with domestic disorderly conduct and making a false report of a crime. Police said Ms. Stephenson had an argument with another woman and threatened her. Later, she later falsely accused the woman of going after her with a knife and threatening her with a gun, according to police.
A 16-year-old Portsmouth boy was charged with assault and disorderly conduct after police responded to the Bradley School on East Main Road for a report of a disorderly juvenile. Police said the boy had been punching windows and doors inside the school and disrupting classrooms. At one point, he caused a door to strike a school employee in the right arm, police said.
Friday, Feb. 5
A security worker at the town’s transfer station reported that a man who did not have an updated trash sticker on the pickup truck he was driving ignored instructions to stop and illegally dumped garbage there. Police later caught up with the driver and told him to get a new sticker at Town Hall, which police said he did.
Saturday, Feb. 6
Terrence C. Simmons Jr., 18, of 103 Gibbs Ave., Newport, was charged with violating a no-contact order and obstructing an officer in the execution of duty after police pulled a car over on Fairview Lane near St. Barnabus Church around 6 p.m. There were three passengers inside the car, which police said was pulled over because one of them, Mr. Simmons, was not wearing a seatbelt. During the stop Mr. Simmons tried to exit the vehicle but was blocked by police, according to the report. Police said they detected a strong scent of marijuana in the car and they seized a large bag of the drug. Police said Mr. Simmons provided them with false information, telling them he was 16 years old and identifying himself with a different name. During a records check, police discovered a no-contact order between Mr. Simmons and another occupant of the car.
Sunday, Feb. 7
Jessica L. Hermanowski, 22, of 238 Church Ave., Warwick, was charged at 1:47 a.m. with driving while intoxicated (first offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test. Ms. Hermanowski was pulled over on West Main Road near Hedly Street for multiple moving violations.
Robert B. Furlan, 46, of 333 Riverside St., was charged at 2:49 a.m. with driving while intoxicated (second offense) and refusal to submit to a chemical test. His car was pulled over on Route 24 northbound near Boyd’s Lane because it had left the lane of travel, according to police.