Warren police logs: Goat gives police the slip

Posted 8/22/17

Tuesday, Aug. 15 The animal control officer released a skunk (carefully, it’s presumed) that had become trapped on Child Street. Someone rummaged through a car parked on Vernon Street. A Main …

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Warren police logs: Goat gives police the slip

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Tuesday, Aug. 15
The animal control officer released a skunk (carefully, it’s presumed) that had become trapped on Child Street.
Someone rummaged through a car parked on Vernon Street.
A Main Street resident reported a phone scam.
A caller from Union Street called police about a heavily intoxicated man on his property. Police called rescue crews, who took the man to Rhode Island Hospital.
A police officer working a detail near Davis Street reported smoke and the smell of burning plastic. Turned out to be someone burning plastic chairs in a fire pit.
A caller from Mayo Drive found a bike in his backyard but said he’d hold onto it for the time being, as it might belong to a neighborhood kid.
A Wood Street woman called police after having a disagreement with her father.
A Market Street woman called police after spotting a loose goat in her backyard. She suggested it might have been an escapee from the Warren Soccer Club’s feast over the weekend. Police came down and spoke to someone from the soccer club, who made a call to a person who said he would come and get the goat. Unfortunately the animal gave everyone the slip and ran off into the woods before the person arrived.
Darryl Larrivee, 29, of Providence, was arrested on a warrant out of Providence.
An Arlington Avenue man asked police to remove an unwanted person from his residence.
Wednesday, Aug. 16
Someone complained about the noise from a construction crew at Serpentine and Kickemuit roads. The call came in at 1:59 a.m.
A Reservoir Avenue man complained that someone drove over his lawn.
A Main Street resident reported being harassed by a neighbor.
Orlando Castillo, 27, of Providence, was charged with driving after the denial, suspension or revocation of his license, first offense, after police pulled him over on Market Street just before 4 p.m.
Someone complained about a motorcyclist doing a wheelie down Vernon Street. Police caught up with the driver and had a few words with him.
A Par Street resident said she kept getting calls from a man asking for money. Police advised her to ignore the calls.
A woman came in to headquarters to report that she was not fond of her daughter’s boyfriend. She wanted to tell officers that he was driving on a suspended license.
Thursday, Aug. 17
A caller complained that two Jehovah’s Witnesses were harassing people on the bike path.
Someone complained that a man was pushing a stolen shopping cart from Tom’s Market. It turned out to be his walker.
Louis Peter Stravato, 34, of 28 Wood St., wa charged with domestic simple assault/battery and domestic disorderly conduct.
A Kinnicutt Avenue man complained that a stranger was sitting on the stone wall in front of his home.
A Child Street man came in to police headquarters to ask for advice about breaking up with his girlfriend.
A caller found syringes on the road near Kickemuit Road and Arlington Avenue.
A Schoolhouse Road resident reported hearing loud music at a neigbhor’s home.
Friday, Aug. 18
A woman reported fraudulent activity on her checking account.
Scott Vincent Goss, 51, of East Providence, was charged with violating a no contact order, third offense, after police got a call of an intoxicated person walking along Metacom Avenue.
Saturday, Aug. 19
A man came in to police headquarters to report finding money in an envelope, while using the lobby bathroom in the government center.
A Sisson Street called police to report that he was intoxicated and not feeling well. Rescue crews took him to Rhode Island Hospital.
Musab M. Alharbi, 28, of 511 Child St., Apt. 405, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, driving after the denial, suspension or revocation of his license, first offense, and refusal to submit to a chemical test, after police pulled him over on Child Street at 2:37 a.m.
A woman from Liberty Street reported that a man who may have been drunk was walking in and out of the road.
An out-of-town man called police to complain that workers at the transfer station would not let him dump his items because he’s not a Warren resident.
Robert Arthur Harper, 64, of Bristol, was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, first offense, after he allegedly drove his car into a pole on Water Street.
A man reported that a scooter for sale at a downtown store might have been his, stolen earlier from Fall River. Police confirmed that it was not his scooter.
A woman from Canario Drive reported finding “some type of object” under a tree in her yard. It turned out to be a drone.
A Main Street caller reported a dog barking for several hours.
Police advised a Market Street person to quiet down after getting complaints of loud music.
Sunday, Aug. 20
Joshua P. Luis
, 32, of 1 Overhill Road, was picked up on a warrant for violating a protective order.
A caller from Kelly Stret reported a kayaker missing on the Palmer River. The kayaker showed up shortly thereafter, safe and sound.
Monday, Aug. 21
A Highview Avenue woman complained that a neighbor tampered with her car.

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